Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity

Reason number 196,345,673,255,331 wikipedia is the best: Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Which list includes:

The Music of the Transverse Trumpets of the Tagbana Community from Côte d'Ivoire
The Cultural Space of Sosso-Bala in Nyagassola from Guinea
The Art of Guqin Music from China
Wayang Puppet Theatre from Indonesia
The Maroon Heritage of Moore Town from Jamaica
and Albanian folk iso-polyphony

(via Bruce Sterling)