| Cante Alentejano | |
| Stylistic Origins: | Portuguese music |
| Instruments: | Human voice |
| Local Scenes: | Alentejo |
| Ich: | Cante Alentejano, polyphonic singing from Alentejo, southern Portugal |
| State Party: | Portugal |
| Domains: | Performing arts |
| Id: | 01007 |
| Region: | ENA |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Session: | 9th |
| List: | Representative |
Cante Alentejano is a Portuguese music genre based on vocal music without instrumentation from the Alentejo region. It was inscribed in 2014 in UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity,[1] one of two Portuguese music traditions, the other being Fado.[2] Its origins come from a similar popular music genre created in the region of Minde by campinos. It is said that the habit of singing without instruments was common in bull-herding as a means to coordinate efforts among the campinos.