New Delhi, Dec 9 (PTI) Boreendo, an ancient dying folk musical instrument and its melodies from Pakistan, Paraguay's ancestral ceramic craftsmanship and Mwazindika spiritual dance of the Daida community of Kenya are among the elements which on Tuesday were inscribed on UNESCO's List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.

A senior official said a set of nominations is being examined today by the committee for inscribing them on this list.

The 20th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) is being held at the Red Fort from December 8 to 13.

The new inscriptions include the craft of making Dong Ho folk woodblock printings of Viet Nam; Boreendo, an ancient dying folk musical instrument, its melodies, knowl

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