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Watch: Indian diaspora, embassies organise garba dances to celebrate UNESCO’s cultural heritage tag

The popular dance from Gujarat is the 15th cultural entity from India on the UNESCO list.

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Dec 08, 2023 · 11:37 am
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Members of the Indian diaspora perform #Garba at #TimesSquare to celebrate inclusion of the traditional #Gujarati dance in @UNESCO’s ‘Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity’. @narendramodi @AmitShah @PTI_News @UN pic.twitter.com/1yVCGGrewT

— Yoshita Singh योषिता सिंह (@Yoshita_Singh) December 8, 2023

Embassy of India Tokyo celebrates the historic moment of “Inscription of the Garba of Gujarat in UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity”, with a presentation of Garba Dance at the Vivekananda Cultural Centre,Tokyo#ConnectingHimalayaswithMountFuji pic.twitter.com/qDD3VwdvE4

— India in Japanインド大使館 (@IndianEmbTokyo) December 7, 2023

“Garba of Gujarat” inscribed in UNESCO’s Representative List of Humanity. The Embassy of India in Bishkek organised ‘Garba’ Workshop to mark the achievement.@MEAIndia @MFA_Kyrgyzstan@IndianDiplomacy pic.twitter.com/LZTvMMzeb0

— India in Kyrgyz Republic (@IndiaInKyrgyz) December 8, 2023

Garba, an Indian traditional dance form from Gujarat has been inscribed in @UNESCO Representative list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity!
Glimpses of Garba performance by Indian community members at the historic AlSeef alongside DubaiCreek to mark the special occasion pic.twitter.com/RR0g9khMBC

— India in Dubai (@cgidubai) December 7, 2023

Following the inclusion of #Garba in UNESCO's Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, students from the Indian School in Dammam organized a Garba performance on the @IndiaCoastGuard, ICGS SAJAG, during an onboard reception in Saudi Arabia.… pic.twitter.com/KqGZX7OtWO

— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) December 7, 2023

The @indembcam organized an energetic workshop on #Garba of #Gujarat at the🇰🇭century-old Royal Uni. of Fine Arts, celebrating the declaration by #UNESCO of #GarbaOfGujarat as Intangible Cultural Heritage. A moment of pride for millions of Indians @IndianDiplomacy @IndiaatUNESCO pic.twitter.com/JNubgScwGv

— India in Cambodia (@indembcam) December 7, 2023

#GarbaGoesGlobal

Proud moment for 🇮🇳 as 'Garba from Gujarat' gets inscribed in the representative list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by @UNESCO

Join us in the celebrations !@MEAIndia @IndianDiplomacy @iccr_hq @incredibleindia @MinOfCultureGoI pic.twitter.com/ZCEnQ7NlMo

— India in Bhutan (@Indiainbhutan) December 7, 2023

Celebrating the inscription of 'Garba of Gujarat' to the UNESCO's Representative List of Humanity, a Garba dance performance was conducted by group Mohiniyattan in Trujillo in association with @eoilima @MEAIndia @IndianDiplomacy @iccr_hq pic.twitter.com/uDu6Do2Yng

— India in Peru & Bolivia (@eoilima) December 7, 2023

https://t.co/KUkVL3OoeT pic.twitter.com/WTYYCuORog

— IndiainToronto (@IndiainToronto) December 8, 2023

#UNESCO yesterday approved the inclusion of #Garba, Gujarat’s most popular folk dance form, in its Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity @CGI_Bghm celebrated the inclusion by performing Garba in front of prestigious #TownHall #Birmingham @THSHBirmingham pic.twitter.com/WYIwXvulAl

— India in Birmingham (@CGI_Bghm) December 7, 2023

Sydney celebrates #GarbaGoesGlobal

Garba performed at the iconic Sydney Opera house to mark this achievement. pic.twitter.com/vYC9kFoosS

— India in Sydney (@cgisydney) December 7, 2023

On the occasion of #Garba’s inscription as #UNESCO's Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of Humanity, the Embassy organised a Garba celebration today. The event was made successful through the enthusiastic participation of #Indiandiaspora.@GujaratTourism pic.twitter.com/HAUuX8p78h

— India in ROK (@IndiainROK) December 7, 2023

🔴 BREAKING

New inscription on the #IntangibleHeritage List: Garba of Gujarat, #India 🇮🇳.

Congratulations!https://t.co/c2HMPpStCA #LivingHeritage pic.twitter.com/YcupgYLFjg

— UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 (@UNESCO) December 6, 2023
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