IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2003 CONVENTION OF UNESCO IN BULGARIA
ANA LULEVA
INSTITUTE OF ETHNOLOGY AND FOLKLORE STUDIES WITH ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM (IEFSEM) – BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
10TH Annual Meeting of the South-East European Experts
Network on Intangible Cultural Heritage
„Intangible cultural heritage and World Heritage: synergies and coordination between UNESCO 2003 and 1972 Conventions”
Brač, Croatia, 14-15 June 2016
GENERAL POLICIES
National Council of Intangible Cultural Heritage – at the Ministry of Culture
National Center for ICH at the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum (IEFSEM) at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Local communities, museums, chitalista
Partnership between institutions
Regional Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in Sofia
LEGISLATION
The Cultural Heritage Act (February 2009). Last amendment: State Gazette No. 45/15.06.2012
It introduced new categories of cultural heritage: “intangible and material moveable and immoveable heritage as a set of cultural values that bear historical memory, national identity and have scholarly or cultural value” (article 2)
The expanded range of objects considered as cultural heritage – intangible, industrial, underwater, audiovisual heritage, cultural landscape, etc.
Art.42. Intangible cultural heritage: (1) oral traditions and expressions, incl. language; performing arts, social practices, rituals and festive events; knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe; knowledge and skills related to traditional craftsmanship.
(2) The Ministry of Culture shall keep a register of the ICH
Ordinance No. 1/May 8, 2013, on the procedure of maintenance of the Inventory of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Bulgaria
The need of steps for legislative improvement esp. of the ICH
LIVING HUMAN TREASURES
“LHT – Bulgaria. Inventory of activities” – the Institute of Folklore and the Ministry of Culture (since 2001, handed officially in 2002)
Questionnaire
Inventory, methodical guidelines, analythical texts
2008 – “Bistritsa Grannies – Archaic Poliphony, Dance and Practices from the Shoplouk region”
2009 – “Nestinarstvo – Messages from the Past”
The creation of an archival fund of ICH
The procedure of proposing and selecting nominations
INVENTORYING ICH
National Inventory: Traditional holidays and rituals; Traditional singing and dancing; Traditional narration; Traditional crafts and household activities; Traditional medicine
Regional Inventory – by the 28 administrative regions;
The Representative List
Prospects:
- Further expanding the inventorying of certain realms of traditional culture;
- The need to work more on inventories’ updating;
- Elements in need of urgent safeguarding;
- The on-going process of awareness raising; Education, Research
- Identification, Documentation, Digitalization
- Empowering the local communities in safeguarding and presenting the ICH
INSCRIPTION IN THE REPRESENTATIVE LIST OF THE
INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF HUMANITY - 2014
The tradition of carpet-making in Chiprovtsi Inscribed in 2014 ( 9.COM) on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
INSCRIPTION IN THE REPRESENTATIVE LIST OF THE
INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF HUMANITY - 2015
Surova folk feast in Pernik region
Inscribed in 2015 (10. COM) on the Representative List of the Intangible
Cultural Heritage of Humanity
https://youtu.be/KHF21YIvveY
After the Inscription in the RL of ICHH:
Exhibition in the National Ethnographic
Museum (2015)
Exhibition in NEM:
Surova in Pernik Region (2016)
PROPOSAL FOR THE REGISTER OF BEST SAFEGUARDING PRACTICES - 2016
Festival of folklore in Koprivshtitsa: a system of practices for heritage presentation and transmission
Register of Best Safeguarding Practices
http://saboribg.com/koprivshtica/
http://bnt.bg/predavanyia/sa-
obshteniya/50-godini-natsionalen-sa-bor-v-
koprivshtitsa
MULTINATIONAL NOMINATION IN THE FOLLOWING CYCLE (2017):
Cultural practices associated to the first of March: nomination of Bulgaria, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Moldova and Romania for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
mártenitsa, martinki or mărţişor.
REGIONAL CENTRE FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE IN SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE
Conference on Intellectual Property, Intangible Cultural Heritage and Traditional Medicine in the Context of Policies for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in South-Eastern Europe, April 23-24, 2015
Roundtable on the topic: “The national cultures of the Balkans part of a whole” (Nov. 2015)
Expert meeting in Nicosia, Cyprus (22-23 January 2016)
16th National Meeting-Workshop of a National Section of CIOFF ® for Bulgaria in Veliko Tarnovo, February 27th 2016
Fifth Symposium of the ICTM STG on Music and Dance in SEE, Bulgaria, 2016
International Forum on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UNESCO
REGIONAL CENTRE FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE IN SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE
A Jubilee Еdition Dedicated to the 70th Anniversary of UNESCO
The contribution of UNESCO Member states of South-eastern Europe to the Implementation of the Convention for the safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
CONSULTATIVE BODIES AND NETWORKS
The National Expert Council of ICH;
The Expert Council of IEFSEM- BAS
The National Center of ICH at IEFSEM;
Regional Cultural and Information Centers;
Regional governments;
The network of the cultural centers (chitalishta) and museums;
Regional forums (fairs, festivals, overviews of folklore and regional traditions)
BENEFITS OF THE NOMINATION PROCESS
accummulation and utilization of expert potential;
strengthening of productive expert capacity;
training and development of key competencies;
active partnership with communities in preparing the nominations;
continuing collaboration between IEFSEM and the Ministry of Culture;
enhanced collaboration with the Regional Center
OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
National inventory policies
The social life of ICH – cultural tourism
Involvement of local communities, community centered safeguarding
The issue of transmission
The transnational dimension of ICH
Training and capacity building