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Fest-Noz, festive gathering based on the collective practice of traditional dances of Brittany (2012, RL)

18 elements inscribed

2019: Alpinism (RL)
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)

2021: Falconry, a living human heritage (RL)
2020: Craft techniques and customary practices of cathedral workshops, or Bauhütten, in Europe, know-how, transmission, development of knowledge and innovation (Art18)
2020: Craftsmanship of mechanical watchmaking and art mechanics (RL)
2020: Musical art of horn players, an instrumental technique linked to singing, breath control, vibrato, resonance of place and conviviality (RL)
2020: The Martinique yole, from construction to sailing practices, a model for heritage safeguarding (Art18)
2020: The art of glass beads (RL)

Backlog nomination(s)

2021: Tocatì, a shared programme for the safeguarding of traditional games and sports (Art18)
2016: Le Biou d'Arbois, fête périodique viti-vinicole, jour de la fête patronale et anniversaire de la libération de la ville d'Arbois (RL)