Greece and the 2003 Convention

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New inscriptions to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

1 December 2016

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) - Sixteen new elements have been added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage following the decisions adopted by the ›››

Twenty elements added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

2 December 2015

Seventeen new elements inscribed on the lists of the Convention

4 December 2013

Periodic reporting

On the implementation of the Convention

15/12/2013 (submitted in 2015)

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3 January 2007

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Listing of ICH

Know-how of cultivating mastic on the island of Chios (2014, RL)

6 elements inscribed

2018: Art of dry stone walling, knowledge and techniques (RL)
2017: Rebetiko (RL)
2016: Momoeria, New Year's celebration in eight villages of Kozani area, West Macedonia, Greece (RL)
2015: Tinian marble craftsmanship (RL)
2014: Know-how of cultivating mastic on the island of Chios (RL)
2013: Mediterranean diet (RL)

On-going nomination(s)

2020: Polyphonic caravan, researching, safeguarding and promoting the Epirus polyphonic song (Art18)
2019: Transhumance, the seasonal droving of livestock along migratory routes in the Mediterranean and in the Alps (RL)
2019: Byzantine chant (RL)