{"id":42265,"date":"2020-12-21T15:07:48","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T13:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/?p=42265"},"modified":"2020-12-28T17:48:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T15:48:00","slug":"finnish-sauna-added-to-unescos-cultural-heritage-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/finnish-sauna-added-to-unescos-cultural-heritage-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Finnish sauna added to UNESCO\u2019s Cultural Heritage List"},"content":{"rendered":"
Finland\u2019s sauna culture has been added to UNESCO\u2019s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The sauna tradition is in good company on the list with, for example, Indian yoga, Beijing Opera, Argentinian tango, Turkish coffee ceremony and Iranian rug making.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Unesco’s intangible living cultural heritage refers to practices, representations, expressions, knowledge and know-how. They have been transmitted by means of oral traditions, performing arts, social life practices, rituals and festivities, or nature and the universe. The aim is to raise awareness and protect the significance of important aspects of cultural heritage worldwide.<\/p>\n
Finland signed Unesco\u2019s Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2013. The preparations for adding sauna culture to the list were started a couple of years later. The sauna tradition is the first aspect of Finnish culture to make the prestigious list.<\/p>\n