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UNESCO said that reggae, Jamaican music spread around the world with its calls for social justice, peace and love, was a global treasure that needed to be protected.
Born in the poor neighborhoods of Kingston in the 1960s, reggae reflected the difficulties and difficulties but could also be a joyful dance music with its distinctive offbeat character.
The late Bob Marley, his most famous singer-songwriter, has become a global superstar with titles such as "No Woman, No Cry" and "Get Up, Stand Up". Jimmy Cliff and Toots and the Maytalls are other notables.
Artists such as The Clash have incorporated their rhythm and politics into their own music, which has allowed them to be broadcast to a wide audience. It has spread from Britain to Brazil and to Africa.
"His contribution to the international discourse on issues of injustice, resistance, love and humanity underscores the dynamics of the element as being at once cerebral, sociopolitical, sensual and spiritual. "said UNESCO in a statement.
UNESCO, the UN cultural agency based in Paris, made its decision at a meeting this week.
Jamaica requested registration of reggae on the list this year at a meeting of the UN agency in Mauritius, during which 40 proposals were under consideration.
Reggae was competing to be included alongside Bahamian straw artisans, South Korean wrestling, Irish throwing and perfume making in the town of Grbade in southern France.
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