Forty-eight intangible cultural heritage elements, countless folk art and traditional festivals, concerts, dance halls, demonstrations, and workshops await visitors throughout the year. In 2023, UNESCO's Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage is celebrate its 20th anniversary.
In 2003, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) adopted the international Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, which aims to identify and safeguard elements of the intangible cultural heritage. Human communities carry a diversity of living heritage, including practices, representations, expressions, pieces of knowledge, and skills that have given and continue to give meaning to our daily lives. Living and passing on this heritage contributes to the continued vitality, strength, and well-being of communities. Hungary ratified the Convention in 2006, and the professional coordination of its implementation is carried out by the Directorate of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Hungarian Open Air Museum in Szentendre.
Coordinated by the Directorate, the year-long celebrations bring together artisanal, gastronomic, dramatic, and performing traditions and urban customs such as Lipizzan horse breeding, folk art in Kalocsa, fishing in the Danube region or even the Hungarian circus art.
During the anniversary year, a number of informing and media programs are implemented to make intangible cultural heritage widely known.
On 18 February, the Skanzen film series on Intangible Cultural Heritage was launched on public media. The ethnographic expert and managing editor of the series is Eszter Csonka-Takács Ph.D., head of the Directorate of Intangible Cultural Heritage, and the director of the films is László Kovács (Konkam BT.) The episodes of the films not only bring folk traditions, customs, or techniques closer to the audience but also give voice to the small communities that safeguard and sustain them. Viewers can get to know communities that carry on their customs in a way that even young people who have left the city or gone abroad can be invited back home for an occasion, to re-engage in the life of the community.
The series of TIT Open University lectures on the elements of the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage list began on 23 February at the Kossuth Club with a presentation of one of our carnival traditions, the 'The Remélés',a Masked Carnival Custom is Novaj.
In addition, a radio series, a creative competition for children, and museum heritage tours in the Skanzen accompany the program of the jubilee year.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
FEBRUARY
• 05 Feb. Jöttömbe’, jártomba - musical portrait program. A selection from the National Inventory of Intangible and Cultural Heritage. Editor and presenter: Annamária Vasváry - Dankó Radio Dankó 10:00
• 18 Feb. A megtisztító korom - Örökségek útján (On the Path of Heritages) – film series - M5 15:20
• 19 Feb. Poklade-Átváltozás - Busójárás Mohácson' (’Busó Festivities at Mohács) - Örökségek útján (On the path of Heritages) - film series, Duna World 22:05
• 23 Feb. Folk customs (Népszokások) - Open University course at the TIT Kossuth Club (1088 Budapest, Múzeum str. 7.) Expert: Kincső Verebélyi PhD, ethnographer. Community: 'Novaji remélők
MÁRCH
• 04 March Akiket a háló megfogott– Kisszerszámos halászat a Duna magyarországi alsó szakaszán - (Those Caught in the Net - Artisanal Fishing in the Lower Danube in Hungary) - Örökségek útján (On the Path of Heritages) - film series, M5 15:20
• 23 March Traditional Handicrafts - Open University course at the TIT Kossuth Club (1088 Budapest, Múzeum u. 7.) Expert: Lilla Erdei, ethnographer and lace expert. Community: lace makers from Halas.
• 23 March - 12 May Intangible Cultural Heritage in Hungary - Photo exhibition of the Hungarian Open Air Museum - Collegium Hungaricum Rome, Italy
ÁPRILIS
• 1-30 April Örökségek útján - (On the Path of Heritages) - thematic itineraries in the Skanzen
• 2 April Jöttömbe’, jártomba – a selection from the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Editor and presenter: Annamária Vasváry - Dankó Radio Dankó 10:00
• 8 April 'Kard és Kalács' (Sword and Cake) - The Tradition of Christ's Military in Hajdúdorog 'Örökségek útján' (On the Path of Heritages) - film series - M5 15:20
• 10 April Emmausz-járás Bólyban - (Emmaus procession in Bóly) - Easter Monday tradition - 'Örökségek útján’ (On the Path of Heritages) - film series - M5 15:20
• 20 April Tánc mint örökség -Dance as Heritage - Open University course at the TIT Kossuth Club (1088 Budapest, Múzeum u. 7.) Expert: Dóra Pál-Kovács PhD, ethnographer, dance anthropologist. Community: representative of the Romanian dances of Méhkerék.
• 30 April Élő Örökégünk (Our Living Heritage) - Creative Call for Applications for children and young people - Deadline: 30 April 2023.
MAY
• 23 March 12 May Intangible Cultural Heritage in Hungary - Photo exhibition of the Hungarian Open Air Museum - Collegium Hungaricum Rome, Italy
• 1-31 May 'Örökségek útján' (On the Path of Heritages) - Thematic itineraries in the Skanzen
• 6 May 'Csipkecsodák' (Lace tricks) - Lace making in Halas -(On the Path of Heritages) film series - M5 15:20
• 18 May Music as Heritage - Open University Course at the TIT Kossuth Club (1088 Budapest, Múzeum u. 7.) Expert: Mátyás Bolya PhD. Community: representative of the Bogyiszló String Orchestra.
• 28 May 'Jöttömbe', jártomba' - musical portrait show. Selection from the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Annamária Vasváry - Radio Dankó10:00
• 28 May Élő Örökégünk (Our Living Heritage) - Creative Call for Applications for children and young people – Announcement of results, exhibition in the Skanzen
-28-29 May Whitsun Heritage Festival in the Skanzen
JUNE
• 1-30 June Örökségek útján (On the Paths of Heritages) - Thematic itineraries in the Skanzen
• 24 June The thing that is cooked the kaszroj - the tradition of making mutton stew in Karcag - Örökségek útján (On the Paths of Heritages) film series - M5 15:20
JULY
• 1-31 July - Örökségek útján (On the Paths of Heritages) Thematic itineraries in the Skanzen
• 1 July 'Sár-szerelem' (Mud-Love) - Mezőtúr Pottery – ’Örökségek útján’ (On the Paths of Heritages) film series - M5 15:20
• July 23. 'Jöttömbe, jártomba' - musical portrait show. A selection of Intangible Cultural Heritage items. Annamária Vasváry - Radio Dankó 10:00
AUGUST
• 1-31 August ’Örökségek útján’ (On the Paths of Heritages) Thematic itineraries in the Skanzen
• 5 August – ’Virágzó matyórózsa’ (Blooming Matyórózsa) - Örökségek útján (On the Paths of Heritages) film series - M5 15:20
SEPTEMBER
• 1-30 September 'Örökségek útján' (On the Trail of Heritages) - thematic itineraries in the Skanzen
• 2 September ’A seholsincs virágok világa' (The World of Flowers of Nowhere) - folk art of Kalocsa - 'Örökségek útján' (On the Trail of Heritages), film series - M5 15:20
• 17 September Musical portrait series. A selection from the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Editor and presenter: Annamária Vasváry - Radio Dankó10:00
OKTOBER
• 1-31 October ’Örökségek útján’ (On the Trail of Heritages) - Thematic itineraries in the Skanzen
• 7 October 'Akiket a háló megfogott – Kisszerszámos halászat a Duna magyarországi alsó szakaszán' (Those who were caught in the net - Artisanal Fishing in the lower Danube in Hungary) - ’Örökségek útján’ (On the Trail of Heritages) film series - M5 15:20
NOVEMBER
• 11-12 November ’Örökségek útján’ (On the Trail of Heritages) Thematic routes in the Skanzen
• 4 November 'Egri fertálymesterség' (The Tradition of the Quarters’ Trade of Eger » - ’Örökségek útján’ (On the Trail of Heritages) film series - M5 15:20
• 12 November ’Jöttömbe', jártomba’ - musical portrait show. Selection of items from the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Annamária Vasváry - Radio Danko 10:00
DECEMBER
• 2 or 23 December 'Csobánolás' - Bukovina Szekler nativity play - Örökségek útján (On the Trail of Heritages) Film series - M5 15:20
The responsible institution for the professional coordinating of the UNESCO Convention in Hungary:
Directorate of Intangible Cultural Heritage, Hungarian Open Air Museum
