Finland gets second UNESCO listing (the first is a sauna)

Finland gets second UNESCO listing (the first is a sauna)

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norman lebrecht

December 15, 2021

UNESCO has added Finland’s Kaustinen fiddle folk music tradition to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list, alongside Portuguese Fado and Reggae music.

Finns are thrilled. Their only prior contribution to world heritage is the sauna.

Report here (in Finnish).

Comments

  • gimel says:

    WTF is UNESCO anyway? It’s a glorified travel agency.

    The world needs to stop funding UNESCO, it has become hostage to anti-semites, very pro-Vatican, owned by the Arab states.

  • Bill says:

    Guess Unesco never heard of Sibelius?

  • Deus vult says:

    Nice photo from 2054.

    Immediately preceding was a ritual slaughter of an old donkey, symbolizing the defeat over their own self-abolition.
    Propaganda for others; but against their identity and culture has thankfully been fought and conquered.

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