World Culture Map

World Culture Map

Culture, kept in the place that carries it

Festivals, crafts, cuisines, music, architecture, ritual and language — each one plotted where it is actually practised. Filter the map by kind or by theme, or start from a region.

19 entries

  • Ainu

    An isolate, held by very few speakers

    Sapporo · Japan · Language

    EndangeredIsolateOral epic
  • Arte del Pizzaiuolo Unesco

    The Neapolitan pizza-maker's craft

    Naples · Italy · Cuisine

    BreadWood fireGuild
  • Busó Festivities Unesco

    Horned masks driving out the winter

    Mohács · Hungary · Festival

    MasksWinterProcession
  • Carnevale di Venezia

    Masks that dissolve rank for two weeks

    Venice · Italy · Festival

    MasksProcessionCostume
  • Chouara Tannery

    Stone vats worked the same way since the 11th century

    Fes · Morocco · Craft

    LeatherDyeingMedina
  • Día de Muertos Unesco

    The dead come home, and are fed

    Oaxaca · Mexico · Ritual

    OfrendaMarigoldAncestors
  • Fado Unesco

    Sung in the old quarters of Lisbon

    Lisbon · Portugal · Music

    VocalGuitarraUrban
  • Flamenco Unesco

    Song, guitar and dance, argued out together

    Seville · Spain · Music

    VocalGuitarDance
  • Gamelan Unesco

    An orchestra tuned only to itself

    Yogyakarta · Indonesia · Music

    PercussionEnsembleCourt
  • Georgian Polyphonic Singing Unesco

    Three independent voices, no accompaniment

    Tbilisi · Georgia · Music

    VocalPolyphonyTable song
  • Gion Matsuri Unesco

    A month of floats through the streets of Kyoto

    Kyoto · Japan · Festival

    ProcessionFloatsShinto
  • Great Mosque of Djenné Unesco

    Mud brick, re-plastered by the whole town each year

    Djenné · Mali · Architecture

    EarthenSahelCommunal
  • Kumbh Mela Unesco

    The largest gathering of people on earth

    Prayagraj · India · Ritual

    PilgrimageRiverBathing
  • Naadam Unesco

    Wrestling, horse racing and archery

    Ulaanbaatar · Mongolia · Festival

    GamesHorsemanshipArchery
  • Patan Patola

    Double-ikat silk, dyed before it is woven

    Patan · India · Craft

    TextileSilkDyeing
  • Silbo Gomero Unesco

    Spanish, whistled across the ravines

    La Gomera · Spain · Language

    WhistledEndangeredIsland
  • Tango Unesco

    Born in the port, in two countries at once

    Buenos Aires · Argentina · Music

    DanceBandoneónUrban
  • Trulli of Alberobello Unesco

    Dry-stone cones raised without mortar

    Alberobello · Italy · Architecture

    Dry stoneVernacularLimestone
  • Washoku Unesco

    Eating arranged around the turn of the seasons

    Kyoto · Japan · Cuisine

    SeasonalNew YearPresentation

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