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Success story of promoting traditional foods and safeguarding traditional foodways in Kenya
initiatives for restoring traditional foodways in Kenya – Unesco ICH Good Safeguarding Practice inscribed in 2021
Biocultural programme for the safeguarding of the tradition of the Blessed Palm in Venezuela
biocultural programme for the safeguarding of the tradition of the Blessed Palm in Venezuela – Unesco ICH Good Safeguarding Practice inscribed in 2019
Community project of safeguarding the living culture of Rovinj/Rovigno: the Batana Ecomuseum
community project of safeguarding the living culture of Rovinj/Rovigno in Croatia – Unesco ICH Good Safeguarding Practice inscribed in 2016
Bulgarian Chitalishte (Community Cultural Centre): practical experience in safeguarding the vitality of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
practical experience in safeguarding the vitality of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Chitalishte, Bulgaria – Unesco ICH Good Safeguarding Practice inscribed in 2017
Call for projects of the National Programme of Intangible Heritage
national call for intangible heritage projects from the Programa Nacional de Patrimônio Imaterial in Brazil – Unesco ICH Good Safeguarding Practice inscribed in 2011
Fandango's Living Museum
community museum practice to safeguard the tradition of fandango in Brazil – Unesco ICH Good Safeguarding Practice inscribed in 2011
Festival of folklore in Koprivshtitsa: a system of practices for heritage presentation and transmission
festival of folklore of locals and the Bulgarian diaspora in Koprivshtitsa, Bulgaria – Unesco ICH Good Safeguarding Practice inscribed in 2016
Education and training in Indonesian Batik intangible cultural heritage for students, in collaboration with the Batik Museum in Pekalongan
programme to increase the awareness and appreciation of the cultural heritage of Indonesian batik – Unesco ICH Good Safeguarding Practice inscribed in 2009
National programme to safeguard the traditional art of calligraphy in Iran
programme to safeguard the traditional art of calligraphy in Iran – Unesco ICH Good Safeguarding Practice inscribed in 2021
Land-of-Legends programme, for promoting and revitalizing the art of storytelling in Kronoberg Region
programme for promoting and revitalizing the art of storytelling in Kronoberg region, Sweden – Unesco ICH Good Safeguarding Practice inscribed in 2018
Margilan Crafts Development Centre, safeguarding of the atlas and adras making traditional technologies
cultural center safeguarding the ikat atlas and adras-making traditional technologies in Margilan, Uzbekistan – Unesco ICH Good Safeguarding Practice inscribed in 2017
Polyphonic Caravan, researching, safeguarding and promoting the Epirus polyphonic song
project aimed at researching, safeguarding and promoting the Epirus polyphonic song in Greece – Unesco ICH Good Safeguarding Practice inscribed in 2020
Nomad games, rediscovering heritage, celebrating diversity
documentation and identification of traditional games in Kyrgyzstan – Unesco ICH Good Safeguarding Practice inscribed in 2021
Oselvar boat - reframing a traditional learning process of building and use to a modern context
non-profit boatyard and workshop Oselvarverkstaden to safeguard the tradition of the oselvar boatbuilding in Os, Norway – Unesco ICH Good Safeguarding Practice inscribed in 2016
Programme of cultivating ludodiversity: safeguarding traditional games in Flanders
program safeguarding the heritage of games and sports in Flanders, Belgium – Unesco ICH Good Safeguarding Practice inscribed in 2011
Regional Centres for Craftsmanship: a strategy for safeguarding the cultural heritage of traditional handicraft
strategy of three Austrian centers for safeguarding the cultural heritage of traditional handicraft – Unesco ICH Good Safeguarding Practice inscribed in 2016
Safeguarding strategy of traditional crafts for peace building
safeguarding strategy of traditional crafts for peace building in Colombia – Unesco ICH Good Safeguarding Practice inscribed in 2019
Strategy for training coming generations of Fujian puppetry practitioners
program to safeguard the transmission of Fujian Puppetry in the Fujian Province in south-eastern China – Unesco ICH Good Safeguarding Practice inscribed in 2012
Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage of Aymara communities in Bolivia, Chile and Peru
project to safeguard oral expressions, music, textile art and agricultural technologies of the Aymara communities of Bolivia, Chile and Peru – Unesco ICH Good Safeguarding Practice inscribed in 2009
Safeguarding of the folk music heritage by the Kodály concept
safeguarding measures for folk music heritage by the Kodály concept in Hungary – Unesco ICH Good Safeguarding Practice inscribed in 2016
Xtaxkgakget Makgkaxtlawana: the Centre for Indigenous Arts and its contribution to safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage of the Totonac people of Veracruz, Mexico
Centre for Indigenous Arts and its contribution to safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage of the Totonac people of Veracruz, Mexico – Unesco ICH Good Safeguarding Practice inscribed in 2012
Táncház method: a Hungarian model for the transmission of intangible cultural heritage
Hungarian model for the transmission of intangible cultural heritage – Unesco ICH Good Safeguarding Practice inscribed in 2011
Building and use of expanded dugout boats in the Soomaa region
craft of producing dugout boats in Soomaa, Estonia – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2021
Aixan/Gana/Ob#ANS TSI //Khasigu, ancestral musical sound knowledge and skills
traditional music of the Nama people, a Namibian tribal minority – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2020
Al Azi
traditional poetry recital of praise, pride and fortitude poetry performed by a group of individuals without rhythmical or musical instruments in the United Arab Emirates
Dikopelo folk music of Bakgatla ba Kgafela in Kgatleng District
folk music tradition of Bakgatla ba Kgafela involving singing and dancing in Kgatleng district in Botswana
Carolinian wayfinding and canoe making
tradition of building and navigating long-distance canoes in Micronesia, particularly in the outer islands of Yap State – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2021
Ma'di bowl lyre music and dance
music and dance tradition of the Madi people of Uganda – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2016
Enkipaata, Eunoto and Olng'esherr, three male rites of passage of the Maasai community
three interrelated male rites of passage of the Maasai community in Kenya – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2018
Folk long song performance technique of Limbe performances - circular breathing
Mongolian folk long songs performed with the Limbe flute – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2011
Seperu folkdance and associated practices
celebratory practice performed during ceremonies of the Veekuhane community in Botswana
Shadow play
traditional art of handmade puppets projected onto a thin translucent screen in Damascus, Syria – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2018
Mongolian traditional practices of worshipping the sacred sites
Mongolian practices of worshipping sacred sites – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2017
Traditional design and practices for building Chinese wooden arch bridges
wooden arch bridge-building tradition in the Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, along China’s south-east coast – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2009
Tsuur music
combination of instrumental and vocal music of the Uriankhai Mongolians of the Altai Region in Mongolia – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2009
Suri Jagek
traditional Kalasha meteorological and astronomical practice based on the observation of the sun, moon and stars in reference to the local topography in the Hindu Kush mountain range in Pakistan
Traditions and practices associated with the Kayas in the sacred forests of the Mijikenda
traditions and practices of nine Bantu-speaking ethnic groups in the Kaya forests of coastal Kenya – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2009
Arirang folk song in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
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Buddhist chanting of Ladakh: recitation of sacred Buddhist texts in the trans-Himalayan Ladakh region, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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China engraved block printing technique
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Chinese traditional architectural craftsmanship for timber-framed structures
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Grand song of the Dong ethnic group
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Handmade production of Christmas tree decorations from blown glass beads
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Kazakh traditional Assyk games
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Khidr Elias feast and its vows
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National List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Iraq Manden Charter, proclaimed in Kurukan Fuga
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Musical art of horn players
an instrumental technique with the horn, linked to singing, breath control, vibrato, resonance of place and conviviality
Music of Terchová
The Music of Terchová is an orally cultivated musical culture of the community of Terchová which is known for its original collective vocal-instrumental performance.
Mooba dance of the Lenje ethnic group of Central Province of Zambia
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Multipart singing of Horehronie
The villages of the Horehronie region are distinguished by an astonishing richness of traditional folk culture. The folk multipart singing belongs to its most expressive and constant manifestations of this folk culture.
Oral heritage and cultural manifestations of the Zápara people
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Practices and craftsmanship associated with the Damascene rose in Al-Mrah
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Rūkada Nātya, traditional string puppet drama in Sri Lanka
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Ritual journeys in La Paz during Alasita
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The art of embroidery in Palestine, practices, skills, knowledge and rituals
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Traditional skills, techniques and knowledge for the conservation and transmission of wooden architecture in Japan
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Traditional craftsmanship of making Dumbara Ratā Kalāla
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Traditional wall-carpet craftsmanship in Romania and the Republic of Moldova
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Truffle hunting and extraction in Italy, traditional knowledge and practice
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