Ukrainian generous evening to be included in the UNESCO heritage list
Kyiv • UNN
Ukraine is seeking to have its Shchedryi Vechir tradition included in the UNESCO list, emphasizing the importance of preserving cultural identity.
ICIP, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the NGO "Institute of Culture of Ukraine" continue to work on the inclusion of the Ukrainian tradition of the Generous Evening in the UNESCO World Heritage List. UNESCO World Heritage Site. About this. told acting Minister of Culture and Information Policy Rostyslav Karandieiev during a briefing held at the Kyiv Cave Monastery, UNN reports.
Preserving traditions in Ukraine has been an extraordinary challenge for many centuries, because the imperial and Soviet authorities did everything everything to destroy the nation's identity. Today, one of the main tasks of the state is to maximize the preservation of the traditions that have distinguished Ukrainians from others and become the basis for our identity.
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First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Emine Dzhaparova explained the procedure for adding the tradition of giving to the and noted that the creation of a dossier for the National List is an important step in this regard.
The process of inscription on the World Heritage List is divided into several stages. First of all, the state must submit the dossier to the Secretariat of the of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Heritage. By June, the Secretariat will will evaluate the dossier. Until September, Ukraine will have the opportunity to make corrections, and around December the dossier will be submitted to the Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Heritage. Indeed, the process is not quick: from the submission of the dossier to the Committee's consideration itself can take can take up to two years.
Maryna Sobotiuk, co-founder of the NGO Institute of Culture of Ukraine and Maryna Sobotiuk, co-founder of the NGO Institute of Culture of Ukraine and a researcher of Ukrainian culture, spoke about the traditions of giving, and emphasized that this year Ukraine is celebrating the Generous Evening on December 31 for the first time. So. On January 1, Ukrainians will be able to malanka and sow.
"We have been have been preparing the dossier for a year. Of course, we researched what the tradition of the Generous Evening is. This includes 12 ritual dishes that the family united to prepare. This includes caroling: singing carols, and the ritual of driving a goat. Ukrainians believed that the more carolers a family hosted, the more prosperous it would be.
Also during the event, the youth ambassador of the intangible cultural heritage element of the "tradition of the Good Friday evening in Ukraine", Jerry Heil, performed the carol "Oh gray-haired and cuckoo".
