India, Nov. 3 -- India will host the 20th session of Unesco's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage for the first time this December at Delhi's Red Fort, officials aware of the matter said. All sessions of the meeting, scheduled from December 8 to 13 will take place inside the fort complex. More than 1,000 delegates from around the world are expected to attend the event, they added.

India's Permanent Representative to Unesco, Vishal V Sharma, will chair the session, which will focus on the country's two cultural submissions-Deepawali and Chhath Mahaparva.

The meeting will coincide with the twentieth anniversary of India's ratification of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intan...