New elements inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2017.
The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage meeting in Jeju, inscribed thirty-three new elements on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Jeju province encompasses the South Korean island of Jeju in the Korea Strait.
2017 UNESCO LIST | |
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding | |
Al Azi, art of performing praise, pride and fortitude poetry | United Arab Emirates |
Colombian-Venezuelan llano work songs | Colombia – Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
Dikopelo folk music of Bakgatla ba Kgafela in Kgatleng District | Botswana |
Mongolian traditional practices of worshipping the sacred sites | Mongolia |
Taskiwin, martial dance of the western High Atlas | Morocco |
Whistled language | Turkey |
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |
Al-Qatt Al-Asiri, female traditional interior wall decoration in Asir, Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia |
Art of crafting and playing with Kamantcheh/Kamancha, a bowed string musical instrument | Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Azerbaijan |
Art of Neapolitan ‘Pizzaiuolo’ | Italy |
Artisanal processes and plant fibers techniques for talcos, crinejas and pintas weaving of the pinta’o hat | Panama |
Basel Carnival | Switzerland |
Chogān, a horse-riding game accompanied by music and storytelling | Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
Craft of the miller operating windmills and watermills | Netherlands |
Craftmanship of Estremoz clay figures | Portugal |
Cultural practices associated to the 1st of March | Bulgaria – The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia – Republic of Moldova – Romania |
Dolma making and sharing tradition, a marker of cultural identity | Azerbaijan |
Door-to-door rounds of Kurenti | Slovenia |
Kazakh traditional Assyk games | Kazakhstan |
Khaen music of the Lao people | Lao People’s Democratic Republic |
Kochari, traditional group dance | Armenia |
Kok boru, traditional horse game | Kyrgyzstan |
Kolo, traditional folk dance | Serbia |
Konjic woodcarving | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Kumbh Mela | India |
Kushtdepdi rite of singing and dancing | Turkmenistan |
Multipart singing of Horehronie | Slovakia |
Nsima, culinary tradition of Malawi | Malawi |
Organ craftsmanship and music | Germany |
Pinisi, art of boatbuilding in South Sulawesi | Indonesia |
Punto | Cuba |
Rebetiko | Greece |
Ritual journeys in La Paz during Alasita | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |
Sega tambour of Rodrigues Island | Mauritius |
Spring celebration, Hıdrellez | The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia – Turkey |
The art of Bài Chòi in Central Viet Nam | Viet Nam |
Traditional art of Shital Pati weaving of Sylhet | Bangladesh |
Traditional system of Corongo’s water judges | Peru |
Uilleann piping | Ireland |
Xoan singing of Phú Thọ province, Viet Nam | Viet Nam |
Zaouli, popular music and dance of the Guro communities in Côte d’Ivoire | Côte d’Ivoire |
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices | |
Bulgarian Chitalishte (Community Cultural Centre): practical experience in safeguarding the vitality of the Intangible Cultural Heritage | Bulgaria |
Margilan Crafts Development Centre, safeguarding of the atlas and adras making traditional technologies | Uzbekistan |