Transhumant farmer grazing the flock in summer. The vocal art form is passed on from one generation to the next and forms an integral part of Greek Orthodox Church services, inextricably linked with spiritual life and religious worship. This significant cultural tradition and comprehensive music system developed in the Byzantine Empire and can be heard today through psaltic art at monasteries and churches across Greece and Cyprus. The Byzantine chant of Cyprus and Greece has survived for over 2,000 years. Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding the IntangibleĬultural Heritage held for the first time in Latin America, in Bogota, The decision was announced this week during UNESCO’s 14 th The vocal art of Byzantine chanting and transhumance and the seasonal droving of livestock along migratory routes in the Mediterranean, have been included on UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity for 2019. Photo: Silas Michalakas © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports 2018 The Right Choir of chanters during the Divine Liturgy at the Transfiguration of Christ’s Cathedral, Kallithea, Athens.
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