Three More Cultural Elements Nominated for UNESCO

22/04/2024 TURKIYE

Three separate candidate files were prepared by the General Directorate of Living Heritage and Cultural Activities of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism to be evaluated next year within the scope of the UNESCO Convention for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage, which was signed with the aim of protecting the intangible cultural heritage of humanity, to which Turkey was a party in 2006.

In this context, it is made by counting and pulling threads on white fabric.Antep Embroidery", which is created when the scales on animal fibers such as wool fuse together through friction due to temperature, humidity and pressure."Traditional Felt Making” and ”Traditional Methods of Yogurt Making and Related Social Practices” was submitted to UNESCO by Türkiye to be added to the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

“Antep Embroidery” as a national file, “Traditional Methods of Yoghurt Making and Related Social Practices” as moderated by Turkey with the participation of Bulgaria, and “Traditional Felt Making” as a multinational file by Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, moderated by Kyrgyzstan. It was sent to the UNESCO Secretariat with the participation of Mongolia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkey.

According to the information received from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Turkey is the second country that registers the most cultural values ​​with thirty cultural heritage elements registered in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.

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