The Italian Lyric Opera as Part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
On October 17, 2003 after the Executive Committee in 1999 had launched the program of “Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity”, the General Conference of UNESCO at its 32nd session, adopted the Paris Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. In the Convention, in Article 2 comes with the following definition of intangible cultural heritage:
“The term intangible cultural heritage, practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, and knowledge – as well as instruments, objects, artefacts and cultural spaces associated with them – that communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals recognize as part of their cultural heritage. This intangible cultural heritage, transmitted from generation to generation, is constantly recreated by communities and groups concerned in accordance with their environment, their interaction with nature and their history, and gives them a sense of identity and continuity, thus promoting respect for cultural diversity and human creativity”.
The definition of this intangible cultural heritage is manifested through five areas of human activity:
- Oral traditions and expressions, including language, intended as a vehicle of intangible cultural heritage;
- Performing arts;
- Social practices, rituals and festivals;
- Knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe;
- Traditional craftsmanship.
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