Slovakia already has its eighth UNESCO intangible heritage – Domestic – News
Falconry has become the eighth element that Slovakia has inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
On Tuesday, they selected members of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO, who approved the expansion of the original 18-member nomination group to six other countries, including Slovakia. TASR was informed about it by the Center of Traditional Folk Culture (CTĽK) of the Slovak Folk Art Collective (SĽUK).
In addition to falconry, Slovakia has had a fujara on the mentioned list since 2005, Terchovská „heavenly“ music since 2013, Gajdošská culture for two years, since 2016 together with the Czech Republic also puppetry, Horehronský polyphonic singing for the press in 2017. 2018 a the last time they submitted to Slovakia, they registered wire work.
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Falconry as an international nomination was entered on the representative list in 2016. In the spring of 2020, Slovakia and five other countries – the Netherlands, Croatia, Ireland, Kyrgyzstan and Poland – requested the expansion of the group covered by the registration. After approval, this is the maximum nomination in the Representative List of NKD of Humanity.
“Behind the elaboration of the nomination for the Slovak Republic is a team composed of CTĽK employees, the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic and, last but not least, the community of falconers from the Slovak Republic,” said CTĽK director Miroslav Hanák. “The nomination again shares common heritage with communities and states at the local, national and international levels. He points out that the 2003 Convention for the Protection of the Intangible Cultural Heritage supports the joint protection of intangible cultural heritage elements that transcend linguistic and state borders, thus promoting dialogue and understanding, “Hanák emphasized.
Falconry is now a world leader uniting Saudi Arabia, Germany, Austria, Belgium, the United Arab Emirates, Spain, France, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Portugal, Qatar, Syria, South Korea, and the Czech Republic. , Slovakia, the Netherlands, Croatia, Ireland, Kyrgyzstan and Poland.
From the 5th century
Alojz Kaššák, President of the Slovak Falconry Club at the Slovak Hunting Chamber (SPK), pointed out that falconry has been in Slovakia continuously since the fifth century. After 2019, when falconry was listed as one of the most important elements of the intangible cultural heritage at the national level, the entry came to the prestigious world list.
“We want to focus on future generations of falconers who will be the bearers of the element,” said Kaššák, who emphasized that Slovakia is a world leader in the education of young falconers, but also the cradle of modern falconry. “We have the only primary school in the world with a compulsory falconry subject. It is Maximilian Hill’s Elementary School with Kindergarten (Kindergarten with Kindergarten) in Štiavnické Bany, “said the head of the Slovak falconers. He also reminded that falconry in Slovakia is taught mainly at secondary forestry schools in Prešov, Banská Štiavnica or Liptovský Hrádok, but also universities at the Technical University (TU) in Zvolen and the University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice.
This year, a decision was made on another international nomination, of which the Slovak Republic is a part, and these are the traditions associated with the breeding of Lipizzaner horses. “Due to the large number of submitted nominations, the evaluation of this element was postponed to the following year,” Hanák explained.
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