Government intends to ratify 2003 Unesco convention and celebrate country’s cultural activities

Traditions including pantomime, carol singing and steel pan drumming could be recognised in a register of cultural heritage in the UK.

Under the proposals, festivals and celebrations including Hogmanay, Burns Night, Shrove Tuesday and the Welsh tradition of holding eisteddfodau, where all cultural activities including singing and spoken word are conducted in the Welsh language, could be understood as cultural heritage.

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