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Score: 1895001.8 - https://en.unesco.org/courier/december-1967

  Grand Manas (Statue de Manas) | Dons des Nations Unies

Il compte plus d’un million de vers et est 20 fois plus long que l’Odyssée et l’Illiade ensemble et deux fois et demi plus long que le Mahabharata. Cette épopée a été composée il y a plus de mille ans et a été transmise oralement, de génération en génération, au cours des siècles.

Score: 1478523.2 - https://www.un.org/ungifts/fr/node/2049

  Grand Manas (Statue de Manas) | Dons des Nations Unies

Il compte plus d’un million de vers et est 20 fois plus long que l’Odyssée et l’Illiade ensemble et deux fois et demi plus long que le Mahabharata. Cette épopée a été composée il y a plus de mille ans et a été transmise oralement, de génération en génération, au cours des siècles.

Score: 1478523.2 - https://www.un.org/ungifts/fr/...nt/grand-manas-statue-de-manas

  Poetry in the UNESCO Courier

The magazine also focused on many poetic traditions throughout the world: the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, Haiku, Mahavamsa, The Song of the Nibelungs... as well as on the greatest voices of the universal poetic tradition: Dante, Nasimi, Sadriddin Ayn.. (...) Maunick talks to Jasmina Šopova  (1994) Rimbaud's quest  (1993) Interview: Charles Malamoud  (1993) Anna Akhmatova: 'mother courage' of poetry  (1990) Fernando Pessoa and the spirit of discovery  (1989) Poetry, freedom and revolution  (1989) César Vallejo; a revolutionary voice in modern poetry  (1988) The Poetry of Ilya Chavchavadze  (1987) The Concrete poetry movement  (1986) Aimé Césaire : Calendrier lagunaire  (1981) Ageless voices of poets & writers  (1971) Rabindranath Tagore; a universal voice  (1961) Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine's poet of freedom  (1961) Epic poetry Issues: Great epics; heroic tales of man and superman  (1989) The Spoken and the written word  (1985)  The Mahabharata and the Ramayana, two great epics of India and South Asia  (1967) Articles: Rehabilitation for the Song of the Nibelungs  (2009) Olonkho, an epos from twelve hundred years ago  (2006) The Trials of Ulysses  (1997) Homer and the Greek ideal  (1992) The Mahàvamsa, Sri Lanka's non-stop epic  (1989) Luís de Camões: the eventful life and times of Portugal's great epic poet  (1989) Poetry in a landscape; the world of Sangam  (1984) The Epic of the kings; Persia's national saga, the 'Shah-nama'  (1971) Epic of Mexico's great far west  (1958) Martin Fierro: an epic of the pampas  (1957) And also: Haiku , by Matsuo Bashô (1994) Love, sacred and profane; decoding Hafez' mystic message  (1989) The Mystic way  (1987) Three in one; the single complete art of calligraphy, poetry and painting  (1982) The Poets of muslim Spain  (1982) Mystic voices; Zubaida and the sufi; Story of Bishr Hafi; The Dream; "Book of God"  (1981) Sadriddin Ayni, a great Central Asian poet of freedom  (1978) Lost horizons in the land of poetry; the vanished works of a scientist turned man of letters  (1974) Nasimi, poet-philosopher of Azerbaijan  (1973) Dante: the primacy of poetry  (1966) The Welsh Eisteddfod; a people celebrates in music and poetry  (1953) Other articles on poetry are available in other issues.

Score: 1467054.8 - https://en.unesco.org/courier/...s-online/poetry-unesco-courier

  E/CN.4/1997/NGO/51

QUESTION OF THE VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO COLONIAL AND OTHER DEPENDENT COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES : WRITTEN STATEMENT

Score: 1458571.9 - daccess-ods.un.org/acce...n&DS=E/CN.4/1997/NGO/51&Lang=E

  Chhau dance | Silk Roads Programme

Themes Festivals Documentary Heritage Intangible Cultural Heritage Languages and Endangered Languages Movable Heritage and Artefacts Traditional Craftsmanship Underwater Heritage World Cultural Heritage World Natural Heritage, Biosphere Reserves and Geoparks In Action Cities Institutions Museums Publications Knowledge Bank Countries Silk Roads Photo Contest UnescoLogo_AI Building peace in the minds of men and women Search English English Français Русский العربية 中文 Español Chhau dance © Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi Chhau dance is a tradition from eastern India that enacts episodes from epics including the Mahabharata and Ramayana, local folklore and abstract themes.

Score: 1424675.5 - https://en.unesco.org/silkroad...-cultural-heritage/chhau-dance

  Song of the Nibelungs, a heroic poem from mediaeval Europe | UNESCO

It is comparable with other world-famous epics such as the epic of Gilgamesh of Ancient Babylonia, the Mahabharata of Ancient India, or the Heike Monogatari in mediaeval Japan.

Score: 1327948 - https://en.unesco.org/memoryoftheworld/registry/547

  Panji Tales Manuscripts | UNESCO

They mark the development of a Javanese literature no longer overshadowed by the great Indian epics the Ramayana and Mahabharata which were known in Java from the 12th century.

Score: 1305784.1 - https://en.unesco.org/memoryoftheworld/registry/515

  ''Rediscovering Ancient Seeds and Hope'' | FAO

My mother used to tell me stories from our ancient scriptures of Mahabharata and Ramayana and my grandfather used to tell me about our ancestry and our culture.

Score: 1263604.2 - https://www.fao.org/family-farming/detail/ar/c/1565517/

  ''Rediscovering Ancient Seeds and Hope'' | FAO

My mother used to tell me stories from our ancient scriptures of Mahabharata and Ramayana and my grandfather used to tell me about our ancestry and our culture.

Score: 1263604.2 - https://www.fao.org/family-farming/detail/en/c/1565517/