The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) intangible cultural heritage elements are the non-physical traditions and practices performed by a people. As part of a country's cultural heritage, they include celebrations, festivals, performances, oral traditions, music, and the making of handicrafts. The "intangible cultural heritage" is defined by the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, drafted in 2003 and took effect in 2006. Inscription of new heritage elements on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists is determined by the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, an organisation established by the convention.

Germany ratified the convention on 10 April 2013.

Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Representative List Name Image Year No. Description Idea and practice of organizing shared interests in cooperatives 2016 01200 Organ craftsmanship and music 2017 01277 Blaudruck/Modrotisk/Kékfestés/Modrotlač, resist block printing and indigo dyeing in Europe + 2018 01365 Falconry, a living human heritage + 2021 01708 The practice of Modern Dance in Germany 2022 01858 Timber rafting + 2022 01866 Timber rafting is a method of transporting felled tree trunks by tying them together to make rafts, which are then drifted or pulled downriver, or across a lake or other body of water. Knowledge, craft and skills of handmade glass production + 2023 01961 Midwifery: knowledge, skills and practices + 2023 01968 A midwife is a health professional who cares for mothers and newborns. Traditional irrigation: knowledge, technique, and organization + 2023 01979

Good Safeguarding Practices Name Year No. Description Craft techniques and customary practices of cathedral workshops, or Bauhütten, in Europe, know-how, transmission, development of knowledge and innovation + 2020 01558 A Bauhütten (cathedral workshop), is a structure dedicated to the construction, maintenance and restoration of a monument with a specific mode of operation, known as Bauhüttenwesen.

See also List of World Heritage Sites in Germany

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References

External links UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage: Official site UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in Germany: Official site