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UNESCO adds reggae music to global cultural heritage list

A statue of Jamaican reggae legend Bob Marley at his museum in Kingston. [AFP/File / MLADEN ANTONOV]

Reggae music, whose calm, lilting grooves found international fame thanks to artists like Bob Marley, on Thursday won a spot on the United Nations' list of global cultural treasures.

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