Romania - UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage

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25 November 2024

Leveraging community-based sustainable development through intangible cultural heritage: safeguarding approaches under the framework of the UNESCO 2003 Convention

16 May 2022

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

15 November 2020

European safeguarding activities reactivated in November despite lockdown

15 April 2020

Teaching and learning with living heritage: Lessons learnt from UNESCO-EU pilot project

Periodic reporting

On the implementation of the Convention

15/12/2012 (submitted in 2013)
15/12/2021 (submitted)
15/12/2027

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Key references

Ratification of the Convention on

20 January 2006

Read the Convention in: Romanian

Committee Member

Romania (2006 - 2008)

Contact

Listing of ICH

Lad’s dances in Romania (2015, RL)

10 elements inscribed

2023: Transhumance, the seasonal droving of livestock (RL)
2022: The art of the traditional blouse with embroidery on the shoulder (altiţă) — an element of cultural identity in Romania and the Republic of Moldova (RL)
2022: Lipizzan horse breeding traditions (RL)
2017: Cultural practices associated to the 1st of March (RL)
2016: Traditional wall-carpet craftsmanship in Romania and the Republic of Moldova (RL)
2015: Lad’s dances in Romania (RL)
2013: Men’s group Colindat, Christmas-time ritual (RL)
2012: Craftsmanship of Horezu ceramics (RL)
2009: Doina (RL)
2008: Căluş ritual (RL)

On-going nomination(s)

2025: Cobza, traditional knowledge, skills and music (RL)

Project

Community-based teaching and learning of Ukraine’s living heritage in Romania

11 July 2023 – 31 March 2025

Amount (US$) 99,886

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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Accredited NGOs located in this country

ART - Meșteșugurile Prutului - ROMANIA

2008

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Category 2 center(s)

Regional Centre for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in South-Eastern Europe

Bulgaria

Legislation

Law on Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage

2008

LAW no. 120 of 4th May, 2006 on public monuments

2006

Law no. 422 of the July 18th 2001 on the Protection of Historical Monuments* – Codified

2001

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