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UNESCO reggae ICH file

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UNESCO's Representative List file for the reggae music of Jamaica inscription documents the form as intangible cultural heritage and frames reggae as a social, cultural and historical practice, not simply a commercial genre.

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Type: archive →
Era: Streaming and the living archive →
Confidence: Well supported

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UNESCO ICH — Reggae music of Jamaica

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Official UNESCO intangible heritage source for reggae music of Jamaica.

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In stories

Story · Well supportedReggae as a heritage calendar

Reggae Month, Grounation and UNESCO show how Jamaica presents reggae as living heritage.

Story · Well supportedReggae becomes 'heritage'

UNESCO's 2018 listing dignified the music worldwide - and started an argument about freezing a living culture.

Debate & reception

How people argued about the music — praise, criticism and public debate. See all debate & reception →

commentary

Heritage file versus music history

UNESCO and government culture pages are strong evidence for heritage framing, but they do not by themselves prove detailed release credits, first-record claims or artist influence chains.

Stance: heritage framing vs discographic proof