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Tugging rituals added to UNESCO list

Xinhua, December 3, 2015 Adjust font size:

Tugging rituals were added to the UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on Wednesday.

They were proposed by South Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia and the Philippines in March 2014.

The game in history was widely played in countries of rice-farming cultures, aiming at a good harvest. Endi