Central Asia: Elements on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

24 January 2019

Kazakhstan

Elements on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Traditional knowledge and skills in making Kyrgyz and Kazakh yurts, 2014

Kazakh traditional art of Dombra Kuy, 2014

Aitysh/Aitys, art of improvisation, 2015

Nauryz, 2016

Kuresi in Kazakhstan, 2016

Flatbread making and sharing culture: Lavash, Katyrma, Jupka, Yufka, 2016

Falconry, a living human heritage, 2016

Kazakh traditional Assyk games, 2017

Heritage of Dede Qorqud/Korkyt Ata/Dede Korkut, epic culture, folk tales and music, 2018

Traditional spring festive rites of the Kazakh horse breeders, 2018

Kyrgyzstan

Elements on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Art of Akyns, Kyrgyz epic tellers, 2008
Kyrgyz epic trilogy: Manas, Semetey, Seytek, 2013
Traditional knowledge and skills in making Kyrgyz and Kazakh yurts (Turkic nomadic dwellings), 2014
Aitysh/Aitys, art of improvisation, 2015
Nooruz, 2016
Flatbread making and sharing culture: Lavash, Katyrma, Jupka, Yufka, 2016
Kok boru, traditional horse game, 2017

List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding

Tajikistan

Elements on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Shashmaqom music, 2008
Oshi Palav, a traditional meal and its social and cultural contexts in Tajikistan, 2016
Navruz, 2016
Chakan, embroidery art in the Republic of Tajikistan, 2018

Uzbekistan

Elements on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Element on the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices

Margilan Crafts Development Centre, safeguarding of the atlas and adras making traditional technologies, 2017