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Polyphonic singing and UNESCO

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In Georgian polyphonic singing, several voices sing at once. Each voice has its own line. UNESCO named it a masterpiece of oral and intangible heritage in 2001. In 2008, it joined UNESCO’s list of the intangible heritage of humanity.

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