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Sankirtana, Ritual Singing, Drumming and Dancing of Manipur, UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

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This is not a separate work: it is UNESCO's own inscription record for Sankirtana, one entry in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the same continuously maintained official register this atlas also records as a general source. It descends from that register rather than standing beside it, so citing this entry alongside the general Representative List record, or alongside another of its entries, is one institutional voice, not corroboration. Its real limit is the register's own limit: an official designation record produced by the Intergovernmental Committee for the purpose of recognition and safeguarding, not a religiously neutral scholarly ethnography. Use it for this practice's inscription status, inscription year and the Committee's own stated description of it; a claim about its deeper history needs a source produced outside UNESCO.

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This is UNESCO's own inscription record for Sankirtana on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, issued by the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, an authoritative international institutional register, treated at the top tier as that primary record.
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Inscribed 2013 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, on India's nomination. The Committee's own description: an array of arts performed to mark religious occasions and life stages of the Vaishnava people of the Manipur plains, centered on the temple, where performers narrate the lives and deeds of Krishna through song and dance. Verified against ich.unesco.org 2026-08-09.
Citation
Author
UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
Publisher
UNESCO
Publication Year
2013
URL
https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/sankirtana-ritual-singing-drumming-and-dancing-of-manipur-00843
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Claims Backed By This Source (26 claims)

This source backs 26 claims across the atlas. As facts: 17 well-attested. As cited relationships: 7 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Performance Works, 14 claims: 6 well-attested, 7 holds, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
  • Articles, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
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