Italy 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 ›››

Tocatì, Festival Internazionale dei Giochi in Strada (International Festival of Street Games)

15 September 2016

Mestieri e culture che fanno futuro - Mappe di un domani sostenibile tra tradizione e innovazione

22 October 2015

Periodic reporting

On the implementation of the Convention

15/12/2013 (submitted on time)
15/12/2019

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Ratification of the Convention on

30 October 2007

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Listing of ICH

Opera dei Pupi, Sicilian puppet theatre (2008, RL)

8 elements inscribed

2017: Art of Neapolitan ‘Pizzaiuolo’ (RL)
2016: Falconry, a living human heritage (RL)
2014: Traditional agricultural practice of cultivating the ‘vite ad alberello’ (head-trained bush vines) of the community of Pantelleria (RL)
2013: Celebrations of big shoulder-borne processional structures (RL)
2013: Mediterranean diet (RL)
2012: Traditional violin craftsmanship in Cremona (RL)
2008: Opera dei Pupi, Sicilian puppet theatre (RL)
2008: Canto a tenore, Sardinian pastoral songs (RL)

On-going nomination(s)

2019: Celestinian forgiveness celebration (RL)
2018: Art of dry stone, knowledge and techniques (RL)

Backlog nomination(s)

2018: Truffle hunting and extraction in Italy: knowledge and traditional practice (RL)
2012: The Ceri Festival (RL)
2012: La procession des grands flambeaux à San Marco in Lamis (RL)
2012: The Carnival of Viareggio (RL)
2012: Festival of the Fir-tree (RL)
2012: The Launeddas' tradition (RL)
2012: Calendimaggio of Assisi (Region of Umbria, Province of Perugia) (RL)