Latin America has about 70 traditions that are part of the intangible cultural heritage of mankind, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Axar.az reports citing Turkish media.

The region is home to 15% of the traditions that are included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists. There two lists include reference to cultural practices and the other includes representative traditions.

Within the framework of the 14 Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage held this week in Bogota, five Latin America cultural expressions were selected Thursday in the list which already include 490 traditions.

A total of 45 traditions was nominated for the list worldwide.

Bolivia nominated its festival of the Santisima Trinidad del Senor Jesus del Gran Poder. The holiday takes place during the Catholic date known as Trinity Sunday. The central event of the festival is a procession with 40,000 devotees dancing and singing in traditional costumes.

The celebration was born as a tribute to an image of a Christ with three faces that spread in Bolivia during the time of the Spanish colony and to which the local inhabitants, since centuries ago, attributed miracles. The first edition of the celebration was recorded in 1923.