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cantiq
Crimean Tatar food
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shpachky
ritual baked goods from Horodyshche region, Ukraine
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Opishnia decorative ceramics
Traditional ceramics from Poltava region
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Boyko pysanka
no description
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tradition of decorating crosses of the Way of the Cross
religious tradition from Monastyrok, Ukraine
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grave cross decoration in Rivne Polissia
tradition of adorning grave crosses on Holy Saturday
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Krolevets handpicked weaving
woven towels created in the technology of handpicked weaving
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Horodok stitch
embroidery stitch technique
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Petrykivka painting
traditional Ukrainian decorative painting style
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Tauric painting
traditional painting style from Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine
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making the spherical Christmas star from the village of Matskovychi
advent star making tradition
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tradition of straw plaiting in Turiisk hromada, Volyn Oblast
straw plaiting tradition
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Sokal shirt
embroided shirt from Sokal, Ukraine
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Sokal ceramics
traditional painted ceramics from Sokal, Ukraine
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Sakhnovshchyna korovai
traditional ceremonial bread baked in Sakhnovshchyna
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traditions of reed weaving in Shchitky and Pysarivka
reed weaving tradition
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Lent holubtsi with potatoes
no description
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Ritual Christmas prianyky of Sloboda Ukraine
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psatyr
traditional Easter bread of the Nadazovia Greeks
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kermesse
travelling amusement park
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Polissian dudka-vykrutka
shepherd’s instrument of Polissia
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cookies "konyky and baryshni"
Christmas cookies from Holovkivka, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine
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wedding braiding ceremony in Bilokurakyne
wedding custom from Bilokurakyne, Ukraine
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ritual of installing the "Vikha"
Green week tradition from Pereiaslav region, Ukraine
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ritual of "Honinnia hadiuk"
cleansing ritual from Eastern Ukraine
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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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metalworking traditions of the Hutsul region
traditional crafts in Western Ukraine
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vine weaving in Iza village
no description
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coffee culture of Crimean Tatars
no description
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Malanka
folk holiday of Eastern Slavs celebrated on New Year's Eve
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Koliada na Maizliakh
Christmas festival in Ukraine
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Klembivka shirt "with a flower"
linen emroidered shirts traditional for Klembivka village
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zozulia
sweet millet dish with poppy seeds from Ukraine
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zlyvana kasha
traditional porridge from Karnaukhivka, Ukraine
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zasypana kapusta
cabbage and millet dish from Ukraine
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braiding dolia
wedding ritual from Stryi Raion, Ukraine
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Hadiach shirt
embroided shirt from Hadiach, Ukraine
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Divuvannia
wedding ritual from Bashtanka, Ukraine
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Hlyniany textile
traditional patterned textile from Hlyniany, 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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feather wedding head wreath
bride's headgear from Velykyi Kliuchiv, Ukraine
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Reading the Crown
wedding ritual from Rivne and Volyn oblasts, Ukraine
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Hutsul koliada and pliesy
Winter caroling tradition of the Hutsuls
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Bukovinian memorial tree with gifts
traditional offering to the dead from Bukovina
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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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Nowruz
traditional folk spring festival observed in several countries in Asia and the Middle East
India • Iraq • Kyrgyzstan • Pakistan • Iran • Kazakhstan • Turkey • Turkmenistan • Tajikistan • Uzbekistan • Azerbaijan • Afghanistan • Georgia • North Macedonia • Serbia • Russia • People's Republic of China • Ukraine • Syria • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Albania
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pysanka
egg decorating tradition in Slavic countries
Ukraine • Belarus • Croatia • Czech Republic • Bulgaria • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Montenegro • North Macedonia • Serbia • Slovenia • Slovakia • Poland • Romania
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Samchyky decorative painting
painted houses with unique patterns in Samchyky village
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Hutsul sheep bryndzya
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
traditional masonry technique of building walls using stones without mortar, relying on careful placement and the weight of stones for stability
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Traditional Folk Art Museum
Museum in Odesa Regional Center for Ukrainian Culture
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Koliada
Slavic folk festival, incorporated into Christmas
Croatia • Slovenia • Bulgaria • Belarus • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Ukraine • Serbia • Czech Republic • Poland • North Macedonia • Russia • Montenegro
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cabbage roll
half-meat dish of cabbage leaves with a filling from Central and Eastern Europe
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kots
traditional weaved carpet
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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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Hutsul artistic wood carving
traditional Ukrainian wood carving
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Vodinnia Kusta
folk ritual associated with honoring the cult of ancestors
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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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Chiburekki
Crimean Tatar deep-fried turnover
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taistra
Bukovinian 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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Ağır ava ve Qaytarma
no description
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Hutsul pysanka
Traditional hutsul painted Eastern egg
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artistic wood carving of Chernihiv Oblast
traditional Ukrainian wood carving
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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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Upper Sannian dialect
dialect of the Ukrainian language
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National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine Oleshnia pottery
Traditional pottery from Chernihiv Oblast
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National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine ritual bread baking on St. George’s day in the village of Krynychne
no description
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National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine Easter celebration “Lead the Lord”
Easter celebration “Lead the Lord” in the Rozkoshivka village in Vinnytsia Oblast
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National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine Biliaivka fish yushka
soup, made from various types of fish
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National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine safeguarding programme of kobza and wheel lyre tradition
Ukrainian safeguarding program for a musical tradition
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Congratulating Vasyls
Saint Basil's Day tradition from Lypivka, Ukraine
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ritual drink from Boromlia, Ukraine
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Hutsul shepherd holiday
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National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine Obukhovychi weaving
traditional weaving from Obukhovychi, Ukraine
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National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine beekeeping in Svatove Raion
economic activity and cultural heritage
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National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine Bukovina ceremonial vinok
traditional head wreath made of needle grass
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National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine Q140528708
no description
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