N°11701
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Element Blaudruck/Modrotisk/Kékfestés/Modrotlač, resist block printing and indigo dyeing in Europe (Austria - Czechia - Germany - Hungary - Slovakia)
Inscribed in 2018 (13.COM) on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Title as submitted EN: Production of the indigo dye using natural indigo. In Europe, practitioners used this plant (Isatis tinctoria) until the end of the 19th century. Since the introduction of synthetic indigo most European practitioners use synthetic indigo