This is UNESCO's own record on its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity for Gule Wamkulu, the masked dance tradition of the Chewa and related peoples, inscribed in 2008 after an earlier 2005 proclamation as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. As the issuing body's own official record, verified directly against UNESCO's own site, it is the correct source for the fact and dates of that international recognition. Its limit is genre: it is an official designation record, not an ethnographic study of Gule Wamkulu's actual ritual meaning or its role within Chewa religious life, so a claim about that deeper practice needs an ethnographic source.
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Reliability Tier2
This is UNESCO's own record on its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity for Gule Wamkulu, an authoritative institutional recognition record rather than an ethnographic study of the masquerade tradition, hence the middle tier. NotesInscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2008; originally proclaimed a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2005. Verified against ich.unesco.org 2026-08-01.
Citation
AuthorUNESCO
PublisherUNESCO
Publication Year2008
URLhttps://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/gule-wamkulu-00142
Source Typereference
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This record's own Title names the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity as the register it is entered under, and its Author names the Committee or UNESCO itself rather than an individual scholar; one entry inside that same continuously maintained official register, not a witness independent of it.
Source Gule Wamkulu, UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of HumanityUNESCO
Claims Backed By This Source (22 claims)
This source backs 22 claims across the atlas. As facts: 17 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 connected. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 connected.
- Articles, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Religions, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Pantheons, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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