By Admin 
The ancient folk musical instrument Borindo and its tunes from Pakistan’s Sindh province, ancient ceramic artefacts from Paraguay and the Mwazindika spiritual dance of Kenya’s Daida community were on Tuesday (December 9, 2025) included in UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List (ICH) as being in need of urgent protection.
A senior official said that the nominations are being considered by the committee on Tuesday so that they can be given a place in the ICH. The 20th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) is being held at the Red Fort here from December 8 to 13.
An official of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said that the new entries included in the list include the art of making Dong Ho folk woodblock printing (painting on wood), the extinct ancient folk musical instrument Borindo from Pakistan and its tunes, knowledge and skills, and the practice of making Asin Tibuk, the Boholano sea salt of Bohol Island in the Philippines.
The world body gave information about the new entries in the list in a series of posts on social media platform X. UNESCO said, ‘Mwazindika spiritual dance of the Deda community of Kenya new name in the list of urgent protection of intangible cultural heritage.’
The world body said in another post, ‘Pakistan’s Borindo, an ancient extinct folk musical instrument, its tunes, knowledge and skills, is the new name among the intangible cultural heritage to be urgently conserved.’ This is the first time that India is hosting a UNESCO session. According to the Paris-based world body, the committee will consider ‘a total of 67 nominations’ received by about 80 countries for inclusion in UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list during this session.
UNESCO posted that other new names on the list of intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent protection are the Quincha house building style and Junta de Embare/Embara housing style of Panama, the traditional ceramic sculpture of Niupo art of Paraguay, the naval carpentry art of Moliseiro boat from the Aveiro region of Portugal, and the Kobyz sculpture and musical art of Uzbekistan.
Along with this, UNESCO has also given green signal to include ‘Bisht’ art of Arab countries, ‘Neglibuka’ cloth weaving tradition of Vetka district of Gomel region in Belarus, Lahuta musical instrument of Albania, its playing and singing in the list.