Living Heritage Listof the Hradec Králové Region
Customs, crafts and arts still practised in our region today, and the people who pass them on.
The Region keeps this list of intangible cultural heritage as part of its commitment to the 2003 UNESCO Convention. Whether you are just exploring or want to lend a hand, you are in the right place.
Living heritage is not a building or a collection
It is what people know and do. A custom, a craft, music, a ritual, a recipe, knowledge of the landscape. It cannot be put in a display case, because it exists only as long as someone practises it and passes it on.
The formal name is intangible cultural heritage, and the Hradec Králové Region keeps this list as part of its commitment to the 2003 UNESCO Convention. In practice it is about making sure we do not forget who in the region can do what, and that those people know we know about them.
- It is still practisedWe do not record what used to be. We record what is alive: the carnival people are getting ready for again this year, the workshop where the work goes on.
- Someone passes it onBehind every entry there are real people, associations, municipalities or museums. Without them it would be just a memory.
- It belongs hereTo the region, to a village, to families. It does not have to be famous or old. It is enough that it has its place here.
Five domains under the UNESCO Convention
Traditional and contemporary, rural and urban: it all belongs. Which domain an item falls into is decided by the commission at inscription.
Inscribed living heritage
Cultural practices the commission has already inscribed on the regional list. Click any of them to read its story.
What is on right now
Where to see the heritage live
When the heritage is lived
Regular events from the map, the ones that repeat every year at the same time. You will also find them on the map below. Click a month to see what takes place in it.
Where to find it
Living heritage on the map of the region
Every marker is a place where something from the list really happens: a workshop, a museum, a village with a tradition, or the date of an event. Pick a cultural practice or an inscription status in the left column, and the kind of place with the switch at the bottom of the map. Clicking a marker takes you to the item’s page.
The road onto the list
From a public tip to inscription with a safeguarding plan
What people are proposing
Tips that passed review and are seeking inscription. You can support them too.
Seeking inscriptionMilitary history clubsNo one has signed up yet · be the first
Seeking inscriptionMiletín "little prayers" gingerbreadNo one has signed up yet · be the first
Seeking inscriptionOrganised small-animal breedingNo one has signed up yet · be the first
Seeking inscriptionCold-water swimmingNo one has signed up yet · be the first
Seeking inscriptionMushroom pickingNo one has signed up yet · be the first
Seeking inscriptionKvíčerov fairNo one has signed up yet · be the first
Seeking inscriptionBunker keepingNo one has signed up yet · be the first
Seeking inscriptionShrovetide carnival in Machovská LhotaNo one has signed up yet · be the firstAdd your tipKnow a custom, a craft or a festivity that is missing here? Send us a tip, the check takes a few days.The people who live the heritage
Associations, workshops, museums and individuals
Bearers of each inscribed item can register themselves. You do not have to be an association or an institution: craftspeople, museums, municipalities, ensembles and individuals who belong to the practice, remember it or help keep it alive all sign up. We truly take everyone with a link to it. Once verified by an administrator, you appear on the item's page and manage your own card.
We only show bearers who have expressly consented to being published on this site with an inscribed item.
The data is yours to take
The whole list is open, ready to download and process by machine
Přehled kulturních projevů zapsaných nebo projednávaných v Seznamu živého dědictví Královéhradeckého kraje: název, oblast (klasifikace UNESCO), úroveň a stav uznání, rok zápisu a odkaz na veřejnou kartu.
JSONCSVGeografická data míst spjatých s živým dědictvím kraje: centra kulturních projevů, instituce (muzea, spolky), místa konání akcí a oblasti výskytu. Formát GeoJSON (WGS-84), vhodné do mapových aplikací.
GEOJSONJSONCesta uznání jednotlivých kulturních projevů: jednotlivé kroky (krajská, národní úroveň, UNESCO), jejich stav a rok. Umožňuje sledovat vývoj uznání každého kulturního projevu v čase.
JSONCSVNadcházející i probíhající akce spjaté s živým dědictvím kraje (slavnosti, představení, výstavy, dílny, otevírací doby): název, druh, termíny, místo a odkaz na kartu kulturního projevu. Sbíráno z webů nositelů a institucí, aktualizováno denně.
JSONCSVICShttps://khk.zivededictvi.cz/otevrena-data/Build your own map, app or research on top of it. No need to ask, just credit the source.
And what is living heritage at your home?
Maybe it is the way the maypole is raised in your village. Or a custom you think is entirely ordinary. A proposal can be made by an association, a municipality, a museum or an individual, and we will walk you through it step by step.
To be inscribed, it must meet three things: