The Cyprus National Commission for UNESCO announces that, according to the decision of the Special Committee for Intangible Cultural Heritage (dated 17/03/2022), the following proposals have been pre-approved for the submission of a full application for inscription on the National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage (2022):
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[/TD] [TD]Traditional uses of aromatic and medicinal plants of the mountainous area of Troodos
[/TD] [TD]Institute of Agricultural Research
Cyprus Institute
Troodos Area Community Development Society
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2.
[/TD] [TD]Cultivation and agro-food traditions of Amygdalia
[/TD] [TD]Complex of Kouris-Xylourikou Communities
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3.
[/TD] [TD]Twelfth Day Customs (From Christmas to Epiphany)
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]Folklore Club "KTIMA" Paphos
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]4.
[/TD] [TD]Art of silk weaving, weaving and silk weaving
[/TD] [TD]Saint Andronicus of Karpasia
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]5.
[/TD] [TD]The Municipal Song-Poem of Arodafnousa or Rodafnoe or Arodafnoe
[/TD] [TD]Community of Xoulos/Cultural Association "o Rigas"
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]6.
[/TD] [TD]Folk costumes of Rizokarpassos: the shaya, the dubletti, the rougetti and the flesh
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]Rizokarpasu Community Councils of Holy Trinity Parishes, Anavrisi and Lekou
Association "To Rizokarpaso"
Rizokarpaso Folklore Club
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]7.
[/TD] [TD]Katharoglossies - Glosodetes
[/TD] [TD]Paleometochou Community Council
Paleometochou Community Cultural Committee
Theatrical Group Sanidi
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]8.
[/TD] [TD]Cypriot sketch
[/TD] [TD]Cyprus Radio Foundation
Society for Cypriot Studies (Cyprus Folk Art Museum)
Supporters:
Cyprus Association of Playwrights
Cyprus Actors' Union
Theatrical Group "Neoi Fosithoi"
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]09.
[/TD] [TD]Traditional pastries
[/TD] [TD]Museum of Cypriot Food and Nutrition
Municipality of Acanthios
Municipality of Athienou
Municipality of Lefkonoikou Municipality
Koilaniotes Club
Pachna Community
Dora Community
Theophano Kypri
Hatzigiorki Mills Museum
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [TD]10.
[/TD] [TD]Traditional coloured wooden carvings of Akantho
[/TD] [TD]Municipality of Akantho
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It is also announced that the inclusion in the National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the following items submitted in 2021 has been approved:
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Menalaya or meromena: traditional practice of studying and forecasting the weather
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]Community Council of Palaiometochos
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2.
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Cypriot traditional dances
(addition of an entity to an existing record)
[/TD] [TD]Traditional Dance Workshop "ALEXANDRA"[/TD] [TD]
Traditional Dance Workshop "ALEXANDRA"
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Interested organisations should submit their completed application no later than 9 September 2022. It is noted that, at this stage, other Municipalities, Communities, Associations, Museums, Non-Governmental Organizations and relevant bodies may cooperate for the joint submission of an application for the above items.
The examination of applications is carried out by the Special Committee for Intangible Cultural Heritage, which is composed of the following members.
Loucia Loizou - Hatzigavriel, President of the Cyprus National Commission for UNESCO
Evi Fiouri, Representative of the Department of Antiquities
Dr. Kyrians Loizou, Director of Cultural Services, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth
Dr. Ioannis Eliades, Director of the Byzantine Museum and Gallery of the Archbishop Makarios III Foundation
Dr Ioanna Kaplani, Museologist - Social Anthropologist
Dr Eleni Papadimitriou, Ethnographer
Dr. Nasa Patapiou, Historian - Researcher
Dr. Ioanna Hadjikosti, Director of the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation
Information and forms: CYPRUS NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR UNESCO - Registration Procedure
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