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Opishnia decorative ceramics
Traditional ceramics from Poltava region
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Krolevets Handpicked Weaving
woven towels created in the technology of handpicked weaving
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Petrykivka painting
traditional Ukrainian decorative painting style
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Sakhnovshchyna korovai
traditional ceremonial bread baked in Sakhnovshchyna
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kermesse
travelling amusement park
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Polissian dudka-vykrutka
shepherd’s instrument of Polissia
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cossack song of the Dnipropetrovsk Region
songs sung by communities of the Dnipropetrovsk region in Ukraine about Cossack soldiers and the tragedy of war
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Valky whistle toy
small ceramic whistle toy from Ukrainian city Valky
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Vine weaving in Iza village
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Zozulia
sweet millet dish with poppy seeds from Ukraine
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Wax wedding head wreath
Ukrainian tradition of making wax wedding wreath
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banitsa
traditional Bulgarian pie
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Buzynnyk
Elderberry dessert
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Arkan
Ukrainian folk men's dance
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Reshetylivka Carpet Weaving
handmade floral carpets
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Krupky
ritual dish in Mostove village in Andrushivka hromada in Zhytomyr Oblast
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Avdiivka kasha
festive and memorial kasha in Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast
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Yavoriv pie
Pie with potatoes and buckwheat
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Yavoriv toy
traditional wooden toys
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honey hunting
The extraction of honey from wild bees
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Novruz
traditional folk spring festival observed in several countries in Asia and the Middle East
Turkmenistan • Tajikistan • Pakistan • Kyrgyzstan • Uzbekistan • Kazakhstan • Iraq • Azerbaijan • Iran • India • Turkey • Afghanistan • Serbia • Syria • Russia • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Ukraine • North Macedonia • Georgia • Albania • People's Republic of China
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pysanka
egg decorating tradition in Slavic countries
Ukraine • Bulgaria • Montenegro • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Croatia • Czech Republic • Belarus • North Macedonia • Romania • Serbia • Slovenia • Slovakia • Poland
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Samchyky decorative painting
painted houses with unique patterns in Samchyky village
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Koliada
Slavic folk festival, incorporated into Christmas
Ukraine • Slovenia • Serbia • Russia • Poland • North Macedonia • Montenegro • Czech Republic • Croatia • Bulgaria • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Belarus
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Malanka
folk holiday of Eastern Slavs celebrated on New Year's Eve
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Hutsul bryndza cheese
sheep cheese typical of the Hutsul culinary tradition
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Reshetylivka embroidery
white-on-white embroidery technique in Reshetylivka district Poltava oblast
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Plăcintă
stuffed deep-fried pastry prepared with a variety of fillings
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dry stone walling
mortarless masonry method
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Traditional folk art museum
Museum in Odesa Regional Center for Ukrainian Culture.
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Kots
traditional weaved carpets
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Cheese horses
no description
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Kobzarstvo
The art of singing to the accompaniment to kobza, bandura or lira
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kibinai
Karaim meat pies
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klezmer
instrumental musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe
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advent star
hand-made Christmas stars
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Vodinnia Kusta
folk ritual associated with honoring the cult of ancestors
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cabbage roll
dish of cabbage leaves with a filling
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Moshu-n dial
Christmas ritual from Orlivka, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine
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singing tradition of the village Luka
style of performing Ukrainian songs
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Lizhnyk
Carpathian wool blanket
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Taistra
Hutsul shoulder bag
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Bubnivka ceramics
tradition of Bubnivka painted ceramics
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Culture of Ukrainian borscht cooking
traditional Ukrainian dish – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2022
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Borshchiv Emroidery
Embroidered shirts with the predominant use of black colors originated in a small area in the ethnographic region of Podillia, near the city of Ternopil in Western Ukraine
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Hutsul pysanka
Traditional hutsul painted Eastern egg
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Örnek
Crimean Tatar ornament
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Kosiv painted ceramics
Traditional national Hutsul handicrafts, one of the varieties of Ukrainian ceramics
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straw plaiting
method of manufacturing textiles by braiding straw and the industry that surrounds the craft
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Upper Sannian dialect
dialect of the Ukrainian language
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safeguarding programme of kobza and wheel lyre tradition
Ukrainian safeguarding program for a musical tradition
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Singing tradition of Luka
Traditional singing from Luka, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
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Klembivka shirt "with a flower"
linen emroidered shirts traditional for Klembivka village
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Oleshnia pottery
Traditional pottery from Chernihiv Oblast
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Ritual bread baking on St. George’s day in the village of Krynychne
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Easter celebration “Lead the Lord”
Easter celebration “Lead the Lord” in the Rozkoshivka village in Vinnytsia Oblast
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Biliaivka fish yushka
soup, made from various types of fish
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