Poland - UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage

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9 October 2024

Living Heritage in Urban Contexts - 18th Annual Meeting of the South-East European Experts Network on Intangible Cultural Heritage

17 April 2024

Network of UNESCO Chairs welcomes a new chair on Intangible Cultural Heritage in Public and Global Governance

16 May 2022

Community-based needs identification underway for living heritage among displaced communities from Ukraine

24 November 2021

The Finnish Heritage Agency to lead a project in Northern Europe dedicated to safeguarding living heritage and sustainable development

Periodic reporting

On the implementation of the Convention

15/12/2017 (submitted on time)
15/12/2021 (submitted)
15/12/2027

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Key references

Ratification of the Convention on

16 May 2011

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Committee Member

Poland (2018 - 2022)

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Listing of ICH

Tree beekeeping culture (2020, RL)

7 elements inscribed

2025: Basketry traditions (RL)
2023: Polonaise, traditional Polish dance (RL)
2022: Timber rafting (RL)
2021: Flower carpets tradition for Corpus Christi processions (RL)
2021: Falconry, a living human heritage (RL)
2020: Tree beekeeping culture (RL)
2018: Nativity scene (szopka) tradition in Krakow (RL)

On-going nomination(s)

2026: Saint Barbara's celebrations and traditions of miners (RL)
2026: Christmas Eve celebration in Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine (RL)
2026: Transhumance, the seasonal droving of livestock (RL)

Files pending priority ‘0’ treatment

Assemblies (Sejmiki) of rural theatre groups: a comprehensive model for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage (Art18)

Project

Assessing the needs of living heritage safeguarding among displaced communities from Ukraine in five neighboring countries: Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania and Slovakia

1 April 2022 – 1 September 2022

Amount (US$) 57,800

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

19th World Folklore Review 'Integration 2019'

2019-08-09 – 2019-08-19 – Poznań, Swarzędz, Domasławek, Września, Wronki, Leszno, Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Luboń, Nowy Tomyśl

18th World Folklore Review 'Integration' 2018

2018-08-10 – 2018-08-20 – Poznań, Swarzędz, Wronki, Września, Leszno Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Luboń, Nowy Tomyśl

17th World Folklore Review 'Integration' 2017

2017-08-12 – 2017-09-21 – Poznań, Swarzędz, Wronki, Września, Leszno, Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Kostrzyn, Luboń, Nowy Tomyśl

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Accredited NGOs located in this country

Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze - POLAND

1895

Stowarzyszenie Serfenta - POLAND

2006

Stowarzyszenie Twórców Ludowych - POLAND

1968

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