The UN has included a traditional Azeri horse-riding game from the disputed region of Nagorny Karabakh in its list of intangible heritage in need of preservation.

Envoys picked the new listings at a meeting in the glitzy Azerbaijani capital Baku.
Chovqan is a horse game traditionally played by nomads and was chosen as it in danger of dying out, the communique said. The name derives from the bow-tipped stick used by herders in the past.
Today the game is played by two teams wearing traditional garb and to the sounds of traditional music.
"The practice and transmission of Chovqan have weakened, however, due to a loss of interest among the youth, combined with urbanisation and migration, leading to a shortage of players, trainers and Karabakh horses," Unesco said on its website.
Azerbaijan is locked in a festering decades-long feud with its neighbour Armenia over the breakaway region of Nagorny Karabakh.
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But despite years of negotiations since a 1994 ceasefire, the two sides have still not signed a peace deal.
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Delegates are set to debate four further nominations to the list on Wednesday.
Source-AFP