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Option 3 : Kalbelia

The correct answer is Kalbelia.

  • Kalbelia's costume and dance movements are similar to the serpents.
  • In 2010 UNESCO inscribed Kalbelia in the representative list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
  • Kalbelia is a sensuous folk dance performed by the women of the Kalbelia community in Rajasthan.​

  • A total of 13 Intangible cultural heritage (ICH) elements from India have been inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
S.No ICH element Year of inscription
1 The tradition of Vedic
chanting
2008
2 Ramlila is traditional performance of the Ramayana 2008
3 Kutiyattam, Sanskrit theatre 2008
 
4 Ramman, a religious festival
and ritual theatre of the
Garhwal Himalayas, India
2009
5 Mudiyettu, ritual theatre and
dance-drama of Kerala

2010
 
6 Kalbelia folk songs and
dances of Rajasthan
2010
 
7 Chhau dance 2010
8 Buddhist chanting of Ladakh:
recitation of sacred Buddhist
texts in the trans-Himalayan
Ladakh region, Jammu and
Kashmir, India
2012
 
9 Sankirtana, ritual singing,
drumming and dancing of
Manipur
2013
 
10 Traditional brass and copper
the craft of utensil making among
the Thatheras of Jandiala
Guru, Punjab, India
2014
 
11 Yoga 2016
12 Nawrouz, Novruz, Nowrouz, 2016
13 Kumbh Mela 2017
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