France and the 2003 Convention

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Periodic reporting

On the implementation of the Convention

15/12/2012 (submitted in 2013)

On Urgent Safeguarding List elements

Cantu in paghjella, a secular and liturgical oral tradition of Corsica

2009

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Key references

Ratification of the Convention on

11 July 2006

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Committee Member

Membership and participation

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Listing of ICH

Equitation in the French tradition (2010, RL)

17 elements inscribed

2018: The skills related to perfume in Pays de Grasse: the cultivation of perfume plants, the knowledge and processing of natural raw materials, and the art of perfume composition (RL)
2018: Art of dry stone walling, knowledge and techniques (RL)
2016: Carnival of Granville (RL)
2016: Falconry, a living human heritage (RL)
2015: Summer solstice fire festivals in the Pyrenees (RL)
2014: Gwoka: music, song, dance and cultural practice representative of Guadeloupean identity (RL)
2013: Limousin septennial ostensions (RL)
2012: Fest-Noz, festive gathering based on the collective practice of traditional dances of Brittany (RL)
2011: Equitation in the French tradition (RL)
2010: Gastronomic meal of the French (RL)
2010: Craftsmanship of Alençon needle lace-making (RL)
2010: Compagnonnage, network for on-the-job transmission of knowledge and identities (RL)
2009: Maloya (RL)
2009: Aubusson tapestry (RL)
2009: Scribing tradition in French timber framing (RL)
2009: Cantu in paghjella, a secular and liturgical oral tradition of Corsica (USL)
2008: Processional giants and dragons in Belgium and France (RL)

On-going nomination(s)

2020: Les techniques artisanales et les pratiques coutumières des ateliers de cathédrales, ou "Bauhütten", en Europe : savoir-faire, transmission, développement des savoirs, innovation (Art18)
2020: Les savoir-faire en mécanique horlogère et mécanique d'art (RL)
2020: L'art musical des sonneurs de trompe : une technique instrumentale liée au chant, à la maîtrise du souffle, au vibrato, à la résonance des lieux et à la convivialité (RL)
2020: La yole de Martinique, de la construction aux pratiques de navigation : un modèle de sauvegarde du patrimoine (Art18)
2020: L'art de la perle de verre (RL)
2019: Alpinism (RL)