Tehran Times - Irans traditional skills of crafting and playing the dotar won world heritage status on Thursday, joining UNESCOs culture list as one of the most prominent social and cultural components of the folkloric music of the nation. UNESCO accepted traditional skills of crafting and playing the dotar on the world bodys list of the Intangible ...

IRNA - The dossier of creating and playing the Iranian traditional musical instrument dotar (meaning two strings in Persian) which was submitted for inclusion in UNESCOs List of Intangible Cultural Heritage is in evaluation stage, a cultural official said. Iran submitted the dossier to UNESCO in a file titled Traditional skills for making and playing ...