UNESCO has approved the inclusion of Gujarat’s traditional Garba dance in its `Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity’, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel announced.
India had nominated Garba, performed across Gujarat and in many other parts of the country during the Navratri festival, for inclusion in the list.
“The age-old tradition of devotion to Goddess Mother in the form of Garba is alive and growing. Garba which has become the identity of Gujarat has been approved by UNESCO under its intangible cultural heritage list,” Patel said in a post on X.