Advent of discoveries 🎄

I was a little disappointed that ew0k's Advent of Bloggers was fizzling out

OK, he said "sizzle", which makes it sound quite exciting 🙂

So I thought I'd contribute something, even though it's not a blog. Today I discovered...

UNESCO's "Constellation" of intangible cultural heritage

First, it's a good example of something that works better visually. A huge amount of information is presented in a way that emphasies the relationships. And it's nicely interactive. One tip: when you've selected something, a plus sign means "show more info about this". Obvious in hindsight.

But more importantly, it introduces you to all sorts of curious corners of human culture. I've only poked around a little, but I've found out about

Epirus polyphonic song

Tahteeb, Egyptian stick fighting/dancing

Mongolian knuckle bone shooting

Ludodiversity: safeguarding traditional games in Flanders

Highly recommended.

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