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Intangible Cultural Heritage

The overall survey “Sustainable development of intangible cultural heritage in Latvia – present and future”

At the end of 2021 Latvia has to report TO UNESCO on how the Convention on the preservation of intangible cultural heritage is implemented in Latvia. In order to receive as much information as possible, the Vistatia survey “Sustainable development of intangible cultural heritage in Latvia – present and future” is launched.

Practical handbook of the traditional recitatives or 'teiktās dziesmas' (said songs) in electronic format

Turning to the richness of the ancient layers of Latvian traditional music, the Latvian National Cultural Centre has prepared a methodological material in electronic format “said songs. Practical guide '. The edition is an ethnousicologist Ieva Tihovsky, Zane Schmite and Ilze hat.

By 15 June, the National Intangible Cultural Heritage List shall be applied for

THE LNCC has issued annual applications for the National Intangible Cultural Heritage (SNA) list.

Intangible cultural heritage (ICH) is a source of cultural affiliation, identity and self-awareness. It includes forms of customs, games and oral expression, knowledge and skills, and related instruments, objects, artifacts and cultural spaces, which are recognised by the communities, groups and, in some cases, individual, as part of their cultural heritage.

Weaving on Pēteris Viļumsons’ Semi-Automatic Single-Treadle Looms (2020)

Viļumsons' semi-automatic single-treadle looms should be considered a milestone in the development of loom construction in Latvia in the early twentieth century.

Traditional craft skills;

Building and Playing the Chord Zither (2020)

At the beginning of the 20 th century, the local Latvian masters at the end of the 20 th century formed the Latvian masters in the late 20 th century.

Games/performatīvās mākslas; Traditional craft skills;

Glassblowing Trade Skills in Līvāni (2020)

Glass blowing cannot be just a job, it must also be a heart. Work with hot glass masses for glass blowers requires not only...

Traditional craft skills;

Making Patterned, Double-Knit Mittens in Mazsalaca (2020)

In Mazsalaca, a double-knit mitten is one that has patterns both on the inside and the outside with the colours reversed

Traditional craft skills;

May Devotional Singing at Wayside Crucifixes in Northern Latgale (2020)

May devotional singing endures as an integral symbol of faith in northern Latgale. It is also a source of pride.

Oral tradition and expressions, including the language as an intangible cultural heritage carrier;

The Traditional Orthodox Wedding Ritual in the Parish of Pededze (2019)

Not only did the Russian and Seth ethnic group representatives, but also a significant number of Latvian families. That's what happened...

Oral tradition and expressions, including the language as an intangible cultural heritage carrier; Customs, rituals, festivals; Games/performatīvās mākslas;

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