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(231229) -- BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A glassblower blows and twirls molten glass through a long metal tube to make glassware in Damascus, Syria, Dec. 21, 2023. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-GLASSBLOWING

(231228) -- DAMASCUS, Dec. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A glassblower blows and twirls molten glass through a long metal tube to make glassware in Damascus, Syria, Dec. 21, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Syria's glassblowing tradition revived with new hope" (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-GLASSBLOWING

(231228) -- DAMASCUS, Dec. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A glassblower makes glassware in Damascus, Syria, Dec. 21, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Syria's glassblowing tradition revived with new hope" (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-GLASSBLOWING

(231228) -- DAMASCUS, Dec. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A glassblower makes glassware in Damascus, Syria, Dec. 21, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Syria's glassblowing tradition revived with new hope" (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-GLASSBLOWING

(231228) -- DAMASCUS, Dec. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A glassblower blows and twirls molten glass through a long metal tube to make glassware in Damascus, Syria, Dec. 21, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Syria's glassblowing tradition revived with new hope" (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-GLASSBLOWING

(231228) -- DAMASCUS, Dec. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A glassblower makes glassware in Damascus, Syria, Dec. 21, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Syria's glassblowing tradition revived with new hope" (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-GLASSBLOWING

(231228) -- DAMASCUS, Dec. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Glassblower Muhammad Hallaq shows a piece of handmade glassware in Damascus, Syria, Dec. 21, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Syria's glassblowing tradition revived with new hope" (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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Intangible cultural heritage inheritors in Syria hope to revive glassblowing tradition

STORY: Intangible cultural heritage inheritors in Syria hope to revive glassblowing tradition SHOOTING DATE: Dec. 27, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:59 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of glassblowing process 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MUHAMMAD HALLAQ, Glassblower 3. various of glassblowing process 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): YASMIN DARWISH, Apprentice 5. various of glassblowing process 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): BASMA MAJZOUB, Apprentice 7. various of glassblowing process STORYLINE: In the heart of Damascus, the capital of Syria, 63-year-old Muhammad Hallaq has run a glassblowing workshop, a family legacy that spans three generations. In his workshop in the Zablatani area, Hallaq and six family members have remained to blow glass to keep this time-honored Syrian technique from dying out. Hallaq is delighted as the glassblowing tradition has recently been inscribed on the list of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MUHAMMAD HALLAQ, Glassblower "I hav