UNESCO has also recognized the cultural importance of bell ringing, adding the Spanish and Italian techniques for hand-ringing bells to its Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity archive in 2024.

While manual church bell ringing has persisted in Eastern Orthodox countries, it has largely been replaced by bell ringing systems in Catholic and Protestant churches in Western Europe.

Church bells speak again in Spain thanks to effort to recover the lost ‘language' of ringing by hand The Vall d’en Bas School of Bell Ringers is trying to resuscitate the dwindling art of ...

TEXARKANA, Ark. -- More than 30 change ringers, including a Member of the Order of the British Empire, are in town for the Seven Towers Festival at First Presbyterian Church.

Looking for a louder, more distinct ring, she started using a hand bell that her schoolmarm Aunt Lucille used to summon the children in to start each day and from recess at the one-room schoolhouse ...

Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines H.E. Endo Kazuya and Presidential Peace Adviser Sec. Carlito G. Galvez, Jr. leads  the  opening of the  21st National Peace Consciousness Month which officially ...

While manual church bell ringing has persisted in Eastern Orthodox countries, it has largely been replaced by bell ringing systems in Catholic and Protestant churches in Western Europe.

While manual church bell ringing has persisted in Eastern Orthodox countries, it has largely been replaced by bell ringing systems in Catholic and Protestant churches in Western Europe.