Home›Sources›Gule Wamkulu, UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of HumanitySourcesGule Wamkulu, UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of HumanityCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Gule Wamkulu, UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/gule-wamkulu-unesco-representative-list-of-the-intangible-cultural-heritage-of-humanity.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Gule Wamkulu, UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/gule-wamkulu-unesco-representative-list-of-the-intangible-cultural-heritage-of-humanityCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-gule-wamkulu-unesco-representative-list, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Gule Wamkulu, UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/gule-wamkulu-unesco-representative-list-of-the-intangible-cultural-heritage-of-humanity}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThis is UNESCO's own record on its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity for Gule Wamkulu, the masked dance tradition of the Chewa and related peoples, inscribed in 2008 after an earlier 2005 proclamation as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. As the issuing body's own official record, verified directly against UNESCO's own site, it is the correct source for the fact and dates of that international recognition. Its limit is genre: it is an official designation record, not an ethnographic study of Gule Wamkulu's actual ritual meaning or its role within Chewa religious life, so a claim about that deeper practice needs an ethnographic source.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (22 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2This is UNESCO's own record on its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity for Gule Wamkulu, an authoritative institutional recognition record rather than an ethnographic study of the masquerade tradition, hence the middle tier.NotesWell-attestedInscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2008; originally proclaimed a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2005. Verified against ich.unesco.org 2026-08-01.CitationAuthorWell-attestedUNESCOPublisherWell-attestedUNESCOPublication YearWell-attested2008URLWell-attestedhttps://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/gule-wamkulu-00142Source TypeWell-attestedreferenceCross-Tradition ConnectionsDerived FromUNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, Sources Well-attested ConnectedThis record's own Title names the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity as the register it is entered under, and its Author names the Committee or UNESCO itself rather than an individual scholar; one entry inside that same continuously maintained official register, not a witness independent of it.Source Gule Wamkulu, UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of HumanityUNESCOtier 2Claims Backed By This Source (22 claims)This source backs 22 claims across the atlas. As facts: 17 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 connected. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 connected.Articles, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 general references.Religions, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.Pantheons, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested17ArticlesA Closed Society With an Open ListingWhat Gule Wamkulu Made Public, and What the Nyau KeptPantheonsChewaReligionsChewa Traditional ReligionSourcesGule Wamkulu, UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of HumanityConnected1SourcesGule Wamkulu, UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of HumanityGeneral References4ArticlesA Closed Society With an Open ListingWhat Gule Wamkulu Made Public, and What the Nyau KeptPantheonsChewaReligionsChewa Traditional ReligionComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year