The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) defines intangible cultural heritage elements as 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 term intangible cultural heritage is formally established by the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, which was drafted in 2003 and took effect in 2006. The inscription of new heritage elements on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists for protection and safeguarding is determined by the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, an organization established by the Convention. Venezuela ratified the Convention on 12 April 2007. It served on the Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee from 2008 to 2010.
National lists are required by the Convention for the further nomination of elements to the UNESCO lists.
Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity consists of three lists: the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, and the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices. Venezuela has elements inscribed in the three lists.
Representative List This list aims to represent the intangible cultural heritage of Venezuela worldwide and bring awareness to its significance.
+ Name Media Year DescriptionVenezuela's Dancing Devils of Corpus Christi 201200639La Parranda de San Pedro de Guarenas y Guatire201300907 Traditional knowledge and technologies relating to the growing and processing of the curagua 2015 01094 Carnival of El Callao, a festive representation of a memory and cultural identity 2016 01198 Festive cycle around the devotion and worship towards Saint John the Baptist 2021 01682 Traditional knowledge and practices for the making and consumption of cassava bread 2024 02118 Joropo in Venezuela 2025 02092
Need of Urgent Safeguarding This list covers elements that are endangered and thus require appropriate safeguarding.
+ Name Media Year DescriptionMapoyo oral tradition and its symbolic reference points within their ancestral territory201400983 Colombian-Venezuelan llano work songs 2017 01285
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices This list accredits programs and projects that safeguard intangible cultural heritage and express the principles of the Convention. + Name Media Year Description Biocultural programme for the safeguarding of the tradition of the Blessed Palm in Venezuela 2019 01464 Program for the safeguarding of the Bandos and Parrandas of the Holy Innocents of Caucagua: nuclei of initiation and transmission of wisdoms and community councils 2023 01856
See also
List of World Heritage Sites in Venezuela Culture of Venezuela Tourism in Venezuela
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References
External links UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage: Official site UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in Venezuela: Official site