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  2. Cultural expressions - Wikipedia

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    Traditional cultural expressions, also known as "expressions of folklore," may include music, dance, art, designs, names, signs and symbols, performances, ceremonies, architectural works, handicrafts and stories, as well as many other artistic or cultural expressions. Traditional cultural expressions: can be considered as the forms of ...

  3. Traditional knowledge - Wikipedia

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    The phrase "traditional cultural expressions" is used by WIPO to refer to "any form of artistic and literary expression in which traditional culture and knowledge are embodied. They are transmitted from one generation to the next, and include handmade textiles, paintings, stories, legends, ceremonies, music, songs, rhythms and dance." [13]

  4. Tradition - Wikipedia

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    The phrase "traditional cultural expressions" is used by the World Intellectual Property Organization to refer to "any form of artistic and literary expression in which traditional culture and knowledge are embodied. They are transmitted from one generation to the next, and include handmade textiles, paintings, stories, legends, ceremonies ...

  5. Folklore - Wikipedia

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    Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture. [1] This includes oral traditions such as tales, myths, legends, [a] proverbs, poems, jokes, and other oral traditions. [3][4] This also includes material culture, such as traditional building styles common to the group.

  6. Oral tradition - Wikipedia

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    A traditional Kyrgyz manaschi performing part of the Epic of Manas at a yurt camp in Karakol. Oral tradition, or oral lore, is a form of human communication in which knowledge, art, ideas and culture are received, preserved, and transmitted orally from one generation to another.

  7. African-American culture - Wikipedia

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    African American slaves in Georgia, 1850. To best understand African American culture, one must first understand who African Americans are. African Americans are the result of an amalgamation of many different countries, [34] cultures, tribes and religions during the 16th and 17th centuries, [35] broken down, [36] and rebuilt upon shared experiences [37] and blended into one group on the North ...

  8. Culture of Korea - Wikipedia

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    Culture of North Korea. In North Korea, a central theme of cultural expression is to take the best from the past and discard capitalist elements. Popular, vernacular styles and themes in the arts such as literature, art, music and dance are esteemed as expressing the truly unique spirit of the Korean nation.

  9. Chinese folk religion - Wikipedia

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    The Temple of the City God of Wen'ao, Magong, Taiwan. Temple of Hebo ("River Lord"), the god (Heshen, "River god") of the sacred Yellow River, in Hequ, Xinzhou, Shanxi. Altar to the Five Officials worshipped inside the Temple of the Five Lords in Haikou, Hainan. Chinese folk religion comprises a range of traditional religious practices of Han ...