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Culture: Mvet Oyeng Joins Unesco's List of Intangible Cultural Heritage

It is a great victory for the Ekang people whose Mvet Oyeng has just been safeguarded by UNESCO. It is an art practiced by the peoples of three Central African countries. The Ekang people of South Cameroon, North Gabon, and Congo can celebrate this small victory. The traditional art called "Mvet Oyeng" has just joined the prestigious list of the Immaterial Cultural Heritage of Humanity. It joins the new inscriptions on the list of intangible cul…
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The Mvet Oyeng, musical art, initiatory narrative and emblematic know-how of the Ekang communities, has just been inscribed by UNESCO in the intangible cultural heritage of humanity, at the end of the 20th session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Cultural Heritage Immaterial of the UN organization, held in India. A first historical, carried by the commitment of the Ekang communities (Gabon, Cameroon Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Sao-Tomé-Et-Pri…

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It is a great victory for the Ekang people whose Mvet Oyeng has just been safeguarded by UNESCO. It is an art practiced by the peoples of three Central African countries. The Ekang people of South Cameroon, North Gabon, and Congo can celebrate this small victory. The traditional art called "Mvet Oyeng" has just joined the prestigious list of the Immaterial Cultural Heritage of Humanity. It joins the new inscriptions on the list of intangible cul…

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Journal du Cameroun broke the news in Cameroon on Wednesday, December 10, 2025.
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