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The date palm: its knowledge, skills and customs

النخلة: معارفها ومهاراتها وتقاليدها

The knowledge, skills and customs around the date palm: caring for and cultivating the tree, using its leaves, fronds and fibres in crafts and social rituals, and its place in food, poetry and song; communities and public bodies keep and spread its cultivation. UNESCO inscribed the element in 2022 on the joint nomination of fifteen Arab states, the State of Palestine among them.

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  1. Date palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices (Representative List, 2022) ↗

    UNESCO · section: Description

    Evidence version: unesco-ich-date-palm:v1

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