Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity

Thousands of people turned out on Now. 4 to watch Mexico City's Day of the Dead parade as costumed dancers, drummers and floats took a festive turn down the Paseo de la Reforma boulevard all the way to the historic colonial main square.

Some 180 cultural and artistic values in a wide range from Turkish culinary culture to traditional arts have been added to Turkey's national inventory of the intangible cultural heritage, raising the count to 294.

Acclaimed dance ensembles from around the world, as well as local acts, come together in the Greek capital for a five-day celebration of one of the most popular dance genres in the world. The Tango Lovers Festival is spread out over three venues and, apart from displays, also includes workshops and parties.

The epic tales of Dede Qorqud, passed on for centuries by the Oghuz Turks, have been added to UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

The Tango Factory dance school and Argentinean musician Sabrina Tonelli will be at Monastiraki Square from noon to 3 p.m. on New Year's Eve showing the public what a great milonga party is all about. Professional instructors will be at hand to teach you all the moves. The event is free of charge.

On March, 21 the Embassy of Azerbaijan organized a music concert followed by a tasting Azerbaijani cuisine, held at the Central Military Club.

The concert is part of the year-round celebration of the 25th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Bulgaria.

The carnival in the city of Patras in the Peloponnese is known as the carnival of carnivals. It is the largest in all of Greece. It goes back 182 years, and the time for the carnival goers has arrived for this year’s festivities.

A festival in the Bulgarian town of Koprivshtisa has been included as intangible cultural heritage of UNESCO, the UN cultural body, the organization says.

A UNESCO committee has inscribed Bulgaria's Surva ('Surova') folk feast on the representative list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity, UNESCO announced on Wednesday.

?The Well of Trapped Words? by Sema Kaygusuz, translated by Maureen Freely (Comma Press, 151 pages, £10)

Sema Kaygusuz is the author of four novels and four short story collections published in Turkey. This new volume of her work is the first to appear in English, crisply translated by Maureen Freely and supported by PEN International.