Printer Friendly Version Inscription of the Zlakusa pottery making on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity @ 16 December 2020 02:25 PM

Delegation of the Republic of Serbia, composed of representatives of the Permanent Delegation of the to UNESCO and the Center for the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Serbia, within the Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade, participated at the fifteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage that took place online from 14 to 19 December 2020. At this session, a decision was made to inscribe Zlakusa pottery making, based on the proposal of the Republic of Serbia, on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. In addition to Zlakusa pottery making, three more elements from the Republic of Serbia have so far been inscribed to this list: Slava - celebration of family saint patron’s day, traditional folk dance „Kolo“ as well as singing to the accompaniment of the Gusle, by which means these segments of Serbia's cultural heritage are recognized also on a wider, international level.