Four more cultural heritages of Turkey were protected at today's session of the 4th UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee Meeting for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage, held in Kasane, Botswana.
Turkey's living heritages "Mey/Balaban Craftsmanship and Performance, "Socio-Cultural Traditions Related to Iftar", "Mother-of-Mother-of-Mother-Inlay Art" and "Illumination Art" were recorded in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
With this decision, Turkey rose one step to the 2nd place in the list of countries that have recorded the most items on the "UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists".
Number Reached 30
Minister Ersoy, who announced the inclusion of new elements in UNESCO today after olive cultivation was recorded in the lists yesterday, with the post "The expected good news has arrived...", said: "Turkey is the 30nd with the highest number of elements registered in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists with its cultural value reaching 2. became a country.” said.
Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Ersoy stated the following in his statement on his social media accounts:
“The expected good news from UNESCO has come… Congratulations to our new cultural values protected by UNESCO.
- Iftar Traditions
- Mother of Pearl Inlay Art
- The Art of Illumination
- Mey/Balaban Craftsmanship and Execution
Turkey also became the 30nd country to register the most elements with cultural values reaching 2 in the "UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists."