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China and Japan swept the board of additions to the United Nations’ list of cultural treasures on Wednesday, accounting for nearly half of the ancient customs and handicrafts honoured by UNESCO. Japan saw 13 additions, many of them folk dances and processions, from an annual float-ceremony in Kyoto to a seventh-century rice harvest ritual from Akiu in the north or the oldest of Japan’s performing arts called Gagaku. (AFP)