Thailand's 'Nora' dance drama now in Unesco's intangible cultural heritage list


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BANGKOK, Dec 17 (Bernama) : Nora, a lively and acrobatic form of dance theatre and improvisational singing from southern Thailand has been inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

In a statement, Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) said Nora is Thailand’s second inscription on the list after the ‘Khon’ masked dance drama which was inscribed in November 2018.

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