The 15th session of the regular annual general assembly of the Regional Centre for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of South-Eastern Europe under the auspices of UNESCO (hereinafter referred to as the Centre) was held on 4 November 2024 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
At the proposal of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum, which performs the tasks of the national Coordinator for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, the Ministry of Culture inscribed two new units in the Register - the Preparation of the mežerli and the Volunteer Firfighting.
Between 9 and 11 October 2024, the 18th meeting of the SE Europe Network of Intangible Cultural Heritage experts took place in Warsaw, Poland, under the title Living Heritage in an Urban Context.
On September 27, 2024, the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana and the Slovene Ethnographic Museum organized a round table in SEM in the Year of Heritage - Year of Inspiration! which was followed by a concert by the Cultural and Ethnomusicological Society Folk Slovenia.
Today (October 17, 2024) marks the first International Day of ICH, which was declared by the UNESCO General Assembly last year. On this day, we pay attention to the intangible cultural heritage, the safeguarding of which is directed by an international document that has so far been accepted by 183 signatory countries, including the Republic of Slovenia.
In the Slovenian Museum and Archives in Cleveland, USA, between June 4 and September 5, 2024, a visiting exhibition of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum on the making of paper flowers is on display.
On Saturday, August 24, 2024, SEM curator Miha Špiček documented a meeting of Slovenian mortarmen in Bohinjska Bistrica, who demonstrated shooting with mortars.
The Register of the intangible cultural heritage is richer by one more unit - as the 121st unit of the intangible cultural heritage, Making hats was inscribed.
Last weekend (July 18-21), the 52nd International Folklore Festival took place in Beltinci, organized by the Beltinci Cultural and Artistic Society.
The Making of pletenice element was inscribed in the Register of the Intangible Cultural Heritage as the 12th element of the intangible cultural heritage.