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maypole
tall wooden pole erected as a part of various European folk festivals
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The Martinique yole, from construction to sailing practices, a model for heritage safeguarding
safeguarding program for the Martinique yole
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woodturning
craft of using the wood lathe with hand-held tools to cut a shape that is symmetrical around the axis of rotation
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Damascus steel
type of steel used in Middle Eastern swordmaking
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Limoges porcelain
porcelain produced in and around Limoges, France
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Bear festivities in the Pyrenees
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
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Stone of Saint Vio
Hemispherical stele
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Bauhütten
knowledge and practices concerning the construction and maintenance of churches
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French hunting horn
type of French hunting horn (trompe de chasse)
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transhumance
periodic migration of livestock between winter and summer pastures
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trainera competition
rowing events using traineras
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Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Suzan
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Ménage de saint Kodelig
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Alençon lace
French Needle Lace
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Wren Day
Celtic celebration held on 26 December, St. Stephen's Day
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sjoelen
traditional Dutch game now played as a sport
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maloya
music genre of Réunion
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bourrée
French dance
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savate
French combat sport
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tailor
person who makes, repairs, or alters clothing professionally
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Scheibenschlagen
traditional event in Central Europe
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illuminated manuscript
manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration
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prieuré Saint Ortaire
priory located in Orne, in France
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rougail
dish of Reunionese origin
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rocking stone of Huelgoat
Rocking stone in Huelgoat, France
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Specialist basketry for Breton fisherman
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gastronomic meal of the French
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Limoges enamel
artistic material made in Limoges, France
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Camargue bullfighting
type of bullfighting
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seaweed harvest in France
no description
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chair maker
who make chairs, especially those who design and create chairs by hand
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Carnaval Biarnés
Carnaval in Pau
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Fête de l’ours de Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste
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poterie du Mesnil de Bavent
pottery in Bavent (Calvados)
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porcelain painting
art of painting on ceramics
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wood carving
form of working wood by means of a cutting tool
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Le sport traditionel du curling
ancient popular sport in Flanders, in which a wooden disc is rolled into the ground as close as possible to a stick
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Catalan
Western Romance language
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corsetmaker
profession making corsets and related foundation garments
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petanque
boules' sport game
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cazabe
cassava bread
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furrier
person who makes or sells clothing and other articles from fur and animal skins
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pastoral
theatre genre from the Basque Country
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palet sur planche
game of skill from Upper Brittany
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dry stone walling
mortarless masonry method
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Morra
game using hands (like drawing lots)
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handmade glass production
craft of making glass objects using various techniques
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Musicalarue
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French medicinal plants
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Maypoles in France
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paghjella
secular and liturgical oral tradition of Corsica, France – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2009
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Enamels from Longwy
pottery works operating out of a convent in Meurthe et Moselle region of France
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Processional giants and dragons in Belgium and France
Folkloric manifestations and UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
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Saint Méen spring
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Laxoa
modality of pilota basca
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flagstone
refers to large flat sections of slate used for paving and also bluestone cut for this purpose
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Lac de Grand-Lieu
lake in Loire-Atlantique, France
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Ifs de La Haye-de-Routot
no description
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Aubusson tapestry
intangible cultural heritage of tapestry making in Aubusson and the Creuse region of France
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Pilgrimage to Mont Saint-Michel
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Pyrenees Folk Festival
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Psalterium (instrument)
struck string instrument; zither
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pigment
material that changes the color of reflected or transmitted light
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If funéraire de Saint-Ursin
no description
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rotogravure
printing process
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weaving
technology for the production of textiles
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Errebotea
no description
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Christmas fire
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gouren
style of folk wrestling of Brittany, France
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gilding
covering object with layer of gold
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Breton song
music genre in Brittany
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remarkable trees of La Lande-Patry
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Perfumeries of Grasse
an intangible cultural heritage of France
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Fêtes de l'ours en Vallespir
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Fest Noz
traditional festival in Brittany
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Félibrée du Périgord
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Summer solstice fire festivals in the Pyrenees
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Andorra – Spain – France, inscribed in 2015
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Faïencerie d'Art de Malicorne
no description
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Estivada
Occitan festival in Rodez
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barrel organ
mechanical musical instrument
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dentelle du Puy
lace from Le Puy-en-Velay, France
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Daum
Crystal studio in Nancy, France
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celebrations of Our Lady of Laruns
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Les pierres sonnantes
basalt rocks in Brittany, France
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coca
pastry typically made and consumed in eastern Spain
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Chêne d'Allouville
pedunculate oak in Seine-Maritime, in France, hosting two tiny chapels
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hurdy-gurdy
mechanical stringed musical instrument
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Limusin
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carpentry in France
traditional tracing in French carpentry
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bent
two-dimensional transverse rigid frame (or similar structures such as three-hinged arches)
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Chaise de Saint-Ronan
megalith in Locronan, France
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Carnaval de Granville
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Carnaval des deux rives
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carillon
keyboard musical instrument of bells
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cantèra
tradition of plurivocal singing specific to Béarn and Bigorre
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Western calligraphy
Art of writing
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Equitation in the French tradition
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Bœuf de Bazas IGP
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processional giant
traditional figure, used to parade during processions
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Forêt de Brotonne
forest in France
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zinc roofers and ornamentalists
craftmanship of 19th-century restoration of haussmann-style roofs in Paris
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bookbinding
process of physically assembling a book
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Blanquefort-sur-Briolance
commune in Lot-et-Garonne, France
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Basque pelota
variety of court sports
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Fêtes de Bayonne
series of festivals in Bayonne, France
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