The First Nomination from Poland Submitted to the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (2018 Cycle)
The First Nomination from Poland Submitted to the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (2018 Cycle)

Summary/Abstract: Six years after the ratification of the 2003 Convention, at the end of March 2017 Poland submitted its first nomination to the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The Minister of Culture and National Heritage decided, upon the recommendation of the Council for Intangible Cultural Heritage, to nominate the Nativity Scene (szopka) tradition in Kraków. This intangible cultural heritage (ICH) element was one of the first inscriptions into the National ICH List in 2014, which today comprises almost 30 ICH elements from all over the country

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