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18 traditions shortlisted for national cultural heritage list

18 traditions shortlisted for national cultural heritage list

Thailand’s Committee for the Promotion and Preservation of Cultural Wisdom is adding 18 new items to the national cultural heritage list, Culture Minister Vira Rojpojchanarat said on Monday.

He added that an event celebrating the inclusion of these 18 items – such as the strain of durian fruit peculiar to Nonthaburi province, pottery in Nonthaburi's Koh Kret as well as Samut Prakan’s Bang Bor snakeskin gourami fish – will be held at the Thailand Cultural Centre in Bangkok on August 28. 
The event will also feature exhibitions, seminars and demonstration of the listed items, as well as the conferring of awards to outstanding individuals and groups. 
The remaining items considered for the heritage list are Chai Nat’s Khao Sap Ya legend; the legend related to the founding of Lop Buri’s capital; Kalasin province’s “Pong Lang” xylophone; Tak’s “Klong Eud” barrel drum; Pathum Thani’s Mon dance; Bangkok, Nakhon Pathom and Uttaradit’s “Atthami Bucha” ritual; Si Sa Ket and Surin province’s “Ram Trot” dance; Loei’s traditional “Mor Lam Maeng Tab Tao Thai Luey” performances; Surin's Jolmamuad ritual; Nakhon Si Thammarat’s “Hae Nang Dan” festival; Phetchaburi’s stucco work; Nakhon Ratchasima’s “Dan Kwian” ceramics; Petchabun’s “Sin Mee Kan Noy” sarong; Nakhon Pathom’s “In Kon Fon Kaen” martial arts; and Chanthaburi’s “Dui Dui” kite-fighting. 
These 18 items were chosen from a list of 168 proposed by provincial cultural committees and will be added to the national cultural heritage inventory of 336 items.

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