Wanted: UNESCO Intangible Culturage Heritage

Last Update: Oct 15, 2015

I am looking for these missing postcards showing the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of these countries.

ALGERIA - 4 missing
- Ahellil of Gourara 
- Rites and craftsmanship associated with the wedding costume tradition of Tlemcen (2012) 
- Practrices and knowledge linked to the Imzad of the Tuareg communities (2013)
- Annual pilgrimage to the mausoleum of Sidi Abdel Qader Ben Mohammed (Sidi Sheik) (2013)

ARMENIA - 2 missing
- Duduk and its Music 
- Performance of the Armenian epic of Daredevils of Sassoun or David of Sassoun (2012) 

AUSTRIA - 1 missing
- Schemenlaufen, the carnival of Imst (2012) 

AZERBAIJAN - 5 missing
- Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz 
- Traditional art of Azerbaijani carpet weaving 
- Art of Azerbaijani Ashiq 
- Azerbaijani Mugham 
- Craftsmanship and performance art of the Tar, a long-necked string musical instrument (2012) 

BANGLADESH - 2 missing
- Baul Songs 
- Traditional art of Jamdani weaving (2013)

BELARUS - 1 missing
- Rite of Kalyady Tsars: Christmas Tsars 

BELGIUM - 7 missing
- Falconry, a living human heritage 
- Aalst carnival 
- Houtem Jaarmarkt, annual winter fair and livestock market at Sint-Lievens-Houtem 
- Krakelingen and Tonnekensbrand, end-of-winter bread and fire feast at Geraardsbergen 
- Procession of Holy Blood in Bruges 
- Leuven age set ritual repertoire (2011)
- Marches of Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse - Belgium (2012)

BENIN - 1 missing
- Oral Heritage of Gelede 

BHUTAN - 1 missing
- Mask Dance of Drums from Drametse 

BOLIVIA - 2 missing
- Andean Cosmovision of Kallawaya 
- Ichapekene Piesta, the biggest festival of San Ignacio de Moxos (2012) 

BOTSWANA
- Earthenware pottery-making skills in Botswana’s Kgatleng District (2012)

BRAZIL - 5 missing
- Oral and Graphic Expressions of Wajapi 
- Samba de Roda of Recôncavo of Bahia 
- Yaokwa, the Enawene Nawe people's ritual for the maintenance of social and cosmic order (2011)
- Frevo, performing arts of the Carnival of Recife (2012) 
- Cirio de Nazare: The Taper of Oue Lady of Nazareth in the city of Belem, Para (2013)

BULGARIA - 2 missing
- Nestinarstvo, messages from the past: Panagyr of Saints Constantine and Helena in village of Bulgari 
- Bistritsa Babi: Archaic Polyphony, Dances and Rituals from Shoplouk Region 

BURKINA FASO - 1 missing
Cultural practices and expressions linked to the balafon of the Senufo communities (2011)

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - 1 missing
- Polyphonic Singing of Aka Pygmies 

CHILE - 1 missing
- Cultural heritage of Aymara communities

CHINA - 8 missing
- Wooden movable-type printing of China
- Traditional design and practices for building Chinese wooden arch bridges 
- Nanyin (Fujian)
- Xi’an wind and percussion ensemble 
- Traditional handicrafts of making Xuan paper
- Hezhen Yimakan storytelling (2011)
- Fujian puppetry practitioners (2012) 
- China Zhusuan Abacus (2013)

COLOMBIA - 8 missing
- Marimba music and traditional chants from Colombia’s South Pacific region 
- Wayuu normative system, applied by Pütchipü’üi (palabrero)
- Carnaval de Negros y Blancos 
- Holy Week processions in Popayán 
- Carnival of Barranquilla 
- Cultural Space of Palenque de San Basilio 
- Traditional knowledge of jaguar shamans of Yuruparí (2011)
- Festival of Saint Francis of Assisi, Quidbó (2012) 

COTE D'IVOIRE - 2 missing
- Gbofe of Afounkaha: Music of Transverse Trumps of Tagbana Community 
- Cultural practices and expressions linked to the balafon of the Senufo communities (2012)

CROATIA - 12 missing
- Ojkanje singing 
- Gingerbread craft from Northern Croatia 
- Sinjska Alka, a knights’ tournament in Sinj 
- Procession Za Krizen, ‘following the cross’, on island of Hvar 
- Spring procession of Ljelje/Kraljice, queens, from Gorjani 
- Festivity of Saint Blaise, patron of Dubrovnik
- Traditional manufacturing of children’s wooden toys in Hrvatsko Zagorje 
- Two-part singing and playing in Istrian scale 
- Bećarac singing and playing from Eastern Croatia (2011)
- Nijemo Kolo, silent circle dance of Dalmatian hinterland (2011)
- Klapa multipart singing of Dalmatia, southern Croatia (2012) 
- Mediterranean diet (2013)

CUBA - 1 missing 
- Tumba Francesa 

CYPRUS - 3 missing
- Lefkara laces or Lefkaritika 
- Tsiattista poetic duelling (2011) 
- Mediterranean diet (2013)

CZECH REPUBLIC - 4 missing
- Falconry, a living human heritage 
- Shrovetide door-to-door processions and masks in the villages of the Hlinecko area 
- Slovácko Verbuňk, Recruit Dances
- Ride of the Kings in the south-east of Czech Republic (2011) 

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - 2 missing
- Cocolo Dance Drama Tradition 
- Cultural Space of Brotherhood of Holy Spirit of Congos of Villa Mella 

ECUADOR - 2 missing 
- Oral Heritage and Cultural Manifestations of Zápara People 
- Traditional weaving of the Ecuadorian toquilla straw hat (2012)

EGYPT - 1 missing
- Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah Epic 

ESTONIA - 1 missing
- Kihnu Cultural Space 

ETHIOPIA - 1 missing
Commemoration feast in the finding of the True Holy Cross of Christ (2013)

FRANCE - 9 missing
- Compagnonnage, network for on-the-job transmission of knowledge and identities 
- Craftsmanship of Alençon needle lace-making France (Normandy)
- Cantu in paghjella: a secular and liturgical oral tradition of Corsica 
- Aubusson tapestry (Creuse)
- Maloya (Music, song, dance of Reunion)
- Scribing tradition in French timber framing 
- Equitation in the French tradition (Cadre Noir of Saumur) (2011) 
- Fest-Noz, festive gathering based on the collective practice of traditional dances of Brittany (2012)
- Limousin septennial obstensions (2013)

GAMBIA - 1 missing 
- Kankurang, Manding Initiatory Rite

GEORGIA - 2 missing
- Georgian Polyphonic Singing 
- Ancient Georgian traditional Qvevri method of making wine (2013)

GREECE - 1 missing
- Mediterranean diet (fishing and farming in the Mediterranean community of Koroni in Greece) 

GUATEMALA - 2 missing
- Language, Dance and Music of Garifuna 
- Rabinal Achí Dance Drama Tradition 

GUINEA - 1 missing
- Cultural Space of Sosso-Bala 

HUNGARY - 2 missing
- Busó festivities at Mohács: masked end-of-winter carnival custom 
- Folk art of the Matyó, embroidery of a traditional community (2012) 

INDIA - 9 missing
- Chhau dance 
- Mudiyettu, ritual theatre and dance drama of Kerala 
- Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz 
- Ramman: religious festival and ritual theatre of Garhwal Himalayas
- Kutiyattam, Sanskrit Theatre 
- Ramlila - Traditional Performance of Ramayana 
- Tradition of Vedic Chanting
- Buddhist chanting of Ladakh: recitation of sacred Buddhist texts in the trans-Himalayan Ladakh region, Jammu and Kashmir (2012) 
- Sankirtana ritual singing, drumming and dancing of Manipur (2013)

INDONESIA - 1 missing
- Noken multifunctional knotted or woven bag, handcraft of the people of Papua (2012) 

IRAN - 8 missing
- Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz 
- Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Fars 
- Music of the Bakhshis of Khorasan 
- Pahlevani and Zoorkhanei rituals 
- Ritual dramatic art of Ta‘zīye 
- Radif of Iranian music 
- Naqqāli, Iranian dramatic story-telling Iran (2011) 
- Traditional skills of building and sailing Iranian Lenj boats in the Persian Gulf Iran (2011) 
- Qālišuyān rituals of Mašhad-e Ardehāl in Kāšān (2012)

IRAQ - 1 missing
- Iraqi Maqam 

ITALY - 4 missing
- Mediterranean diet (fishing and farming in the Mediterranean community of Cilento in Italy) 
- Canto a tenore, Sardinian Pastoral Songs 
- Traditional violin craftsmanship in Cremona (2012)
- Celebrations of big shoulder borne processional structures (2013)

JAMAICA - 1 missing
- Maroon Heritage of Moore Town 

JAPAN - 17 missing
- Kumiodori, traditional Okinawan musical theatre 
- Yuki-tsumugi, silk fabric production technique 
- Akiu no Taue Odori 
- Chakkirako 
- Daimokutate 
- Dainichido Bugaku
- Gagaku 
- Hayachine Kagura
- Hitachi Furyumono 
- Koshikijima no Toshidon 
- Ojiya-chijimi, Echigo-jofu: techniques of making ramie fabric in Uonuma region, Niigata 
- Oku-noto no Aenokoto 
- Sekishu-Banshi: papermaking in the Iwami region of Shimane 
- Traditional Ainu dance 
- Mibu no Hana Taue, ritual of transplanting rice in Mibu, Hiroshima (2011)
- Sada Shin Noh, sacred dancing at Sada shrine, Shimane (2011) 
- Nachi no Dengaku, a religious performing art held at the Nachi fire festival (2012) 

JORDAN - 1 missing
- Cultural Space of the Bedu in Petra and Wadi Rum 

KENYA - 1 missing
- Traditions and practices associated to the Kayas in sacred forests of the Mijikenda 

KOREA, SOUTH - 14 missing
- Falconry, a living human heritage 
- Daemokjang, traditional wooden architecture
- Gagok, lyric song cycles accompanied by an orchestra
- Cheoyongmu (court dance to dispel evil)
- Ganggangsullae (harvest circle dance by unmarried women)
- Jeju Chilmeoridang Yeongdeunggut (ritual by village shaman)
- Namsadang Nori (all male vagabond clown theatre of masked dance and puppet show)
- Yeongsanjae (Buddhist reenactment ritual) 
- Gangneung Danoje Festival (Shamanistic festival)
- Pansori Epic Chant (musical story telling)
- Jultagi, tightrope walking (2011)
- Taekkyeon, a traditional Korean martial art (2011) 
- Weaving of Mosi (fine ramie) in the Hansan region (2011)
- Arirang, lyrical folk song (2012) 

KYRGYZSTAN - 2 missing 
- Art of Akyns, Kyrgyz Epic Tellers 
- Kyrgyz epic trilogy: Manas, Semetey, Seytek (2013)

LATVIA - 2 missing 
- Baltic Song and Dance Celebrations 
- Suiti cultural space 

LITHUANIA - 1 missing
- Sutartinės, Lithuanian multipart songs Lithuania 

MACEDONIA - 1 missing
Feast of the Holy Forty Martyrs in Štip (2013)

MADAGASCAR - 1 missing
- Woodcrafting Knowledge of Zafimaniry

MALI - 1 missing
Practices and knowledge linked to the Imzad of the Tuareg community (2013)

MALAWI - 2 missing
- Gule Wamkulu 
- Vimbuza Healing Dance 

MALAYSIA - 1 missing
- Mak Yong Theatre 

MALI - 6 missing
- Sanké mon: collective fishing rite of Sanké 
- Manden Charter, proclaimed in Kurukan Fuga
- Septennial re-roofing ceremony of Kamablon, sacred house of Kangaba 
- Cultural Space of Yaaral and Degal
- Secret society of the Kôrêdugaw, the rite of wisdom in Mali (2011) 
- Cultural practices and expressions linked to the balafon of the Senufo communities (2011)

MAURETANIA - 1 missing
- Moorish epic T’heydinn (2011)

MEXICO - 5 missing
- Parachicos in the traditional January feast of Chiapa de Corzo 
- Pirekua, traditional song of the P’urhépecha 
- Traditional Mexican cuisine - ancestral, ongoing community culture, the Michoacán paradigm 
- Places of memory and living traditions of Otomí-Chichimecas people of Tolimán: the Peña de Bernal, guardian of a sacred territory 
- Xtaxkgakget Makgkaxtlawana: the Centre for Indigenous Arts, Totonac people of Veracruz (2012)

MOLDOVA - 1 missing
- Men’s group Colindat, Christmas-time ritual

MONGOLIA - 8 missing
- Mongolian traditional art of Khöömei Mongolia 
- Mongol Biyelgee: Mongolian traditional folk dance 
- Mongol Tuuli: Mongolian epic 
- Traditional music of the Tsuur 
- Traditional Music of the Morin Khuur
- Urtiin Duu - Traditional Folk Long Song 
- Folk long song performance technique of Limbe performances - circular breathing (2011) 
- Mongolian calligraphy (2013)

MOROCCO - 5 missing
- Falconry, a living human heritage 
- Mediterranean diet (fishing and farming in the Mediterranean community of Chefchaouen in Morocco) 
- Cultural Space of Jemaa el-Fna Square 
- Moussem of Tan-Tan
- Cherry festival in Sefrou (2012) 

MOZAMBIQUE - 2 missing
- Chopi Timbila 
- Gule Wamkulu 

NICARAGUA - 2 missing
- El Güegüense 
- Language, Dance and Music of Garifuna 

NIGER - 1 missing
- Practices and knowledge linked to the Imzad of the Tuareg community (2013)

NIGERIA - 3 missing
- Ijele masquerade 
- Ifa Divination System 
- Oral Heritage of Gelede 

OMAN - 3 missing
- Al-Bar’ah, music and dance of Oman Dhofari valleys
- Al ‘azi, elegy, processional march and poetry (2012) 
- Al-Taghrooda, traditional Bedouin chanted poetry (2012) 

PAKISTAN - 1 missing
- Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz 

PALESTINE - 1 missing
- Palestinian Hikaye 

PERU - 8 missing
- Oral Heritage and Cultural Manifestations of Zápara People 
- Cultural heritage of Aymara communities 
- Huaconada, ritual dance of Mito Peru 
- Scissors dance Peru 
- Taquile and its Textile Art
- Eshuva, Harákmbut sung prayers of Peru’s Huachipaire people (2011) 
- Pilgrimage to the sanctuary of the Lord of Qoyllurit’i (2011)
- Knowledge, skills and rituals related to the annual renewal of the Q’eswachaka bridge (2013)

PHILIPPINES - 1 missing
- Darangen Epic of Maranao People of Lake Lanao 

QATAR- 1 missing
- Falconry, a living human heritage 

ROMANIA - 4 missing
- Doina ( lyrical, solemn chant)
- Căluş Ritual (ritual dance in Southern Romania) 
- Craftsmanship of Horezu ceramics (2012)
- Men’s group Colindat, Christmas-time ritual (2013)

RUSSIA - 2 missing
- Cultural Space and Oral Culture of Semeiskie
- Olonkho, Yakut Heroic Epos 

SAUDI ARABIA - 1 missing
- Falconry, a living human heritage 

SENEGAL - 2 missing 
- Kankurang, Manding Initiatory Rite 
- Xooy, a divination ceremony among the Serer (2013)

SLOVAKIA - 2 missing
- Fujara and its Music 
- Music of Terchová (2013)

SPAIN - 6 missing
- Falconry, a living human heritage 
- Mediterranean diet (fishing and farming in the Mediterranean community of Soria in Spain)
- Chant of the Sybil on Majorca 
- Whistled language of island of La Gomera: Canary Islands, Silbo Gomero 
- Patum of Berga 
- Festivity of ‘la Mare de Déu de la Salut’ of Algemesí (2011) 

SYRIA - 1 missing
- Falconry, a living human heritage 

TAJIKISTAN - 1 missing
- Shashmaqom Music 

TOGO - 1 missing
- Oral Heritage of Gelede 

TONGA - 1 missing
- Lakalaka, Dances and Sung Speeches 

TURKEY - 10 missing
- Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz 
- Kırkpınar oil wrestling festival Turkey 
- Semah, Alevi-Bektaşi ritual Turkey 
- Traditional Sohbet meetings Turkey
- Âşıklık: minstrelsy tradition 
- Karagöz 
- Arts of Meddah, Public Storytellers 
- Ceremonial Keşkek tradition(2011) 
- Mesir Macunu festival (2012) 
- Turkish coffee culture and tradition (2013)

UGANDA - 3 missing 
- Barkcloth Making 
- Bigwala, gourd trumpet music and dance of Busoga (2012)
- Empakoo tradition of Batooro, Banyoro, Batuku, Batagwenda, Banyabindi of western Uganda (2013)


UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - 2 missing
- Al Sadu, traditional weaving skills (2011) 
- Al-Taghrooda, traditional Bedouin chanted poetry (2012)

URUGUAY - 2 missing
- Candombe and its socio-cultural space: a community practice 
- Tango 

UZBEKISTAN - 4 missing
- Katta Ashula
- Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz 
- Shashmaqom Music 
- Cultural Space of Boysun District 

VANUATU - 1 missing
- Vanuatu Sand Drawings 

VENEZUELA - 2 missing
- Venezuela's Dancing Devils of Corpus Christi (2012)
- La Parranda de San Pedro de Guarenas y Guatire

VIETNAM - 6 missing 
- Gióng festival of Phù Ðông and Sóc temples 
- Ca trù singing 
- Space of Gong Culture 
- Xoan singing of Phú Thọ Province (2011)
- Worship of Hùng kings in Phú Thọ (2012) 
- Art of Đờn ca tài tử music and song in southern Viet Nam (2014)

YEMEN - 1 missing
- Song of Sana’a 

ZAMBIA - 2 missing
- Gule Wamkulu 
- Makishi Masquerade 

ZIMBABWE - 1 missing 
- Mbende Jerusarema Dance