UNESCO gives a shout-out to Switzerland's yodeling by adding it to list of cultural heritage

The U.N.'s cultural agency has listed Switzerland's long-celebrated yodeling among 67 traditions honored its list of ...
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Swiss yodelling joins world cultural heritage list

Yodelling, the traditional singing of herders in the Swiss Alps, was recognised by the United Nations on Thursday as part of ...
Agence France-Presse on MSN

Yo-de-lay-UNESCO? Swiss hope for yodel heritage listing

Switzerland hopes to have yodelling recognised by the United Nations this month to help protect the ancestral sing-song ...
Yahoo News UK

Swiss government put forward yodeling as candidate for UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage

Whether heard echoing through the Alps as a mountain cry made by herders in suspenders, featured in Scandinavian folk music or morphed by Tarzan in his yodel-like call, chances are you’ve encountered ...
Houston Chronicle

Shout-out for yodeling? Swiss seek recognition from UN cultural agency as tradition turns modern

LUCERNE, Switzerland (AP) — Yodel-ay-hee ... what?! Those famed yodeling calls that for centuries have echoed through the Alps, and more recently have morphed into popular song and folk music, could ...
USA Today

Swiss university offers bachelor’s, master’s degrees in … yodeling

GENEVA – The halls of Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts are alive with the sound of music – yodeling, to be exact. The aahl-dee-oh-lay-eee’s emanating from the college’s music department ...
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Shout-out for yodeling? Swiss seek UN cultural agency recognition as tradition turns modern

Yodel-ay-hee … what?! Those famed yodeling calls that for centuries echoed through the Alps, and more recently morphed into popular song and folk music, could soon reap a response — from faraway Paris ...