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Traditional Craftsmanship: List of Items by country
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Algeria

  • Rites and craftsmanship associated with the wedding costume tradition of Tlemcen
  • Knowledge, know-how and practices pertaining to the production and consumption of couscous
  • Arabic calligraphy: knowledge, skills and practices

Argentina

  • Filete porteño in Buenos Aires, a traditional painting technique

Armenia

  • Armenian letter art and its cultural expressions
  • Lavash, the preparation, meaning and appearance of traditional bread as an expression of culture in Armenia
  • Armenian cross-stones art. Symbolism and craftsmanship of Khachkars

Austria

  • Blaudruck/Modrotisk/Kékfestés/Modrotlač, resist block printing and indigo dyeing in Europe
  • Falconry, a living human heritage

Azerbaijan

  • Copper craftsmanship of Lahij
  • Traditional art and symbolism of Kelaghayi, making and wearing women’s silk headscarves
  • Traditional art of Azerbaijani carpet weaving in the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Art of miniature

Bahrain

  • Date palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices
  • Arabic calligraphy: knowledge, skills and practices

Bangladesh

  • Traditional art of Shital Pati weaving of Sylhet
  • Traditional art of Jamdani weaving

Belarus

  • Tree beekeeping culture

Belgium

  • Beer culture in Belgium
  • Shrimp fishing on horseback in Oostduinkerke
  • Processional giants and dragons in Belgium and France
  • Falconry, a living human heritage

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Grass mowing competition custom in Kupres
  • Konjic woodcarving
  • Zmijanje embroidery

Brazil

  • Oral and graphic expressions of the Wajapi

Bulgaria

  • The tradition of carpet-making in Chiprovtsi

Burkina Faso

  • Cultural practices and expressions linked to the balafon of the Senufo communities

China

  • Chinese shadow puppetry
  • Art of Chinese seal engraving
  • China engraved block printing technique
  • Chinese calligraphy
  • Chinese paper-cut
  • Chinese traditional architectural craftsmanship for timber-framed structures
  • Craftsmanship of Nanjing Yunjin brocade
  • Regong arts
  • Sericulture and silk craftsmanship of China
  • Traditional firing technology of Longquan celadon
  • Traditional handicrafts of making Xuan paper

Côte d'Ivoire

  • Cultural practices and expressions linked to the balafon of the Senufo communities

Costa Rica

  • Oxherding and oxcart traditions in Costa Rica

Croatia

  • Gingerbread craft from Northern Croatia
  • Sinjska Alka, a knights’ tournament in Sinj
  • Lacemaking in Croatia
  • Traditional manufacturing of children’s wooden toys in Hrvatsko Zagorje
  • Art of dry stone walling, knowledge and techniques
  • Falconry, a living human heritage

Cyprus

  • Lefkara laces or Lefkaritika
  • Mediterranean diet
  • Art of dry stone walling, knowledge and techniques

Czechia

  • Handmade production of Christmas tree decorations from blown glass beads
  • Shrovetide door-to-door processions and masks in the villages of the Hlinecko area
  • Blaudruck/Modrotisk/Kékfestés/Modrotlač, resist block printing and indigo dyeing in Europe
  • Puppetry in Slovakia and Czechia
  • Falconry, a living human heritage

Denmark

  • Nordic clinker boat traditions

Ecuador

  • Traditional weaving of the Ecuadorian toquilla straw hat

Egypt

  • Date palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices
  • Arabic calligraphy: knowledge, skills and practices

Estonia

  • Kihnu cultural space

France

  • The skills related to perfume in Pays de Grasse: the cultivation of perfume plants, the knowledge and processing of natural raw materials, and the art of perfume composition
  • Compagnonnage, network for on-the-job transmission of knowledge and identities
  • Craftsmanship of Alençon needle lace-making
  • Aubusson tapestry
  • Scribing tradition in French timber framing
  • Falconry, a living human heritage
  • Processional giants and dragons
  • Art of dry stone walling, knowledge and techniques
  • The art of glass beads
  • Craftsmanship of mechanical watchmaking and art mechanics

Finland

  • Nordic clinker boat traditions

Georgia

  • Chidaoba, wrestling in Georgia
  • Living culture of three writing systems of the Georgian alphabet
  • Ancient Georgian traditional Qvevri wine-making method

Germany

  • Blaudruck/Modrotisk/Kékfestés/Modrotlač, resist block printing and indigo dyeing in Europe
  • Falconry, a living human heritage

Greece

  • Rebetiko
  • Momoeria, New Year's celebration in eight villages of Kozani area, West Macedonia, Greece
  • Tinian marble craftsmanship
  • Know-how of cultivating mastic on the island of Chios
  • Art of dry stone walling, knowledge and techniques
  • Mediterranean diet

Guinea

  • Cultural space of Sosso-Bala

Hungary

  • Folk art of the Matyó, embroidery of a traditional community
  • Blaudruck/Modrotisk/Kékfestés/Modrotlač, resist block printing and indigo dyeing in Europe
  • Falconry, a living human heritage

Iceland

  • Nordic clinker boat traditions

India

  • Traditional brass and copper craft of utensil making among the Thatheras of Jandiala Guru, Punjab, India

Indonesia

  • Pinisi, art of boatbuilding in South Sulawesi
  • Indonesian Angklung
  • Indonesian Batik
  • Indonesian Kris
  • Wayang puppet theatre

Iran

  • Traditional skills of crafting and playing Dotār
  • Qālišuyān rituals of Mašhad-e Ardehāl in Kāšān
  • Pahlevani and Zoorkhanei rituals
  • Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Fars
  • Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Kashan
  • Art of miniature

Iraq

  • Traditional craft skills and arts of Al-Naoor
  • Date palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices
  • Arabic calligraphy: knowledge, skills and practices

Ireland

  • Falconry, a living human heritage
  • Hurling
  • Uilleann piping

Italy

  • Art of Neapolitan ‘Pizzaiuolo’
  • Traditional violin craftsmanship in Cremona
  • The art of glass beads
  • Falconry, a living human heritage
  • Art of dry stone walling, knowledge and techniques
  • Mediterranean diet

Japan

  • Traditional skills, techniques and knowledge for the conservation and transmission of wooden architecture in Japan
  • Washi, craftsmanship of traditional Japanese hand-made paper
  • Washoku, traditional dietary cultures of the Japanese, notably for the celebration of New Year
  • Yuki-tsumugi, silk fabric production technique
  • Ojiya-chijimi, Echigo-jofu: techniques of making ramie fabric in Uonuma region, Niigata Prefecture

Jordan

  • Date palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices
  • Arabic calligraphy: knowledge, skills and practices

Kazakhstan

  • Traditional knowledge and skills in making Kyrgyz and Kazakh yurts (Turkic nomadic dwellings)
  • Traditional intelligence and strategy game: Togyzqumalaq, Toguz Korgool, Mangala/Göçürme
  • Falconry, a living human heritage

Kuwait

  • Date palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices
  • Arabic calligraphy: knowledge, skills and practices
  • Traditional weaving of Al Sadu

Kyrgyzstan

  • Ak-kalpak craftsmanship, traditional knowledge and skills in making and wearing Kyrgyz men’s headwear
  • Traditional knowledge and skills in making Kyrgyz and Kazakh yurts
  • Traditional intelligence and strategy game: Togyzqumalaq, Toguz Korgool, Mangala/Göçürme
  • Falconry, a living human heritage

Lebanon

  • Arabic calligraphy: knowledge, skills and practices

Lithuania

  • Cross-crafting and its symbolism

Madagascar

  • Woodcrafting knowledge of the Zafimaniry

Malawi

  • Nsima, culinary tradition of Malawi
  • Art of crafting and playing Mbira/Sansi

Malaysia

  • Songket

Mali

  • Cultural practices and expressions linked to the balafon of the Senufo communities
  • Coming forth of the masks and puppets in Markala

Malta

  • Il-Ftira, culinary art and culture of flattened sourdough bread in Malta

Mauritania

  • Arabic calligraphy: knowledge, skills and practices*
  • Date palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices*
  • Knowledge, know-how and practices pertaining to the production and consumption of couscous*

Mauritius

  • Sega tambour of Rodrigues Island
  • Traditional Mauritian Sega

Mexico

  • Parachicos in the traditional January feast of Chiapa de Corzo
  • Places of memory and living traditions of the Otomí-Chichimecas people of Tolimán: the Peña de Bernal, guardian of a sacred territory

Moldova

  • Craftsmanship of Horezu ceramics
  • Traditional wall-carpet craftsmanship in Romania and the Republic of Moldova

Mongolia

  • Mongolian knuckle-bone shooting
  • Traditional craftsmanship of the Mongol Ger and its associated customs
  • Falconry, a living human heritage

Morocco

  • Arabic calligraphy: knowledge, skills and practices*
  • Argan, practices and know-how concerning the argan tree
  • Cultural space of Jemaa el-Fna Square
  • Date palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices*
  • Knowledge, know-how and practices pertaining to the production and consumption of couscous*
  • Mediterranean diet
  • Falconry, a living human heritage

Mozambique

  • Chopi Timbila

Namibia

  • Oshituthi shomagongo, marula fruit festival

Netherlands

  • Corso culture, flower and fruit parades in the Netherlands
  • Craft of the miller operating windmills and watermills
  • Falconry, a living human heritage

Nigeria

  • Ifa divination system

Norway

  • Nordic clinker boat traditions*

Oman

  • Arabic calligraphy: knowledge, skills and practices*
  • Arabic coffee, a symbol of generosity*
  • Date palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices*

Pakistan

  • Falconry, a living human heritage

Palestine

  • The art of embroidery in Palestine, practices, skills, knowledge and rituals
  • Date palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices
  • Arabic calligraphy: knowledge, skills and practices

Panama

  • Artisanal processes and plant fibers techniques for talcos, crinejas and pintas weaving of the pinta’o hat

Paraguay

  • Practices and traditional knowledge of Terere in the culture of Pohã Ñana, Guaraní ancestral drink in Paraguay

Peru

  • Pottery-related values, knowledge, lore and practices of the Awajún people
  • Taquile and its textile art

Poland

  • Nativity scene (szopka) tradition in Krakow
  • Tree beekeeping culture
  • Falconry, a living human heritage

Portugal

  • Mediterranean diet
  • Craftmanship of Estremoz clay figures
  • Falconry, a living human heritage

Qatar

  • Arabic coffee, a symbol of generosity*
  • Falconry, a living human heritage

Republic of Korea

  • Yeondeunghoe, lantern lighting festival in the Republic of Korea
  • Falconry, a living human heritage

Romania

  • Craftsmanship of Horezu ceramics
  • Traditional wall-carpet craftsmanship in Romania and the Republic of Moldova

Russian Federation

  • Cultural space and oral culture of the Semeiskie

Samoa

  • 'Ie Samoa, fine mat and its cultural value

Saudi Arabia

  • Date palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices
  • Al-Qatt Al-Asiri, female traditional interior wall decoration in Asir
  • Arabic calligraphy: knowledge, skills and practices
  • Traditional weaving of Al Sadu
  • Arabic coffee, a symbol of generosity
  • Falconry, a living human heritage

Senegal

  • Ceebu Jën

Serbia

  • Zlakusa pottery making, hand-wheel pottery making in the village of Zlakusa

Seychelles

  • Moutya

Singapore

  • Hawker culture in Singapore, community dining and culinary practices in a multicultural urban context

Slovakia

  • Blaudruck/Modrotisk/Kékfestés/Modrotlač, resist block printing and indigo dyeing in Europe
  • Drotárstvo, wire craft and art
  • Bagpipe culturee
  • Puppetry in Slovakia and Czechia
  • Falconry, a living human heritage

Slovenia

  • Art of dry stone walling, knowledge and techniques
  • Škofja Loka passion play
  • Door-to-door rounds of Kurenti

Spain

  • Art of dry stone walling, knowledge and techniques
  • Mediterranean diet
  • Wine Horses
  • Irrigators’ tribunals of the Spanish Mediterranean coast: the Council of Wise Men of the plain of Murcia and the Water Tribunal of the plain of Valencia
  • Whistled language of the island of La Gomera (Canary Islands), the Silbo Gomero
  • Patum of Berga
  • Falconry, a living human heritage

Sri Lanka

  • Traditional craftsmanship of making Dumbara Ratā Kalāla
  • Rūkada Nātya, traditional string puppet drama in Sri Lanka

Sudan

  • Date palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices
  • Arabic calligraphy: knowledge, skills and practices

Syrian Arab Republic

  • Falconry, a living human heritage
  • Practices and craftsmanship associated with the Damascene rose in Al-Mrah
  • Shadow play

Sweden

  • Nordic clinker boat traditions

Switzerland

  • Art of dry stone walling, knowledge and techniques
  • Craftsmanship of mechanical watchmaking and art mechanics

Tajikistan

  • Chakan, embroidery art in the Republic of Tajikistan
  • Oshi Palav, a traditional meal and its social and cultural contexts in Tajikistan

Tunisia

  • Date palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices
  • Arabic calligraphy: knowledge, skills and practices
  • Pottery skills of the women of Sejnane
  • Charfia fishing in the Kerkennah Islands
  • Knowledge, know-how and practices pertaining to the production and consumption of couscous

Türkiye

  • Art of miniature
  • Traditional intelligence and strategy game: Togyzqumalaq, Toguz Korgool, Mangala/Göçürme
  • Traditional craftsmanship of Çini-making
  • Hüsn-i Hat, traditional calligraphy in Islamic art in Turkey
  • Ebru, Turkish art of marbling
  • Turkish coffee culture and tradition

Turkmenistan

  • Dutar making craftsmanship and traditional music performing art combined with singing
  • Traditional turkmen carpet making art in Turkmenistan

Uganda

  • Barkcloth making in Uganda

Ukraine

  • Ornek, a Crimean Tatar ornament and knowledge about it
  • Petrykivka decorative painting as a phenomenon of the Ukrainian ornamental folk art

United Arab Emirates

  • Date palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices
  • Arabic calligraphy: knowledge, skills and practices
  • Arabic coffee, a symbol of generosity
  • Falconry, a living human heritage

Uruguay

  • Candombe and its socio-cultural space: a community practice

Uzbekistan

  • Palov culture and tradition
  • Cultural space of Boysun District

Venezuela

  • Traditional knowledge and technologies relating to the growing and processing of the curagua

Yemen

  • Date palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices
  • Arabic calligraphy: knowledge, skills and practices