Italy and the 2003 Convention

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22-24 April: The Italian Youth Forum launches an event in Sardinia on the Intangible Cultural Heritage

22 April 2022

Between the 22nd and the 24th of April, the opening event of the fourth edition of the Italian Youth Forum will take place in ›››

Developing safeguarding plans for the traditional violin craftsmanship in Cremona

10 May 2021

Violin makers in Cremona develop safeguarding plans for post-COVID recovery

6 May 2021

Periodic reporting

On the implementation of the Convention

15/12/2013 (submitted on time)
15/12/2021 (under process)

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Key references

Ratification of the Convention on

30 October 2007

Read the Convention in: Italian

Committee Member

Membership and participation

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Listing of ICH

The art of glass beads (2020, RL)

15 elements inscribed

2021: Truffle hunting and extraction in Italy, traditional knowledge and practice (RL)
2021: Falconry, a living human heritage (RL)
2020: Musical art of horn players, an instrumental technique linked to singing, breath control, vibrato, resonance of place and conviviality (RL)
2020: The art of glass beads (RL)
2019: Celestinian forgiveness celebration (RL)
2019: Transhumance, the seasonal droving of livestock along migratory routes in the Mediterranean and in the Alps (RL)
2019: Alpinism (RL)
2018: Art of dry stone walling, knowledge and techniques (RL)
2017: Art of Neapolitan ‘Pizzaiuolo’ (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)

2022: Lipizzan horse breeding traditions (RL)
2022: Tocatì, a shared programme for the safeguarding of traditional games and sports (Art18)

Backlog nomination(s)

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)

Project

2018 - European Year of Cultural Heritage: Engaging youth for an inclusive and sustainable Europe

1 January 2019 – 30 June 2021

Amount (US$) 349,650 ›››

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Activities with the patronage

International Conference : Falconry, an intangible heritage. Participation, cultural diversity and sustainable development

2018-10-13 – 2018-10-13 – Melfi Castle, Melfi

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

2016-09-15 – 2016-09-18 – Verona

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

2015-10-22 – 2015-10-23 – Monza

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Accredited NGOs located in this country

Associazione Culturale 'Circolo della Zampogna' - ITALY

1990

Cultural Association 'Bagpipe Club' - ITALY ›››

Associazione Musa - Musiche, Canti e Danze tradizionali delle Quattro Province - ITALY

2000

Musa Association - Music, Songs and traditional Dances - ITALY ›››

Associazione per la conservation delle tradizioni popolari - ITALY

1965

Association for the conservation of folk traditions - ITALY ›››

Associazione Sant'Antuono & le Battuglie di Pastellessa - ITALY

Sant'Antuono & the Battuglie of Pastellessa Association - ITALY ›››

Centro Etnografico delle Isole Campane - ITALY

1982

Ethnographic Center of the Campane Islands - ITALY ›››

International Organization of Folk Arts (IOV) - ITALY

1979

International Organization of Folk Art - ITALY ›››

SIMBDEA, Società Italiana per la Museografia ed i Beni Demoetnoantropologici - ITALY

2001

Italian Society for Museum and Heritage Anthropology - SIMBDEA - ITALY ›››

Società Geografica Italiana Onlus - ITALY

1867

Italian Geographical Society Onlus - ITALY ›››

Unione Nazionale Pro Loco d'Italia - ITALY

1962

Italian Network of Pro Loco Associations - ITALY ›››

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