# List of Intangible Cultural Heritage elements in Croatia

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) intangible cultural heritage elements are the non-physical traditions and practices performed by a people. As part of a country's cultural heritage, they include celebrations, festivals, performances, oral traditions, music, and the making of handicrafts. The "intangible cultural heritage" is defined by the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, drafted in 2003 and took effect in 2006. Inscription of new heritage elements on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists is determined by the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, an organisation established by the convention.
Croatia ratified the convention 28 July 2005.

## Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
### Representative List

| Name | Year | No. | Description |
| Two-part singing and playing in the Istrian scale | 2009 | 00231 | The two-part singing and playing in the Istrian scale is a traditional singing practice characteristic of the Istrian region and the north Adriatic coastal area and islands. |
| Festivity of Saint Blaise, the patron of Dubrovnik | 2009 | 00232 | The Festivity of Saint Blaise is a festivity organized on 3 February continuously since the year 972 in Dubrovnik. |
| Traditional manufacturing of children's wooden toys in Hrvatsko Zagorje | 2009 | 00233 | The traditional children's wooden toys manufactured in the region of Zagorje. |
| Spring procession of Ljelje/Kraljice (queens) from Gorjani | 2009 | 00235 | The Procession of Queens is a yearly spring ritual performed in the village of Gorjani. |
| Procession Za križen ('following the cross') on the island of Hvar | 2009 | 00242 | Za križen –following the cross– is a night procession that happens every Maundy Thursday on the island of Hvar. |
| Annual carnival bell ringers' pageant from the Kastav area | 2009 | 00243 | Zvončari –bellmen– is a folk custom maintained in the Kastav area. |
| Lacemaking in Croatia | 2009 | 00245 | Lacemaking of the towns of Pag (Pag lace), Lepoglava (Lepoglava lace [hr]), and Hvar (Hvar lace). |
| Gingerbread craft from Northern Croatia | 2010 | 00356 | Licitars are colorfully decorated biscuits made of sweet honey dough. They are often erroneously referred to as gingerbread, although they do not actually contain ginger. |
| Sinjska alka, a knights’ tournament in Sinj | 2010 | 00357 | The Sinjska alka is an equestrian competition held in Sinj every first Sunday in August since 1715. |
| Bećarac singing and playing from Eastern Croatia | 2011 | 00358 | Bećarac is a humorous form of folk song, originally from rural Slavonia. |
| Nijemo kolo, silent circle dance of the Dalmatian hinterland | 2011 | 00359 | Nijemo kolo is a silent dance originating from the Dalmatian Hinterland. |
| Klapa multipart singing of Dalmatia, southern Croatia | 2012 | 00746 | Klapa music is a form of traditional a cappella singing with origins in Dalmatia. |
| Mediterranean diet + | 2013 | 00884 | The Mediterranean diet is the traditional food and methods of preparation used by the people of the Mediterranean basin, as well as everything related to them. |
| Art of dry stone construction, knowledge and techniques + | 2018 | 02106 | Dry stone is a building method by which structures are constructed from stones without any mortar to bind them together. |
| Međimurska popevka, a folksong from Međimurje | 2018 | 01396 | Međimurska popevka is a folk song originating from the Međimurje County. |
| Falconry, a living human heritage + | 2021 | 01708 | The origin of falconry goes back to the use of hunting by birds of prey as a mean of hunting but it has evolved over time to become part of the cultural heritage of the people. |
| Lipizzan horse breeding traditions + | 2022 | 01687 | |
| Festivity of Saint Tryphon and the Kolo (chain dance) of Saint Tryphon, traditions of Croats from Boka Kotorska (Bay of Kotor) who live in the Republic of Croatia | 2022 | 01891 | |
| Transhumance, the seasonal droving of livestock + | 2023 | 01964 | Transhumance is a type of pastoralism or nomadism, a seasonal movement of livestock between fixed summer and winter pastures. |

### Elements in Need of Urgent Safeguarding

| Name | Year | No. | Description |
| Ojkanje singing | 2010 | 00320 | Ojkanje is a tradition of polyphonic folk singing. |

### Good Safeguarding Practices

| Name | Year | No. | Description |
| Community project of safeguarding the living culture of Rovinj/Rovigno: the Batana Ecomuseum | 2016 | 01098 |
| Tocatì, a shared programme for the safeguarding of traditional games and sports + | 2022 | 01709 | |