GREECE ADDS 16 NEW ELEMENTS TO NATIONAL INTANGIBLE CUTURAL HERITAGE INDEX

 

The Greek Minister of Culture, Mrs Lina Mendoni, announced the inclusion of 16 new elements to Greece’s Directory id Intangible Cultural Heritage.

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“The 16 elements registered on the National Directory of Intangible Cultural Heritage reflect aspects of Greek popular expression and creativity, whether in music and dance, know-how and traditional ways of cultivation that promote the sustainable management of natural resources which are the  Intangible cultural heritage of our collective identity” said Mrs Mendoni.

Since 2008, Greece has included 39 elements on the directory.  The addition of 16 newly recognized elements “demonstrate the importance we give to the protection of oral expression and traditions, festivals, social practices, festive events, knowledge concerning nature, the know-how associated with traditional handicraft, to all those elements that make up Greek tradition and of our Greek cultural heritage," the Minister of Culture added.    

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