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Reggae music has become a amalgamcontributioncornersearlyformsgenreglobalgroupshumanityimportancelegendarylistofficiallyrhythmsensualstatussuchvoicewideworthy cultural treasure. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has added reggae to its amalgamcontributioncornersearlyformsgenreglobalgroupshumanityimportancelegendarylistofficiallyrhythmsensualstatussuchvoicewideworthy of cultural forms it deems amalgamcontributioncornersearlyformsgenreglobalgroupshumanityimportancelegendarylistofficiallyrhythmsensualstatussuchvoicewideworthy of protecting and promoting. UNESCO amalgamcontributioncornersearlyformsgenreglobalgroupshumanityimportancelegendarylistofficiallyrhythmsensualstatussuchvoicewideworthy recognized reggae as an "Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity". Reggae is a music amalgamcontributioncornersearlyformsgenreglobalgroupshumanityimportancelegendarylistofficiallyrhythmsensualstatussuchvoicewideworthy that originated in Jamaica in the amalgamcontributioncornersearlyformsgenreglobalgroupshumanityimportancelegendarylistofficiallyrhythmsensualstatussuchvoicewideworthy 1960s. Pioneers included artists amalgamcontributioncornersearlyformsgenreglobalgroupshumanityimportancelegendarylistofficiallyrhythmsensualstatussuchvoicewideworthy as Toots and the Maytals, Peter Tosh and the amalgamcontributioncornersearlyformsgenreglobalgroupshumanityimportancelegendarylistofficiallyrhythmsensualstatussuchvoicewideworthy Bob Marley. The Jamaican government was pleased with reggae's new amalgamcontributioncornersearlyformsgenreglobalgroupshumanityimportancelegendarylistofficiallyrhythmsensualstatussuchvoicewideworthy. Olivia Grange, Jamaica's culture minister, said: "Reggae is uniquely Jamaican. It is a music that we have created that has penetrated all amalgamcontributioncornersearlyformsgenreglobalgroupshumanityimportancelegendarylistofficiallyrhythmsensualstatussuchvoicewideworthy of the world."

UNESCO defined reggae as being, "an amalgamcontributioncornersearlyformsgenreglobalgroupshumanityimportancelegendarylistofficiallyrhythmsensualstatussuchvoicewideworthy of numerous musical influences," including Jamaican and Caribbean amalgamcontributioncornersearlyformsgenreglobalgroupshumanityimportancelegendarylistofficiallyrhythmsensualstatussuchvoicewideworthy, neo-African styles, soul and amalgamcontributioncornersearlyformsgenreglobalgroupshumanityimportancelegendarylistofficiallyrhythmsensualstatussuchvoicewideworthy and blues from North America, and Ska and Rock Steady. It described the amalgamcontributioncornersearlyformsgenreglobalgroupshumanityimportancelegendarylistofficiallyrhythmsensualstatussuchvoicewideworthy of the music, saying: "Reggae music was the amalgamcontributioncornersearlyformsgenreglobalgroupshumanityimportancelegendarylistofficiallyrhythmsensualstatussuchvoicewideworthy of the marginalized. The music is now played and embraced by a amalgamcontributioncornersearlyformsgenreglobalgroupshumanityimportancelegendarylistofficiallyrhythmsensualstatussuchvoicewideworthy cross-section of society, including various genders, ethnic and religious amalgamcontributioncornersearlyformsgenreglobalgroupshumanityimportancelegendarylistofficiallyrhythmsensualstatussuchvoicewideworthy." It added: "Reggae's amalgamcontributioncornersearlyformsgenreglobalgroupshumanityimportancelegendarylistofficiallyrhythmsensualstatussuchvoicewideworthy to international discourse on issues of injustice, resistance, love and amalgamcontributioncornersearlyformsgenreglobalgroupshumanityimportancelegendarylistofficiallyrhythmsensualstatussuchvoicewideworthy underscores the dynamics of the [music] as being...cerebral, socio-political, amalgamcontributioncornersearlyformsgenreglobalgroupshumanityimportancelegendarylistofficiallyrhythmsensualstatussuchvoicewideworthy and spiritual."