Singapore and 3 other nations to nominate kebaya for Unesco intangible cultural heritage list

via The Straits Times, 23 November 2022: A joint nomination with four countries is great, but Indonesia is a notable exeption.

Singapore will be nominating the kebaya for Unesco’s intangible cultural heritage list, in a multinational effort with Brunei, Malaysia and Thailand.

The National Heritage Board (NHB) on Wednesday said this will be Singapore’s first multinational nomination to the Unesco Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, which is slated for submission in March 2023.

According to NHB’s heritage resource portal Roots.gov.sg, the kebaya, an upper garment for women, is “a central aspect in the representation and display of cultural heritage and identity for Malay, Peranakan and other communities in Singapore, and is a notable part of our heritage as a multicultural port city”.

Source: Singapore and 3 other nations to nominate kebaya for Unesco intangible cultural heritage list | The Straits Times

See also:

• Singapore among 4 countries to nominate the kebaya for UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list | Channel NewsAsia, 23 Nov 2022
• Kebaya-propriation? Malaysia-Singapore-Brunei-Thailand make joint UNESCO bid without Indonesia | Coconuts Jakarta, 23 Nov 2022
• Malaysia in four-nation bid to nominate Kebaya as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage | New Straits Times, 23 Nov 2022
• Singapore among 4 countries to nominate the kebaya for Unesco Intangible Cultural Heritage list | Today, 23 Nov 2022