Monthly Archives: November 2019

UNESCO recognized Ecuador’s traditionally hand woven straw paja toquilla hats as a heritage of humankind.

A United Nations committee tasked with protecting the world’s oral traditions, performing arts, social practices, craftsmanship and knowledge of nature today added 20 new items to the List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity – 5 December 2012 –  “The traditional weaving of the Ecuadorian toquilla straw hat, the Buddhist chanting of Ladakh (India), […]