New heritage elements added to the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Register of Good Practices

2023. szeptember 25. | szellemi kulturális örökség, skanzen, nemzeti jegyzék

The National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage, which so far consists of 48 heritage elements, has been extended by four new elements in 2023, also a good safeguarding practice was added to the Register of Good Practices.

Organised by the Ministry of Construction and Transport in cooperation with the Directorate of Intangible Cultural Heritage at the Hungarian Open Air Museum, the new heritage elements were proclaimed at a grand ceremony at the national opening of the Cultural Heritage Days. The documents announcing the inclusion were handed over to the representatives of the communities by Szabolcs Kiss, Head of the Department of Public Education of the Ministry of Culture and Innovation.

New heritage elements included to the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2023:

- The living tradition of the wedding in Boldog: costume, folk song, dance, wedding cakes;
- The veneration of Saint Martin in Hungary;
- The living tradition of Serbian gold embroidery in Deszk;
- The tradition of the Holy Blood in Bata.

Element of the National Register of Good Safeguarding Practices:
- Community model for the preservation of local cultural heritage in the framework of the Muharay Elemér Folk Art Association

During the ceremony, the communities from Boldog presented their wedding traditions, while the group from Deszk performed dances from Banat.