SESSION 1 Eighth Annual Meeting of the South East European Experts Network on Intangible Cultural Heritage 15-16 May 2014. Limassol, Cyprus Author: Danijela Filipovic, Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Ethnographic Museum of Belgrade DISCLAIMER The ideas and opinions expressed in the above presentations are not necessarily those of UNESCO and do not commit the Organization. The designations employed and the presentation of material throughout the documents do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city of area or of its authorities or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

2. Implementation of the Convention for the
Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural
Heritage in the Republic of Serbia
Limassol, Cyprus, 15-16 May 2014

3. Implementation of the Convention for the
Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural
Heritage
Institutional and
legislative
framework for
safeguarding ICH
The National
Registry of the
Intangible
Cultural Heritage
of the Republic of
Serbia
Promotion,
education,
awareness-
raising and
capacity-building

4. Institutional framework for safeguarding ICH
The National Committee for the Intangible Cultural
Heritage
Commission for the Inscription of Intangible
Heritage Elements into the National Register
Center for the Intangible Cultural Heritage in the
Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade
Regional coordinators

5. The National Committee for
the Intangible Cultural Heritage
 Shall adopt and devise the strategy for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural
heritage of the Republic of Serbia;
 Shall take an active part in harmonizing the national legislation with international
standards so as to include the field of intangible cultural heritage;
 Shall adopt proposals for the inscription of intangible heritage elements into the
National Register of the Intangible Cultural Heritage;
 Shall supervise the implementation of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding
of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and draft annual reports on the implementation of
the Convention to the UNESCO National Committee;
 Shall adopt and supervise a national system for the implementation of
the UNESCO programme Living Heritage Guardians;
 Shall supervise the drafting and implementation of projects, surveys,
studies and other documents in the field of the safeguarding of
intangible cultural heritage

6. Center for the Intangible Cultural Heritage in the
Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade
 Shall collect, document, archive and conserve
the data on intangible cultural heritage obtained
from committees / work groups on the regional
level, as well as from professional and scientific
institutions, research and documentation
centers, expert, individuals and the relevant
non-governmental organizations;
 The Centre shall compile and maintain the
inventory of intangible cultural heritage;
 The entire documentation on a nominated
element of intangible cultural heritage shall be
permanently preserved in the Centre in
accordance with the relevant legislation and
shall serve as a database of the intangible
cultural heritage in the Republic of Serbia.

7. Regional coordinators
 Shall implement activities aimed at discovering and identifying elements of
intangible cultural heritage within a region;
 Shall help to establish cooperation among communities, groups, individuals,
experts, professional centres and research institutes with the aim of collecting,
documenting, archiving and conserving heritage-related data;
 In collaboration with the Centre of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, they shall
take necessary measures to sensitize communities, groups and individuals to
the importance and value of their intangible cultural heritage, as well as to the
importance and value of the Convention;
 Shall collect and submit proposals to the Commission for the Inscription of
Intangible Heritage Elements into the National Register

8. The National Registry of the Intangible
Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Serbia
 The National Committee for Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Republic of
Serbia in June 2012 adopted the List of 27 elements of intangible cultural
heritage for their registration into the National Inventory

9. PERFORMING ARTS
 Kaval playing
 Pipe-playing practice
 Bagpipe playing in Serbia
 Rumenka kolo dance
 Kolo dance, three-steps kolo, six-steps
kolo
 Clamor singing
 Groktalica singing
 Ojkača singing
 City songs from Vranje

10. CRAFTSMANSHIP
 Wooden flask making in Pilica village
 Slovak naive art painting
 Kosovo-style embroidery
 The Zlakusa pottery
 Mantija (pie) from Novi Pazar
 Craft of stonemasonry, Bela Voda
 Craft of filigree work
 Making of Pirot hard
 Rug-making in Pirot
 Belmuž

11. CUSTOMS
 Saint Patron’s Day
 Ritual of making and lighting farmer candles
 Molitva - Prayer – St. George’s Day ritual
 Easter Ritual of Guarding Jesus Christ's Tomb
 Lazarke procession from Sirinićka Župa

12. ORAL TRADITION
 Era-style humor
 Singing accompanied by gusle
 Groktalica singing
 Ojkača singing
 Clamor singing
 City songs from Vranje

13. Nomination for the inscription on the UNESCO
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of
Humanity
 Slava – Celebration of Family Saint Patron’s Day

14. Nomination for the inscription on the UNESCO
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of
Humanity
 The Spring Celebration: Hıdrellez/Saint George’s Day (muliti-national
nomination)

15. Promotion and Education
Immediately following the ratification of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible
Cultural Heritage, its promotion was organized in Zlakusa, Sirogojno and Kremna with the aim of
drawing attention to the diversity and importance of intangible cultural heritage in Serbia.

16. Promotion of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
of the Republic of Serbia
The conference featured a presentation of the activities aimed at the implementation of the
Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage undertaken in Serbia, as well
as a presentation of the proposals for the inscription into the National Register submitted by
regional coordinators and other experts and collaborators.
Ethnographic Museum, December 2011

17. The First Regional Seminar on the Intangible Cultural Heritage was held in Sirogojno late in
2010. Along with experts from Serbia, it was attended by representatives of the UNESCO
Venice Office and Bulgarian and Croatian experts.
Sirogojno

18. The Fifth Annual Meeting of the
South East European Experts Network
The Fifth Annual Meeting of the South East European Experts Network on the
Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage was held at the Ethnographic Museum in
Belgrade in May 2011, under the title From National Implementation to Regional
Collaboration.
Belgrade, May 12–13, 2011

19. Education programs
Regional symposiums aimed at informing experts from cultural institutions,
associations and individuals on the implementation of the Convention for the
Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, Zaječar, Kraljevo

20. Education programs
Conference Oral Tradition of Ethnic Minorities as Part of Serbia’s
Intangible Heritage, Kovačica, February 2012

21. The domain of oral traditions and expressions, including language as a vehicle
of intangible cultural heritage (ICH), as presented and treated under
UNESCO’s ICH Convention, November 2013
Education programs
Lecture
• The domain of oral traditions and
expressions, including language as a
vehicle of intangible cultural heritage (ICH)
Round
Table
• The contribution of audiovisual productions
to the safeguarding of intangible cultural
heritage
Conference
• Clarification of copyright issues and
intellectual rights for the commercialization
of traditional productions

22. Reasarch and Awareness-raising activities
Antika Fest, Zaječar
(since 2012)
Activities of Serbian
Ethnological and
Anthropological society
Publications - Journal
Intangible Cultural
Heritage of Serbia

23. Thank you!