Reggae is a World Heritage Site: Unesco has decided that

He comes from Jamaica and understands a whole attitude towards life: reggae, a style of pop music, is considered an intangible cultural heritage worldwide. In its rationale, the commission writes to Unesco that reggae contains important messages on "issues of injustice, resistance, love and humanity". She is both "sensual and spiritual".

The Jamaican government had a euphoric reaction and spoke of a "historic day". The Jamaican Minister of Culture, Olivia Grange, said: "I am very happy and moved." Jamaica had justified its claim by stating that reggae played a vital role in the life of Jamaican society as a whole and in particular in the Rastafarian community.

Reggae was developed in the sixties from a mix of varieties of American pop music such as Soul, R & B and Country and the Jamaican genres Mento and Ska. The so-called staggered phrasing, as well as the emphasis on the second and fourth bars, which are often played in slow motion, are generally characterized by a slowing down, which is why the music impresses many listeners in a relaxed way.

The reggae superstar is to this day the late Bob Marley in 1981, who has helped music with their triumphal procession around the world. But even before his breakthrough in 1968, Desmond Dekker had succeeded with his song "The Israelites", a hit of the German charts.

Peter Tosh and Jimmy Cliff are other well known reggae musicians. Sir has made a name in Germany. Modern reggae variants such as dancehall reggae have attracted criticism in recent years due to badist and homophobic texts.

To this day, reggae is part of the Rastafarian culture, a Christianity born from Christianity in Jamaica. The Rastafarians, to whom Bob Marley also confessed, emphasize their African roots and worship the last king of Ethiopia today, Haile Selbadie, as a deity. Smoking cannabis is considered a ritual act.

The Blue Footprint is also a World Heritage Site

In addition to reggae, the Unesco commission this week declared more cultural techniques to World Heritage. These include the Irish team sport hurling, which is played with rogue and ball; the masks and costumes of the Raiho-shin rituals of Japan as well as the As-Samer dances and songs of Jordan.

From Germany, the art of blueprint has been added to the list. In the dyeing process creates a white pattern on a blue background, it has been used since the 18th century, especially on bedding or curtains. Today, there is only one master workshop in Bavaria in Germany.

Unesco's List of Intangible Cultural Heritage already includes more than 400 domain titles such as dance, Theater, music and crafts. Unlike the UNESCO World Heritage List for Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites, traditional knowledge is shared by communities around the world. The Commission of Unesco always advises on new acquisitions until Saturday.