The U.N.'s cultural agency has listed Switzerland’s long-celebrated yodeling among 67 traditions honored its list of ...

Switzerland's centuries-old alpine yodeling tradition could soon be added to a UN list designed to protect it for future generations. Professor of Political and Cultural Geography and Urban and ...

Switzerland's centuries-old alpine yodeling tradition could soon be added ‍to a U.N. list recognizing it as ‌a cultural treasure.

Yodeling has been practiced probably for as long as humans have expressed themselves through song. But the singing style ...

Swiss singers aspire to have their alpine yodelling tradition recognized by the United Nations as a cultural heritage, highlighting its centuries-old significance in Switzerland. The effort emphasizes ...

Switzerland’s long-celebrated yodeling has received a response from the U.N. cultural agency: The Alpine tradition of chant and song is indeed worthy of classification in a list of the w ...

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

Switzerland hopes to have yodelling recognised by the United Nations this month to help protect the ancestral sing-song tradition of the Alpine nation's herders and shepherds. As bound up with the ...

The Unesco Intergovernmental Committee, United Nations' culture body, is convening from Monday (today) to Saturday to examine nominations for its 'Intangible Cultural Heritage list', including a bid ...

Switzerland is seeking UNESCO recognition for yodelling as intangible cultural heritage during the UN culture body’s meeting from 8 to 13 December 2025. The Alpine singing tradition, tied to Swiss ...

LUCERNE, Switzerland — 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 soon ...

As bound up with the myth of the Swiss mountain idyll as chocolate, Heidi and William Tell, yodelling will be examined for inclusion on UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list when the UN culture ...