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Elements inscribed in 2011 on the Urgent Safeguarding List, the Representative List INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE and the Register of Best Safeguarding Practices

What is it? creation. For the purpose of the Convention, consideration INTANGIBLE CULTURAL SECRETARIAT will be given solely to such intangible cultural heritage as is HERITAGE FUND OF THE CONVENTION Intangible cultural heritage includes practices, representa- compatible with existing international human rights instru- ments, as well as with the requirements of mutual respect The Fund for the Safeguarding of the The List of elements of intangible cultural tions, expressions, knowledge and know-how that communi- Intangible Cultural Heritage can contribute heritage is updated every year by the ties recognize as part of their cultural heritage. Passed down among communities and of sustainable development. financially and technically to state Intangible Cultural Heritage Section. safeguarding measures. If you would like If you would like to receive more information from generation to generation, it is constantly recreated to participate, please send a contribution. about the 2003 Convention for the by communities in response to their environment, their Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural The inscriptions Donations in US$ should be made to: Heritage, please contact: interaction with nature and their history, providing them UNESCO account: with a sense of identity and continuity. 949-1-191558 Intangible Cultural Heritage Section The Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible CHASE JP MORGAN BANK UNESCO International Money Transfer Division 1 rue Miollis Cultural Heritage has several systems for safeguarding at the 4 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn 75732 Cedex 15, international level: the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage New York, NY 11245 Tel: + 33 (0)1 45 68 43 43 United States of America Fax: +33 (0)1 45 68 57 52 INTANGIBLE Why? in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, the Representative List Swift code: of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity and the CHASUS 33-ABA: 0210-0002-1 Email: ich_com@.org CULTURAL Internet: www.unesco.org/culture/ich The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Register of Best Safeguarding Practices. Donations in EUR should be made to: HERITAGE Organization (UNESCO) strives to cooperate with countries Following the sixth session of the Intergovernmental UNESCO account: Published in 2012 by the United Nations Educational, 30003-03301-00037291909-97 around the world for the safeguarding of the intangible Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Scientific and Cultural Organization SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE 7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP, France cultural heritage. This heritage, traditional and modern Heritage, held in , , in November 2011, there Paris Seine Amont Printed in France in the workshops of UNESCO at the same time, nourishes cultural diversity and human are 27 elements on the List of Intangible Cultural Herit- 10, rue Thénard © UNESCO 2012 75005 Paris, France 2011 creativity. It can help to meet many contemporary challenges age in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, 232 elements on the Swift code: SOGEFRPPAFS of sustainable development such as social cohesion, education, Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of food security, health and sustainable management of natural Humanity and 8 programmes included in the Register of Best Please indicate that the contribution resources. It is also a significant source of income and job Safeguarding Practices. is a donation to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund.

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BELGIUM — Leuven age set ritual repertoire — Traditional knowledge of the jaguar shamans Indonesia — Mauritania — Moorish epic T’heydinn REPUBLIC OF — Taekkyeon, a traditional Korean © 2007, Karel Rondou of Yuruparí © 2006, Sergio Bartelsman, ACAIPI, Fundación Gaia Amazonas © 2010, Centre for Research and Development of Culture © DPC, Ministry of Culture martial art © 2007, National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage

Iran (Islamic Republic of) — Naqqāli, Iranian dramatic MEXICO — , string , and REPUBLIC OF KOREA — of Mosi (fine ramie) © 2009, Guadalajara Chamber of Commerce story-telling © 2005, Department of Traditional Arts, ICHHTO Research Centre in the Hansan region © 2003, Cultural Heritage Administration — A programme of cultivating ‘ludodiversity’: — Bećarac and playing from Eastern Croatia safeguarding traditional games in Flanders © 2011, Sportimonium © 2008, Ministry of Culture

Iran (Islamic Republic of) — Traditional skills of building — Folk performance technique of Limbe — Festivity of ‘la Mare de Déu de la Salut’ of Algemesí and sailing Iranian Lenj boats in the Persian Gulf performances – © 2010, Ts. Tsevegsuren © 2010, Generalitat Valenciana © 2009, Asghar Besharati/Hamshahri Sarzamin-e Man/Iranian Cultural and Geographical Studies — Call for projects of the National Programme Croatia — Nijemo , silent of the Dalmatian hinterland of Intangible Heritage © 2006, Paulo Anchieta © 2008, Ministry of Culture

Japan — Mibu no Hana Taue, ritual of transplanting rice in Mibu, — , Harákmbut sung prayers of Peru’s Huachipaire people SPAIN — Revitalization of the traditional craftsmanship Hiroshima © 2009, Kitahiroshima-cho © 2010, National Institute of Culture of lime-making in Morón de la Frontera, Seville, Andalusia © 2005, M. Gilortiz

BRAZIL — ’s Living Museum CYPRUS — Tsiattista poetic duelling © 2005, Felipe Varanda/acervo Museu Vivo do Fandango © 2011, Larnaca Municipality

Japan — Sada Shin , sacred dancing at Sada shrine, Shimane Peru — Pilgrimage to the sanctuary of the Lord of Qoyllurit’i — Ceremonial Keşkek tradition © 2009, Matsue City Board of Education © 2004, National Institute of Culture © Information and Documentation Centre of Folk Culture/Ministry of Culture and Tourism

BRAZIL — Yaokwa, the people’s ritual CZECH REPUBLIC — in the south-east for the maintenance of social and cosmic order © 2008, IPHAN of the Czech Republic © 2010, National Institute of Folk Culture

Portugal — , urban popular song of © 2008, José Frade

CHINa — Chinese shadow France — Equitation in the French tradition © 2009, Puppet and Shadow Art Society © 2009, ENE/Alain Laurioux Mali — Secret society of the Kôrêdugaw, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — , the rite of wisdom in Mali © 2007, DNPC traditional weaving skills in the United Arab Emirates © 2010, Intangible Heritage Department (ADACH) Graphic design & layout: Emmanuel Labard — www.l-e-studio.net

CHINa — Hezhen Yimakan storytelling — Táncház method: a Hungarian model for Mali and Burkina Faso — Cultural practices and expressions REPUBLIC OF KOREA — , tightrope Viet Nam — of Phú Tho. Province, Viet Nam © 2010, Centre for Safeguarding the ICH of Heilongjiang Province the transmission of intangible cultural heritage © 2012, Hungarian Open Air Museum linked to the of the Senufo communities of Mali and Burkina Faso walking © 2000, Cultural Heritage Administration © 2011, Vietnamese Institute for © 2006, DNPC BRAZIL INDONESIA IRAN (Islamic Republic of) MAURITANIA PERU men shear the sheep, camels and Yaokwa, the Enawene Nawe people’s Saman dance Traditional skills of building Moorish epic T’heydinn Eshuva, Harákmbut sung prayers goats, and women gather in small groups ritual for the maintenance of social and sailing Iranian Lenj boats of Peru’s Huachipaire people to spin and weave, exchanging family news Boys and young men among the Gayo people The T’heydinn epic encompasses dozens of and cosmic order in the Persian Gulf and occasionally chanting and reciting 2011 of Aceh Province in Sumatra perform Saman poems in the Hassaniya language lauding the The Huachipaire are an indigenous ethnic poetry. Girls learn by watching during these The Enawene Nawe people, who live in the sitting on their heels or kneeling in tight Iranian Lenj vessels are traditionally glorious feats of Moorish emirs and sultans group speaking the Harákmbut language WWW.UNESCO.ORG/CULTURE/ICH gatherings and are gradually given tasks to southern Amazon rainforest, perform the rows. Dancers clap their hands, slap their hand-built from wood and are used by and preserving the collective memory of and living in Peru’s southern Amazon do, such as sorting the wool, before learning Yaokwa ritual each year during the seven- chests, thighs and the ground, click their inhabitants of the northern coast of the society. Sung by griots and accompanied by tropical forest. The Eshuva, or sung prayers, the more intricate skills involved. month dry season to honour the Yakairiti fingers, and sway and twist their bodies and Persian Gulf for sea journeys, trading, traditional instruments such as the , are an expression of Huachipaire religious spirits and ensure cosmic and social order. heads in time with the shifting . The fishing and pearl diving. The traditional and kettledrum, the poems are passed down myths, performed for healing or as part of The different clans alternate responsibility: verses they sing offer guidance and can be knowledge surrounding Lenjes includes oral from father to son, with young griots first traditional ceremonies. According to oral VIET NAM one embarks on fishing expeditions religious, romantic or humorous in tone. literature, festivals and , in learning the instrumental skills before being tradition, the Eshuva prayers were learned Xoan singing of Phú Tho Province, throughout the area while another prepares Saman is performed to celebrate national addition to sailing and navigation techniques initiated into the poetic tradition. directly from the forest’s animals, and are . Viet Nam offerings of rock salt, fish and ritual food for and religious holidays, cementing and terminology and weather forecasting, Performances are occasions for regional sung to summon the spirits of nature to the spirits, and performs music and dance. relationships between villages. and the skills of wooden boat-building. tribal and family reunions, strengthening alleviate illness or discomfort and promote Xoan singing is practised in Phú Tho. Yaokwa and the local biodiversity it Today, wooden Lenjes are being replaced by social ties and promoting social peace and well-being. Performed without musical Province in the first two months of the lunar List of Intangible Cultural celebrates represent an extremely delicate cheaper fibreglass substitutes and the mutual assistance. instruments, Eshuva prayers are sung only year. Xoan guilds traditionally performed and fragile ecosystem whose continuity IRAN (Islamic Republic of) philosophy, culture and traditional in the Harákmbut language. in sacred spaces such as temples, shrines Heritage in Need of Urgent depends directly on its conservation. Naqqāli, Iranian dramatic knowledge of sailing in the Persian Gulf are and communal houses for the spring story-telling gradually fading. MONGOLIA festivals. Xoan singing is accompanied by Folk long song performance technique UNITED ARAB EMIRATES dancing and musical instruments such as Safeguarding Naqqāli dramatic performance has long CHINA of Limbe performances – circular Al Sadu, traditional weaving skills clappers and a variety of . Knowledge, played an important role in Iranian society, Hezhen Yimakan storytelling MALI breathing in the United Arab Emirates customs and techniques for singing, playing from the royal courts to the villages. Secret society of the Kôrêdugaw, the and dancing are traditionally transmitted Narrated in the language of the Hezhen The performer – the naqqāl – recounts The Limbe is a side-blown of hardwood Al Sadu is a traditional form of weaving The List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent rite of wisdom in Mali orally by the guild leader. In recent years, people of north-eastern China, and taking stories in verse or prose accompanied by or , traditionally used to perform practised by Bedouin women in rural the singing has been taken up by clubs Safeguarding aims at mobilizing attention and international both verse and prose forms, Yimakan gestures and movements, and sometimes For the Bambara, Malinké, Senufo and Mongolian folk long . Through the use communities of the United Arab Emirates and other performing groups. cooperation in order to safeguard intangible cultural heritage storytelling consists of many independent instrumental music and a painted screen. Samogo peoples of Mali, the secret society of of circular breathing, Limbe performers are to produce soft furnishings and decorative episodes depicting tribal alliances and Both entertainers and bearers of Persian the Kôrêdugaw is a rite of wisdom performed able to produce the continuous, wide-ranging accessories for camels and horses. whose viability is at risk despite the best efforts of the battles, including the defeat of monsters and literature and culture, performers need to be at festivals and many other occasions. melodies characteristic of the long song. community(ies) or the State(s) Party(ies). It records the safe- invaders by Hezhen heroes. Yimakan acquainted with local cultural expressions, Initiates provoke laughter with behaviour Limbe playing is characterized by performers improvise stories without languages and dialects, and traditional characterized by gluttony, caustic humour euphonious melodies, melisma, hidden tunes guarding measures elaborated by the State Party with the instrumental accompaniment, alternating music. Naqqāli requires considerable talent, and wit, but also possess great intelligence and skilful and delicate movements widest participation of communities, which may benefit from between singing and speaking, and make use a retentive memory and the ability to and wisdom. The society educates, trains and of the fingers and tongue. The small number of different melodies to represent improvise in order to capture the audience’s prepares children to cope with life and deal of skilled performers has become cause for the financial support of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund. the characters and plots. Yimakan plays a attention. with social problems. The Kôrêdugaw concern, with only fourteen Limbe Eleven elements of intangible cultural heritage were inscribed key role in preserving the Hezhen mother symbolize generosity, tolerance, practitioners remaining. tongue, religion, beliefs, folklore and inoffensiveness and mastery of knowledge, Register of Best on this List in 2011 by the Intergovernmental Committee for customs. embodying the rules of conduct that they the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. advocate for others. Safeguarding Practices

The Register of Best Safeguarding Practices includes programmes, projects and activities on the national, sub­ regional and/or international level that the Committee considers best reflect the principles and objectives of the Convention. It aims at ensuring exchange and cooperation CROATIA Riders aim to establish a close relationship travel to the Sinakara sanctuary. This in female-led family operations where at the international level for programmes with proven Representative List , silent circle dance with their horse and work towards achieving religious event lasts twenty-four hours as mothers transmit techniques and skills to of the Dalmatian hinterland ‘lightness’. There is strong intergenerational people process up and down the mountain, their daughters or daughters-in-law. success in safeguarding intangible cultural heritage. Five of the Intangible Cultural cooperation and respect for the experience of ending in the village of Tayancani at sunrise. The Hansan region boasts fertile land and The Nijemo Kolo is a Dalmatian closed-circle programmes were selected for the Register in 2011 by the older riders. Dance plays a central role in the pilgrimage. sea winds that allow ramie plants to thrive. dance performed by communities in Heritage of Humanity The Council of Pilgrim Nations and Mosi cloth is used to produce a variety Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the southern Croatia exclusively without music, the Brotherhood of the Lord of Qoyllurit’i of clothing from dress suits and military although vocal or instrumental performances Intangible Cultural Heritage. JAPAN oversee activities and maintain the rules uniforms to mourning garments. may precede or follow it. Male dancers lead Mibu no Hana Taue, ritual and codes of behaviour. The Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of their female partners in energetic, of transplanting rice in Mibu, spontaneous steps, seemingly without defined Humanity aims at ensuring better visibility of the intangible Hiroshima SPAIN awareness by organizing local performances, rules, that publicly test the female’s skills. PORTUGAL Festivity of ‘la Mare de Déu BELGIUM runs workshops with schoolteachers, cultural heritage and raising awareness of its importance Today, the Nijemo Kolo is mostly performed Mibu no Hana Taue is a Japanese agricultural Fado, urban popular song of Portugal de la Salut’ of Algemesí A programme of cultivating publishes books and CDs, operates a website by village troupes at local shows and ritual asking the rice deity to assure an while encouraging dialogue that ­respects cultural diversity. ‘ludodiversity’: safeguarding and makes bibliographic and audiovisual , on saint’s days at parish churches abundant rice harvest. It takes place in two A symbol of identity, Fado is widely sung The Festivity of ‘la Mare de Déu de la Salut’ traditional games in Flanders collections available. Nineteen elements of intangible cultural heritage were or at regional and international festivals. communities of Hiroshima Prefecture on the in and represents a distinctly is a series of activities and performances inscribed on this List in 2011 by the Intergovernmental It is transmitted from generation to first Sunday of June after rice transplanting Portuguese multicultural synthesis celebrated every 7 and 8 September in Ludodiversity refers to a wide range of generation, although increasingly this occurs is completed. Villagers, cattle, an elder leader of African-Brazilian music, local genres of Algemesí, in the Comunidad Valenciana. games, sports, physical exercises, dance and HUNGARY Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural through cultural clubs. and colourfully dressed girls re-enact song and dance, rural music, and urban song These start with ringing the of the . The NGO Sportimonium has Táncház method: a Hungarian the stages of planting and transplanting a patterns of the early nineteenth century. Basílica Menor de San Jaime followed taken measures to safeguard the heritage of Heritage. model for the transmission rice field specially reserved for this event. Fado is typically performed by a solo male or by a parade. Over the two days, almost games and sports in Flanders, including of intangible cultural heritage CYPRUS Participants sing, accompanied by drums, female singer, accompanied by an acoustic 1,400 people participate in theatre, music, shooting sports, bowl games, throwing Tsiattista poetic duelling and small . Transmission is guitar and the Portuguese guitarra, dance and performances organized in the games and ball games. These safeguarding The Táncház (‘dance-house’) model puppets, improvisational singing and ensured by the elders, who also oversee the a pear-shaped, twelve-stringed cittern. historic areas of the city. All costumes, measures include support for specialized and of teaching and music combines Tsiattista is lively, impromptu oral poetry MALI AND BURKINA FASO playing various musical instruments ritual’s smooth execution. It is performed both professionally and ornaments and accessories are handcrafted, umbrella organizations, publications, traditional forms of acquisition with modern performed in Greek Cypriot dialect whereby Cultural practices and expressions are handed down in families and troupes, informally in grass-roots associations and and the and musical scores are festivals, demonstrations, exchanges of pedagogical and folkloristic methods. one poet–singer attempts to outdo another linked to the balafon of the Senufo passing from master to pupil. Puppetry Sada Shin Noh, sacred dancing is often transmitted over successive handed down from generation to generation. expertise, promotion activities, loan services Anyone – regardless of age, competence or with clever verses of rhyming couplets, often communities of Mali and Burkina Faso spreads knowledge, promotes cultural at Sada shrine, Shimane generations within the same family. providing people with traditional games previous experience – can become an active performed to the accompaniment of the values and entertains the community, equipment and a Traditional Games Park. participant. The aim is to establish a The balafon of the Senufo communities of violin or lute. The poets have a ready wit, rich Sada Shin Noh comprises a series of especially the youth. TURKEY The basis for the programme is systematic value-based, community-building, Mali and Burkina Faso (known locally as the vocabulary and an active imagination and purification dances as part of the ritual REPUBLIC OF KOREA Ceremonial Keşkek tradition documentation and research, whose results entertaining yet educational form of ncegele) is a pentatonic composed are able to respond to an opponent by changing of the rush mats performed every Jultagi, tightrope walking can be consulted in a documentation centre. recreational activity through the practice and of eleven to twenty-one keys of different improvising new couplets on specific themes year on 24 and 25 September at the Sada Keşkek is a traditional Turkish ceremonial COLOMBIA transmission of intangible cultural heritage. lengths arranged on a trapezoidal frame with within very strict time constraints. It has shrine in Matsue City. Dancers hold the rush Traditional Korean Jultagi is a distinctive wheat and meat dish prepared for wedding Traditional knowledge The annual National Táncház Festival and gourd resonators of different sizes beneath traditionally been performed mats to purify them before offering them to form of tightrope walking that is accompanied ceremonies, circumcisions and religious of the jaguar shamans of Yuruparí BRAZIL Fair is the largest meeting of bearers, the keys. Under the instruction of a teacher, by men at weddings, fairs and other public the deities to sit upon. Various types of dance by music and witty dialogue between the holidays. Women and men work together Call for projects of the National mediators and enthusiasts. There are also the student first learns to play a children’s The jaguar shamans of Yuruparí are celebrations but recently women have begun are performed on a specially constructed tightrope walker and an earthbound clown. to prepare the dish in huge cauldrons, then Programme of Intangible Heritage many Táncház workshops, camps, balafon before advancing to full-sized ones. the common heritage of the many ethnic performing. stage within the shrine, accompanied by The tightrope walker executes a variety serve it to the guests. Many community playhouses and handicraft clubs. Played solo or as part of an ensemble during groups living along the Pirá Paraná River in singing, flute and drums. Sada Shin Noh is of acrobatic feats along with jokes, mimicry, members participate in the various chores, Every year, Brazil’s National Programme of festivities, prayers, work, funerals and so south-eastern Colombia. Using traditional transmitted from generation to generation by songs and dance, while a clown engages from selecting the wheat to saying blessings Intangible Heritage (PNPI) issues a national CZECH REPUBLIC on, the balafon is a symbol of community knowledge and ritual practices, the shamans the community. the tightrope walker in humorous banter and and prayers, carrying the wheat and cooking call for projects – this encourages and SPAIN identity. heal, prevent sickness and revitalize nature. Ride of the Kings in the south-east of accompany the entertainment. The it. The celebrations also include supports safeguarding initiatives and Revitalization of the traditional During the Hee Biki ritual, male children the Czech Republic Jultagi Safeguarding Association in Gyeonggi entertainment such as plays and musical practices proposed by Brazilian local craftsmanship of lime-making learn the traditional guidelines for these MEXICO Province oversees the transmission of skills performances. The cooking tradition is government bodies or non-profit private The Ride of the Kings is an annual in Morón de la Frontera, Seville, BELGIUM practices as part of their passage into Mariachi, string music, song through apprenticeships with masters, public safeguarded and handed down by master organizations. The projects must involve the procession associated with the Christian Andalusia Leuven age set ritual repertoire adulthood. It is believed that shamans and trumpet classes and summer camps. cooks to apprentices. participation of the community and groups feast of Pentecost in four small towns inherited their traditional knowledge from concerned, promote social inclusion and The traditional practice of lime-making was The age sets of Leuven are a decade-long rite in the south-east of the Czech Republic. The traditional musical genre of Mariachi is a an all-powerful, mythical Yuruparí, an Taekkyeon, a traditional Korean improvement of the living conditions of the a source of employment for Morón de la of passage for men who share the same year The King and his royal cavalcade – with an fundamental element of Mexican culture, anaconda who lived as a human being and is martial art creators and bearers of such heritage, and Frontera and a marker of its identity, but the of birth. Men form their group at age 40 and entourage of chanters and pageboys – parade transmitting values, heritage, history and embodied in sacred . respect individual and collective rights. kilns fell into disuse and the transmission participate in social and cultural activities through town dressed in traditional costumes different Indian languages. Traditional Taekkyeon is a traditional Korean martial art The Intangible Heritage Department of knowledge almost came to an end. that culminate ten years later with a and riding decorated horses. They stop along Mariachi ensembles include trumpets, that makes use of fluid, rhythmic, dance-like of the National Institute of Historical and The Cultural Association of the Lime Kilns celebration around the city’s statue of the the way to chant rhymes that offer humorous violins, the vihuela and guitarrón (bass movements to strike an opponent, while Artistic Heritage (IPHAN) in Brasilia selects of Morón was established to raise awareness prophet Abraham. Each age set chooses its CROATIA comments on the character and conduct guitar), and may have four or more musicians teaching consideration and moderation. The the projects, after evaluation by a national of the practice and importance of lime-making own medal, flag and uniform and has a Bećarac singing and playing of the spectators, who reward a good who wear regional costumes adapted from graceful movements are gentle and circular committee of specialists. and to improve living conditions for the ‘godfather’ who is a decade older. The age set from Eastern Croatia performance with gifts of money. The specific the charro costume. Modern Mariachi music but can explode with enormous flexibility craftspeople – it has led to the establishment rituals provide participants and the entire practices and responsibilities of the event includes a wide repertoire of songs from and strength, employing a variety of Bećarac music is popular throughout of an ethnographic centre and the Living city with a strong sense of identity. are transmitted from generation to generation. different regions of the country and musical offensive and defensive skills. As a part of Fandango’s Living Museum eastern Croatia and is deeply rooted in the Lime Museum of Morón, which displays genres. The skill is passed down from parent seasonal farming-related traditions, cultures of Slavonia, Baranja and Srijem. An NGO called the Caburé Cultural the working process in situ and promotes the to child. Musicians learn by ear and through Taekkyeon encourages community Lead singers interchange vocal lines while Association conceived the Living Museum transmission of techniques to new generations. CHINA FRANCE watching performances at festive, religious integration and promotes public health. creating, emulating and combining project to promote safeguarding actions Chinese shadow puppetry Equitation in the French tradition and civil events. Large numbers of people practise it as a daily decasyllabic verses and shaping the melody, for Fandango, a and dance activity and the Korean Taekkyeon Chinese shadow puppetry is a form of all the while accompanied by a group of Equitation in the French tradition is expression in the coastal communities Association promotes its transmission. theatre in which colourful silhouette figures singers and tamboura bands. Lead singers a school of horseback riding that emphasizes PERU of southern and south-eastern Brazil. perform traditional plays against a back-lit shape performances according to the harmonious relations between humans and Approximately 300 local practitioners helped Pilgrimage to the sanctuary Weaving of Mosi (fine ramie) cloth screen, accompanied by music and context, often expressing thoughts and horses. Practised throughout France and to set up the open-air Living Museum; of the Lord of Qoyllurit’i in the Hansan region singing. Puppeteers make the figures from feelings that would otherwise be elsewhere, its most widely known community there is also a visitors’ ‘circuit’ that covers leather or paper and manipulate them by inappropriate. Performances in informal is the Cadre Noir of Saumur, based at the The Pilgrimage to the sanctuary of the Lord The weaving of Mosi involves harvesting, interaction and the exchange of experience means of rods to create the illusion of situations or in contemporary festive events National School of Equitation. Here riders of Qoyllurit’i begins fifty-eight days after boiling and bleaching ramie plants, spinning with performers, visits to cultural and moving images. The puppeteers’ skills of and celebrations last as long as the singers’ learn to combine human demands with Easter, when people representing eight from the fibre and weaving it on research centres and opportunities to buy simultaneously manipulating several creativity and energy permits. respect for the horse’s body and mood. indigenous villages from around Cuzco traditional . Weaving is transmitted local handicrafts. The museum raises

Sericulture and craftsmanship Ramman, religious festival Sekishu-Banshi, papermaking in , traditional song Traditional Sohbet meetings (2010) Cumulative List Spain, Greece, (Plurinational State of) of China (2009) Cyprus and ritual theatre of the Garhwal the Iwami region of Shimane of the P’urhépecha (2010) Portugal Âşıklık (minstrelsy) tradition and Morocco Andean cosmovision Tibetan (2009) Tsiattista poetic dueling (2011) Himalayas, (2009) Prefecture (2009) Traditional Fado, urban popular song (2009) Mediterranean diet (2010) of the (2008) Traditional design and practices for Lefkara laces or Lefkaritika (2009) Kutiyattam, Sanskrit theatre (2008) Traditional Ainu dance (2009) – ancestral, ongoing community of Portugal (2011) Karagöz (2009) 2008–2011  of Oruro (2008) building Chinese wooden arch , the traditional perform- Yamahoko, the float ceremony of culture, the Michoacán paradigm Arts of the , public bridges (2009) ance of the (2008) the Kyoto Gion festival (2009) (2010) storytellers (2008) United Arab Emirates, Traditional firing technology Czech Republic Tradition of Vedic chanting (2008)  theatre (2008) Places of memory and living Republic of Korea Mevlevi Sema ceremony (2008) Belgium, Czech Republic, Brazil of Longquan celadon (2009) Ride of the Kings in the south-east Ningyo Johruri puppet traditions of the Otomí- Jultagi, tightrope walking (2011) The cumulative list below presents, by alphabetical order of France, Mongolia, Morocco, Call for projects of the National Traditional handicrafts of the Czech Republic (2011) theatre (2008) Chichimecas people of Tolimán: Taekkyeon, a traditional Korean Qatar, Republic of Korea, Programme of Intangible Heritage of making (2009) Shrovetide door-to-door Indonesia Nôgaku theatre (2008) the Peña de Bernal, guardian martial art (2011) Uganda the submitting States, the 267 elements inscribed between , Spain and (2011) Traditional Li techniques: processions and masks in the Saman dance (2011) of a sacred territory (2009) Weaving of Mosi (fine ramie)  making in Uganda Syrian Arab Republic Fandango’s Living Museum (2011) spinning, dyeing, weaving villages of the Hlinecko area (2010) Indonesian (2010) Ritual ceremony of the Voladores in the Hansan region (2011) (2008) 2008 – the first year of implementation of the Convention at , a living human heritage Yaokwa, the Enawene Nawe and embroidering (2009) Slovácko Verbuňk, recruit dances Education and training in Jordan (2009) Daemokjang, traditional wooden (2010) people’s ritual for the maintenance Xi’an wind and percussion (2008) Indonesian intangible Cultural space of the Bedu Indigenous festivity dedicated to architecture (2010) the international level – and 2011 on the List of Intangible of social and cosmic order (2011) ensemble (2009) cultural heritage for elementary, in and Wadi Rum (2008) the dead (2008) , lyric song cycles United Arab Emirates Oral and graphic expressions Yueju opera (2009) junior, senior, vocational school accompanied by an orchestra Al Sadu, traditional weaving skills Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, the and Tajikistan of the Wajapi (2008)  and its music (2008) Dominican Republic and polytechnic students, (2010) in the United Arab Emirates (2011) Shashmaqom music (2008)  de Roda of the Recôncavo of Kun Qu opera (2008)  dance drama tradition (2008) in collaboration with the Batik Kenya Mongolia  (2009) Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Bahia (2008) Uygur of (2008) Cultural space of the Brotherhood Museum in Pekalongan (2009) Traditions and practices associated Folk long song performance  (2009) of the Holy Spirit of the Congos of Indonesian Batik (2009) with the Kayas in the sacred forests technique of Limbe performances – Jeju Chilmeoridang Humanity and the Register of Best Safeguarding Practices. Villa Mella (2008) Indonesian (2008) of the Mijikenda (2009) circular breathing (2011) Yeongdeunggut (2009)  and its socio-cultural NATIONAL Bulgaria Colombia  puppet theatre (2008) Mongolian traditional art  Nori (2009) space: a community practice (2009) The 90 elements formerly proclaimed Masterpieces of the ELEMENTS Nestinarstvo, messages from the Traditional knowledge of Khöömei (2010)  (2009) past: the Panagyr of Saints of the jaguar shamans Egypt Kyrgyzstan , Mongolian traditional Gangneung Danoje festival (2008) Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity were all incorp­ Constantine and Helena of Yuruparí (2011) Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah epic (2008) Iran (Islamic Republic of) Art of Akyns, Kyrgyz epic tellers festival (2010)  epic chant (2008) Uzbekistan in the village of Bulgari (2009)  music and traditional Naqqāli, Iranian dramatic (2008) Mongol , Mongolian Royal ancestral ritual in the Katta Ashula (2009) orated into the Representative List in 2008, as provided by Albania Bistritsa Babi, archaic , chants from Colombia’s South story-telling (2011) traditional folk dance (2009) Jongmyo shrine and its music Cultural space of Boysun District Albanian folk iso-polyphony (2008) dances and rituals from Pacific region (2010) Traditional skills of building Mongol Tuuli, Mongolian epic (2008) (2008) Article 31 of the Convention. The 15 multinational elements the Shoplouk region (2008) Wayuu normative system, applied Seto Leelo, Seto polyphonic singing and sailing Iranian Lenj boats (2009) by the Pütchipü’üi (palabrero) tradition (2009) in the Persian Gulf (2011) Suiti cultural space (2009) Traditional music of the Tsuur inscribed on the Convention’s Lists are shown at the beginning Algeria (2010)  cultural space (2008) Music of the Bakhshis (2009) Vanuatu Ahellil of Gourara (2008) Carnaval de Negros y Blancos of Khorasan (2010) Traditional music of the Morin  (2009) Vanuatu sand drawings (2008) to highlight the importance of international cooperation. Royal Ballet of Cambodia (2008) (2009) Pahlevani and Zoorkhanei rituals Khuur (2008) Căluş ritual (2008) Sbek Thom, Khmer shadow theatre Holy Week processions France (2010) Sutartinės, Lithuanian multipart (2008) in Popayán (2009) Equitation in the French tradition Ritual dramatic art of Ta‘zīye (2010) songs (2010) Viet Nam For more information, consult the following link: Armenian cross-stones art. Carnival of Barranquilla (2008) (2011) Traditional skills of carpet weaving Cross-crafting and its symbolism Morocco Russian Federation Xoan singing of Phú Tho. Province www.unesco.org/culture/ich/en/lists Symbolism and craftsmanship of Cultural space of Palenque Compagnonnage, network in Fars (2010) (2008) Cultural space of Jemaa el-Fna Cultural space and oral culture of (2011) (2010) Central African Republic de San Basilio (2008) for on-the-job transmission of Traditional skills of carpet weaving Square (2008) the (2008) Gióng festival of Phù Ðông  and its music (2008) Polyphonic singing of the Aka knowledge and identities (2010) in Kashan (2010) Moussem of Tan-Tan (2008) Olonkho, Yakut heroic epos (2008) and Sóc temples (2010) Pygmies of Central Africa (2008) Craftsmanship of Alençon needle Radif of Iranian music (2009) Luxembourg Ca trù singing (2009) Costa Rica lace-making (2010) Hopping procession of Echternach Quan Ho. Bac Ninh folk songs Oxherding and oxcart traditions in Gastronomic meal of the French (2010) Mozambique Slovakia (2009) Traditional art of Azerbaijani China Costa Rica (2008) (2010) Iraq Chopi Timbila (2008)  and its music (2008) Nha Nhac, Vietnamese court music carpet weaving in the Republic of Chinese shadow puppetry (2011) Aubusson (2009) Iraqi Maqam (2008) (2008) Azerbaijan (2010) Hezhen Yimakan storytelling Cantu in paghjella, a secular Space of culture (2008) Art of Azerbaijani Ashiq (2009) (2011) Côte d’Ivoire and liturgical oral tradition Woodcrafting knowledge of the Nicaragua Spain Element inscribed on the List MULTINATIONAL and Peru Azerbaijani (2008) Acupuncture and of Gbofe of Afounkaha, the music of of Corsica (2009) Italy (2008) El Güegüense (2008) Festivity of ‘la Mare de Déu of Intangible Cultural Heritage ELEMENTS Oral heritage and cultural traditional Chinese medicine the transverse trumps  (2009) Canto a tenore, Sardinian pastoral de la Salut’ of Algemesí (2011) Yemen in Need of Urgent Safeguarding manifestations of the Zápara (2010) of the Tagbana community (2008) Scribing tradition in French songs (2008) Revitalization of the traditional Song of Sana’a (2008) people (2008) Bangladesh  (2010) timber framing (2009) Opera dei Pupi, Sicilian puppet Malawi Nigeria craftsmanship of lime-making in  songs (2008) Peking opera (2010) theatre (2008) Vimbuza healing dance (2008) Ijele masquerade (2009) Morón de la Frontera, Seville, Element inscribed and Uruguay Watertight-bulkhead technology Croatia Ifa divination system (2008) Andalusia (2011) Zambia on the Representative List  (2009) Estonia, Latvia of Chinese junks (2010) Bećarac singing and playing from Chant of the Sybil on Majorca Makishi masquerade (2008) of the Intangible Cultural and Lithuania Belarus Wooden movable-type printing of Eastern Croatia (2011) Georgian polyphonic singing Jamaica (2010) Heritage of Humanity Baltic song and dance celebrations Rite of the Kalyady Tsars China (2010) Nijemo Kolo, silent circle dance of (2008) Maroon heritage of Moore Town Mak Yong theatre (2008) Oman  (2010) Azerbaijan, India, (2008) (Christmas Tsars) (2009) Art of Chinese seal engraving the Dalmatian hinterland (2011) (2008) Al-’ah, music and dance Human towers (2010) Zimbabwe Iran (Islamic Republic of), (2009) Gingerbread craft from Northern of Oman Dhofari valleys (2010) Centre for traditional culture Mbende Jerusarema dance (2008) Programme, project Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, China engraved block printing Croatia (2010) Guatemala Mali – school museum of Pusol or activity inscribed Turkey and Uzbekistan Gambia and Senegal Belgium technique (2009)  singing (2010) Rabinal Achí dance drama tradition Japan Secret society of the Kôrêdugaw, pedagogic project (2009) on the Register of Best Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Kankurang, Manding initiatory rite Leuven age set ritual repertoire Chinese calligraphy (2009) Sinjska Alka, a knights’ tournament (2008) Mibu no Hana Taue, ritual the rite of wisdom in Mali (2011) Palestine Irrigators’ tribunals of the Spanish Safeguarding Practices Nauroz, Nevruz (2009) (2008) (2011) Chinese paper-cut (2009) in Sinj (2010) of transplanting rice in Mibu, Manden Charter, proclaimed Palestinian Hikaye (2008) Mediterranean coast: the Council A programme of cultivating Chinese traditional architectural Annual carnival bell ringers’ Hiroshima (2011) in Kurukan Fuga (2009) of Wise Men of the plain of Murcia ‘ludodiversity’: safeguarding craftsmanship for timber-framed pageant from the Kastav area Guinea Sada Shin Noh, sacred dancing at Sanké mon, collective fishing rite and the Water Tribunal of the plain Belgium and France Malawi, Mozambique traditional games in Flanders structures (2009) (2009) Cultural space of Sosso-Bala (2008) Sada shrine, Shimane (2011) of the Sanké (2009) Peru of Valencia (2009) Processional giants and dragons and Zambia (2011) Craftsmanship of Festivity of Saint Blaise, the patron Kumiodori, traditional Okinawan Septennial re-roofing ceremony Eshuva, Harákmbut sung prayers Whistled language of the of in Belgium and France (2008) Gule Wamkulu (2008) Aalst carnival (2010) (2009) of Dubrovnik (2009) musical theatre (2010) of the Kamablon, sacred house of Peru’s Huachipaire people (2011) La Gomera (Canary ), the Houtem Jaarmarkt, annual winter Dragon Boat festival (2009) Lacemaking in Croatia (2009) Hungary Yuki-tsumugi, silk fabric of (2009) Pilgrimage to the sanctuary (2009) fair and livestock market at Farmers’ dance of China’s Korean Procession Za Krizen (‘following Táncház method: a Hungarian production technique (2010) Cultural space of the Yaaral of the Lord of Qoyllurit’i (2011) Mystery play of Elche (2008) Belize, Guatemala, Mali and Burkina Faso Sint-Lievens-Houtem (2010) ethnic group (2009) the cross’) on the island of Hvar model for the transmission Akiu no Taue Odori (2009) and Degal (2008) , ritual dance of Mito Patum of Berga (2008) Honduras and Nicaragua Cultural practices Krakelingen and Tonnekensbrand, Gesar epic tradition (2009) (2009) of intangible cultural heritage (2011) Chakkirako (2009) (2010) Language, dance and music and expressions linked to end-of-winter bread and fire feast at Grand song of the Dong ethnic Spring procession of Ljelje/Kraljice Busó festivities at Mohács: masked Daimokutate (2009) Scissors dance (2010) of the (2008) the balafon of the Senufo Geraardsbergen (2010) group (2009) (queens) from Gorjani (2009) end-of-winter carnival custom Dainichido Bugaku (2009) Mauritania Taquile and its textile art (2008) Tonga communities of Mali Procession of the Holy Blood Hua’er (2009) Traditional manufacturing (2009)  (2009) Moorish epic T’heydinn (2011) , dances and sung and Burkina Faso (2011) in Bruges (2009) Manas (2009) of children’s wooden toys Hayachine Kagura (2009) speeches of Tonga (2008) Benin, Nigeria and Togo Carnival of Binche (2008)  belief and customs (2009) in Hrvatsko Zagorje (2009) Hitachi Furyumono (2009) Oral heritage of Gelede (2008) Mongolian art of singing, Khöömei Two-part singing and playing India Koshikijima no Toshidon (2009) Mexico Darangen epic of the Maranao Mongolia and China (2009) in the (2009) Chhau dance (2010) Ojiya-chijimi, Echigo-jofu: Mariachi, string music, song people of Lake Lanao (2008) Turkey Urtiin Duu, traditional folk long Bhutan Nanyin (2009) Kalbelia folk songs and dances of techniques of making ramie fabric and trumpet (2011) Hudhud chants of the Ifugao Ceremonial Keşkek tradition (2011) Bolivia (Plurinational State of), song (2008) Mask dance of the drums from Qiang New Year festival (2009) Rajasthan (2010) in Uonuma region, Niigata Parachicos in the traditional (2008) Kırkpınar oil wrestling festival and Peru Drametse (2008) Regong arts (2009) Mudiyettu, ritual theatre Prefecture (2009) January feast of Chiapa (2010) Safeguarding intangible cultural La (2008) and dance drama of Kerala (2010) Oku-noto no Aenokoto (2009) de Corzo (2010) Semah, Alevi-Bektaşi ritual (2010) heritage of Aymara communities in Bolivia, Chile and Peru (2009)