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 ...
Courthouse News Service

Swiss yodeling joins world cultural heritage list

GENEVA (AFP) — Yodeling, the traditional singing of herders in the Swiss Alps, was recognized by the United Nations on Thursday as part of the world’s cultural heritage. Yodeling was added to UNESCO’s ...
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 ...

Swiss singers hope UN will put yodelling on cultural heritage list

By Cecile Mantovani and Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Switzerland's centuries-old alpine yodelling tradition ...
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 ...

Swiss yodeling, yurt-making, Turkmen Alabay join UNESCO list

All manner of global customs have been added to UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list at its Delhi meeting — from ...