Reggae admitted to UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List
Caption: Bunny Wailer, the last surviving member of Bob Marley & the Wailers with UNESCO Cultural Heritage expert facilitator Dr Kris Rampersad after sessions on Intangible Cultural Heritage in Jamaica.
It was part of the process of safeguarding Reggae and other cultural practices, skills, and habits. Its inscription follows the inscription of Jamaica’s Blue and John Crow Mountains on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Reggae originated in the post-colonial milieu of the Caribbean. The musical form was propagated by Bob Marley and the Wailers. His music reached into the condition of not just Caribbean societies but touched universal chords of human survivalism and struggle against injustice.
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