UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists

The tradition of exchanging amulets in white and red for health dates back thousands of years and is popular in several neighboring to Bulgaria countries. In all countries with this tradition, the arrival of spring is celebrated, and wishes for health, luck, and fertility are exchanged.

Türkiye's tradition of olive cultivation has been officially recognized and included in UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list, according to a statement from Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy.

BELGRADE/JEJU - Kolo, the traditional Serbian dance, has made it to UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

The decision to inscribe it on the list was made on Thursday by the intergovernmental committee on protection of intangible cultural heritage at its 12th regular session, held on the island of Jeju, South Korea.

UNESCO's Turkey National Committee has been preparing for the inclusion of a whistle language, Hıdırellez, and the ancient city of Aphrodisias in the western province of Aydın to the UNESCO World Heritage List. 

A UNESCO committee has inscribed Bulgaria's Surva ('Surova') folk feast on the representative list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity, UNESCO announced on Wednesday.

The production of Chiprovtsi carpets has been inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

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