瑜伽被列入非物质文明遗产

Yoga， the mindbody discipline based on ancient Indian philosophy1 that is now practiced the world over， has joined UNESCO’s list of intangible2 world heritage3 treasures.
　　以古印度哲學为根底的一种身心修炼方法——瑜伽，现在已在全国际盛行。它已被列入了《人类非物质文明遗产名录》。

 
　　Yoga was added to the list in recognition of its influence on Indian society， “from health and medicine to education and the arts”， the World Heritage Committee said in a statement.
　　国际遗产委员会表明，瑜伽给印度社会带来了严重的影响，“从健康到医学，从教育到艺术等方方面面”，这也是其被参加非遗名录中的原因。

　　The list of intangible cultural treasures was created 10 years ago， mainly to increase awareness about them， while UNESCO also sometimes offers financial4 or technical support to countries struggling to protect them.
　　国际非物质文明遗产名录于10年前创立，首要是为了进步人们对维护文明遗产的认识。一起，关于那些奋力维护遗产却遇到困难的国家，联合国教科文安排时而还会供给一些资金和技术支持。

　　The Parisbased UNESCO body meeting in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa added Cuba’s rumba5 dance and Belgium’s beer culture to the list， which also includes the Mediterranean diet， Peking opera and the Peruvian scissors dance.
　　总部坐落巴黎的联合国教科文安排在埃塞俄比亚首都亚的斯亚贝巴举办的会议大将古巴的伦巴舞、比利时的啤酒文明参加了该名录，该名录还包含了地中海饮食、京剧和秘鲁剪刀舞。

　　The UNESCO body designated Ugandan traditional music， which is dying out partly because it requires materials from endangered species， as an intangible heritage that is “in urgent need of safeguarding6”.
　　联合国教科文安排总部也将乌干达传统音乐列入名单中。这种传统音乐日渐消亡的部分原因是其演奏的乐器所需的的原材料来自于一个濒临灭绝的物种。作为一项无形遗产，它的维护火烧眉毛。

　　UNESCO began collecting a list of cultural and natural world heritage treasures—physical sites such as Cambodia’s Angkor Wat or the Grand Canyon in the United States in 1972.
　　联合国自1972年起便开端搜集人文和天然遗产名录——比如像柬埔寨的吴哥窟和美国的科罗拉多大峡谷等。

　　The list now collects 814 cultural sites， 203 natural ones and 35 with both natural and cultural qualities7.
　　国际非物质文明遗产名录现在现已搜集了814个人文遗址，203个天然遗址和35个天然人文偏重的遗址。

　　“Designed to help individuals build selfrealization， ease any suffering they may be experiencing and allow for a state of liberation， （yoga） is practiced by the young and old without discriminating against gender， class or religion，” UNESCO added in a tweet.

　　联合国教科文安排在一条推文中进一步解说：“瑜伽的诞生，是被用来协助个人完成自我，缓解他们阅历的各种苦楚，并协助人们到达一种超逸的状况。不管老少都可操练，它乃至跨过了性别、阶级和宗教的边界。”

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