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Culture heritage that made it to Unesco list

A Cultural performance experience from the 2023 Community Land Summit in Maralal, Samburu. {Jayne Rose Gacheri, The Standard}

Wellness is so crucial to travellers, that Unesco (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation), which acknowledges and protects crucial architecture, nature, and artefacts around the world, also recognises and protects historic health cultural practices, naming them "Intangible Cultural Heritage".

The latest entry to this group of Intangible Cultural Heritage is Indonesia's "Jamu", a medicinal drink, described as a wellness custom, worthy of recognition by the global body. In this special list are five cultural wellness practices.

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