Political Science · Political Processes in India
UGC NET Jun 2019 Political Science
Which of the following Indian traditions was declared recently as 'Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity'?
AKumbh ✓ Correct
BYoga
CNowruz
DBihu
Correct answer: (A) Kumbh — Kumbh Mela is the Indian tradition most recently inscribed by UNESCO on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, in 2017.
Explanation
★Kumbh Mela is the Indian tradition most recently inscribed by UNESCO on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, in 2017.
★The Kumbh Mela is a mass pilgrimage and festival held in rotation at Prayagraj, Haridwar, Nashik and Ujjain.
★Yoga was inscribed on the same UNESCO list in 2016, just before the Kumbh Mela.
★Nowruz, the new-year festival, is a multinational inscription that also includes India, listed in 2016.
★Bihu is a major Assamese festival celebrated widely, but it was not the recent UNESCO inscription in question here.
★A handy heritage fact to retain: among these, the Kumbh Mela is the latest UNESCO intangible heritage inscription, made in 2017.
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