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The formation of American slang can also serve as a reflection of culture and has changed as American culture developed. For example, as people began speaking out in defense of homosexuality in the 1960s, vulgar language and slang became more acceptable to use and began to be included in dictionaries. [citation needed]
The cultural expressions and spaces proposed for proclamation had to: [15] demonstrate their outstanding value as masterpiece of the human creative genius; give wide evidence of their roots in the cultural tradition or cultural history of the community concerned; be a means of affirming the cultural identity of the cultural communities concerned;
The shorter List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding is composed of those cultural elements that concerned communities and countries consider to require urgent measures to keep them alive. [5] [6] The third list is the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices.
Americana artifacts are related to the history, geography, folklore, and cultural heritage of the United States of America. Americana is any collection of materials and things concerning or characteristic of the United States or of the American people, and is representative or even stereotypical of American culture as a whole. [1] [2]
The Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage [4] defines the intangible cultural heritage as the practices, representations, expressions, as well as the knowledge and skills (including instruments, objects, artifacts, cultural spaces), that communities, groups, and, in some cases, individuals, recognize as part of their cultural heritage.
The Adena culture are another well-known example of an early Woodland culture. They carved stone tablets with zoomorphic designs, created pottery, and fashioned costumes from animal hides and antlers for ceremonial rituals. Shellfish was a mainstay of their diet, and engraved shells have been found in their burial mounds.
Pages in category "National symbols of the United States" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... Symbols of North America by country (23 C) + National symbols of Aruba (4 P)