Register of Intangible Heritages of Sicily 

The Register of Intangible Heritages of Sicily (REI), was born with the DA n. 77 of 26/07/2005 of the Department of Cultural, Environmental and Public Education of the Region of Sicily, is a consequence of the provisions of the UNESCO Convention of 17 October 2003 "Convention for the Protection of the Intangible Cultural Heritage".

Initially composed of 4 books, following the Council Decree No. 571 of 5/3/2014 which takes into account some directives issued by Unesco, it is now composed of the following books: 

the Book of Celebrations, Feasts and Ritual Practices
in which to register the rites, ceremonies and popular manifestations associated with religiosity, production cycles, entertainment and other moments that arise as historical-cultural traits characterizing the life of a community;

the Book of Professions, Knowledge and Techniques
in which to register the ergological practices related to the history and traditions of the communities and the knowledge related to the management of the territory and the representation of natural and cosmic cycles;

the Book of Dialects, Speaks and Jargons
in which to register those phenomena of linguistic communication that are the result of particular historical-cultural events or the expression of specific socio-cultural groups;

the Book of Expressive Practices and Oral Repertoires
in which to inscribe the musical, choreutic, dramatic, verbal and playful traditions transmitted within historically stratified community elaboration dynamics;

the Book of Living Human Treasures
in which to register those individuals, collectivities, groups that place themselves as unique or particularly qualified holders of technical, ritual-ceremonial, linguistic or expressive knowledge referable to "long-lasting" historical-cultural processes;

the Book of Symbolic Spaces
in which to register the spaces that have recorded events such as to produce dynamics of collective memories, symbolic production or that pose themselves as historically identified socio-cultural scenarios.

At present (November 2016) there are over 220 assets included in the REIS

Among these many patronal feasts (Feast of Santa Rosalia in Palermo, Santa Lucia in Syracuse, Sant'Agata in Catania, San Giorgio and San Giovanni in Ragusa ...) Saperi e Mestieri (Embroidery and parade, Modica chocolate, art of pairo ...) Celebrations and rituals (Holy Week, Dinners of San Giuseppe, Giostre, Feast of the Maiorchino) and more, to testify the richness of our traditions 

The Cultural Heritage Sicily Association in collaboration with the Helios Study Center have started a cataloging and georeferencing project of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Sicily and therefore also of the Assets included in the REIS. Below is the detailed sheet of the REIS Il Centro Studi Helios with further information on the Register.

Card: REIS

The Register of Intangible Heritage of Sicily

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