Category:Intangible heritage

In Slovenia, intangible heritage is typically divided into the following areas:

• oral traditions and folk literature (e.g., storytelling);
• performances and presentations (theatre, e.g., Škofja Loka Passion Play, singing, instrumental music);
• customs and habits (seasonal customs, e.g., Kurentovanje or Mardi Gras at Cerknica);
• the knowledge and practices concerning the environment;
• traditional craftsmanship (e.g., lacemaking from Idrija, traditional salt-making);
• the cultural environment.

Its safeguarding is based on the UNESCO Convention (2003) and the state law on natural and cultural heritage (2008) and is coordinated by the Slovene Ethnographic Museum.

The National Register of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Slovenia lists over 80 items, among them: the Škofja Loka Passion Play; the Laufarija in Cerkno; the Procession of the Kurent – Korant; the making of Idrija bobbin lace; Ribnica woodenware; the Traditional production of sea salt; the Traditional breeding and keeping of Lipizzaner horses at the Lipica stud farm; Slovene folk-pop music; the Reading Badge movement; and the Painting beehive panels. See also the list of intangible heritage festivals.

The UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity also includes the ones related to Slovenia: the Škofja Loka Passion Play (inscribed in 2016); the Door-to-door rounds of Kurenti (2017); the Bobbin LaceMaking (2018); and the Art of dry stone walling, knowledge and techniques (Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Spain and Switzerland) (2018).

External links

• The National Register of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Slovenia
• Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices