Record no. MRB-2026-006708

First Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage from the Americas

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El Güegüense, a satirical Nicaraguan drama-dance-and-text performance dating to colonial times, was proclaimed a UNESCO Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2005.