Yodelling has been added to a United Nations list of the world’s unique cultural heritage.

The Alpine style of singing was among 67 traditions honoured by Unesco – the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation – following a meeting in New Delhi, India, on Thursday.

Italian cooking, Ghanaian highlife music, the fermented Kyrgyz beverage Maksym and the El Joropo music and dance tradition in Venezuela, were also picked for inclusion in the list.

The tradition list is different from the Unesco World Heritage List, which enshrines protections for physical sites that are considered important to humanity, like the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.

“Yodelling can be performed by individuals, small groups or choirs, and sometimes with instruments like the accordion,” said Unesco

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