Intangible cultural heritage

The traditional Serbian dance Kolo has been included in UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

The decision was made on Thursday by the intergovernmental committee on protection of intangible cultural heritage at the 12th regular session held in South Korea, Tanjug is reporting.

Naples' pizza twirling joined UNESCO's list of "intangible heritage" on Dec. 6, securing the coveted status alongside a host of cultural treasures.

Martenitsa was listed as a cultural cultural heritage by UNESCO, the ministry of culture said.

The European Union adopted a programme worth €2 million to support confidence building among the ethnic communities in Kosovo through cultural heritage protection.

UNESCO's Turkey National Committee has been preparing for the inclusion of a whistle language, Hıdırellez, and the ancient city of Aphrodisias in the western province of Aydın to the UNESCO World Heritage List. 

A festival in the Bulgarian town of Koprivshtisa has been included as intangible cultural heritage of UNESCO, the UN cultural body, the organization says.

Striving not to simply conserve artifacts for future posterity, the 'Living Museum' in Beypazar?

A UNESCO committee has inscribed Bulgaria's Surva ('Surova') folk feast on the representative list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity, UNESCO announced on Wednesday.

Deputy Culture Minister Nikos Xydakis received a letter from the associations of the North Eastern Aegean island of Ikaria both in Greece and abroad calling for the traditional Ikariotiko dance to be listed on UNESCO’s list for Intangible Cultural Heritage.

The know-how of cultivating mastic, the aromatic resin of an evergreen that grows on the eastern Aegean island of Chios, has been included by UNESCO on its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.