KUSHTDEPDI INSCRIBED ON REPRESENTATIVE LIST OF INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF HUMANITY

The Turkmen national rite of singing and dancing, Kushtdepdi, has been inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Humanity. This has been communicated at the session of the Government of Turkmenistan by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

The decision was adopted unanimously at the 12th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage that took place on 7 December 2017 in Jeju (Republic of Korea). According to the head of state, this fact confirms the recognition of enormous importance of the spiritual culture of the Turkmen people, the integral part of the universal cultural heritage. Kushtdepdi is a colorful example of folk art that reflects the symbolic relation between historical and cultural traditions and spiritual experience of the nation, and represents the vivid example of harmonious blend of traditions of the past and creative energy of our time, said the head of state.

The President expressed his congratulations to those present at the session and all people of Turkmenistan with this remarkable event, and stressed the importance of intensifying works on promoting the national cultural heritage.