Bulgaria - “Implementation of the 2003 Convention of UNESCO in Bulgaria”

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