Published: 2019-12-31

From “tradition” to “intangible heritage”: Kraków’s nativity-scene craft

Alicja Soćko-Mucha
Etnografia Polska
Section: Articles
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/EP63.2019.013

Abstract

The article presents three main stages in the history of the Kraków nativity-scene craft. First, the stage prior to institutionalization, covering the oldest history of nativity-scene making; second, the stage of institutionalization, initiated by the organization of the first competition for the most beautiful nativity scene in Kraków in 1937; and third, the UNESCO-ization of the nativity-scene craft, inaugurated by the inclusion of the Kraków nativity-scene (szopka) tradition on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2018.

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Soćko-Mucha, A. (2019). From “tradition” to “intangible heritage”: Kraków’s nativity-scene craft . Etnografia Polska, 63, 205–226. https://doi.org/10.23858/EP63.2019.013

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