{"id":2458,"date":"2025-05-02T13:19:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T07:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2458"},"modified":"2025-05-02T13:19:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T07:49:54","slug":"q-which-one-of-the-following-was-the-latest-inclusion-in-the-intangible-cultural-heritage-list-of-unesco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-which-one-of-the-following-was-the-latest-inclusion-in-the-intangible-cultural-heritage-list-of-unesco","title":{"rendered":"Q. Which one of the following was the latest inclusion in the Intangible Cultural Heritage List of UNESCO?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>Chhau dance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Durga puja<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Garba dance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kumbh mela<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(c) Garba dance<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes-hd-6814576ceec89\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Garba dance<\/strong>\u00a0was nominated by India for inclusion on the\u00a0<strong>UNESCO list<\/strong>. Since the date we\u2019re considering is\u00a0<strong>June 2024,<\/strong>\u00a0Garba is the most likely recent addition.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Garba, a vibrant folk dance originating from\u00a0<strong>Gujarat, India<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Chhau Dance (Inscribed in 2010):\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0A masked martial dance form traditionally performed by men. It depicts themes of war, heroism, and mythology.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Three distinct styles exist:\u00a0<strong>Seraikella Chhau (Odisha), Purulia Chhau (West Bengal), and Mayurbhanj Chhau (Odisha).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Durga Puja (Inscribed in 2021):\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0A ten-day festival celebrating Durga, the Hindu goddess of power and protection.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It culminates in the immersion of\u00a0<strong>clay idols of Durga<\/strong>, her children, and other deities in rivers or ponds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kumbh Mela (Inscribed in 2017):<\/strong>\u00a0A massive Hindu pilgrimage and festival, considered the largest religious gathering in the world.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>It occurs every 3-6 years at each location, with the Maha Kumbh Mela (grand Kumbh Mela)<\/strong>\u00a0happening every\u00a0<strong>12 years at Prayagraj<\/strong>. Devotees take ritual baths in the holy rivers associated with each location, seeking spiritual cleansing and blessings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-lotusarise wp-block-embed-lotusarise\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"rxkWDZ8xON\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/unesco-intangible-cultural-heritage-india-upsc\/\">UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage&#8221; &#8212; LotusArise\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/unesco-intangible-cultural-heritage-india-upsc\/embed\/#?secret=F5j4XXlrCR#?secret=rxkWDZ8xON\" data-secret=\"rxkWDZ8xON\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer:&nbsp;(c) Garba dance Notes:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[40,43],"years":[49],"class_list":["post-2458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-ancient-history","tag-art-and-culture","years-49"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":40,"label":"Ancient History"},{"value":43,"label":"Art and Culture"}],"years":[{"value":49,"label":"2024"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":40,"name":"Ancient History","slug":"ancient-history","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":40,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":108,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":43,"name":"Art and Culture","slug":"art-and-culture","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":43,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":80,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2458"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}