Inventory of the Intangible Heritage of Campania

The Regione Campania has established the Inventory of Campania's Intangible Cultural Heritage (IPIC). The Inventory catalogues the intangible cultural heritage and traditional practices connected to the traditions, knowledge, practices, and know-how of the Campania community, as defined by the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of October 17, 2003, ratified by Italy with Law No. 167/2007.

By "intangible cultural heritage," we mean the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, know-how, social uses, collective festivities (including religious ones), and instruments, objects, manufactures, and cultural spaces associated with them. These communities recognize these elements as part of Campania's cultural heritage and pass them on from generation to generation. They are constantly recreated in response to their environment, their interaction with nature, and their history. This sense of identity and continuity is promoted by respecting cultural diversity and human creativity.

Practices registered with IPIC are enclosed in the Catalogue of Campania's Intangible Heritage.

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