Pride Amsterdam, travelers' culture amog 5 nominated for UNESCO's living heritage list
The Council of Culture thinks that the Pride celebrations in Amsterdam and the travelers’ culture should be added to UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. These two were among five traditions nominated for the 2027 list.
“The Council selected five very diverse, yet equally promising heritage elements, ranging from festivities to crafts and lifestyles,” the Council said.
Pride Amsterdam is a two-week-long celebration, information, and support event for the LGBTQIA+ community and allies in the Dutch capital. Travelers’ culture is the culture and tradition around a part of the Dutch population who live in caravans and mobile homes, according to information from the Dutch Center for Intangible Heritage.
Hedge laying is the craft of making existing hedges impenetrable by wildlife and livestock. The Fanfare Orchestra is a tradition of orchestras consisting of a mix of brass instruments, saxophones, and percussion. The fifth nominee is the traditions around the commemoration and the celebration of the Relief of Leiden in 1574, when Leiden was freed from a Spanish siege.
Getting a tradition on the UNESCO list of humanity’s intangible heritage is a collaborative effort. First, people register their intangible heritage and indicate that they would like to be nominated. The Council of Culture then selects promising nominees for UNESCO’s list. The Minister of Education, Culture, and Science makes the final selection for nomination.
The Netherlands already has five forms of intangible heritage on the UNESCO World Heritage list: the miller’s craft, the flower parade culture, falconry, the summer carnival in Rotterdam, and traditional grassland irrigation.
