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Endangered ‘bird language’ enters UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage

Turkey’s endangered ‘bird language’ has entered the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. It is an unusual and very efficient whistle language used as a means of communication by villagers in remote northern Turkey. UNESCO has accepted the “bird language” of Black Sea villagers as an endangered part of world heritage in need of urgent ..

Topics: Black Sea • Black Sea Region • Geography of Turkey • Giresun • Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding • Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity • Traditional knowledge • Turkish bird language