Switzerland · Oral heritage; Vocal craft; Romansh heritage
Tradiziun orala rumantscha — Supplement Final
The Romansh oral tradition — specifically the Strenna (the Romansh New Year song tradition) and the Chalender Marz (Romansh spring driving-out-winter ceremony with bells and shouting) — documented as craft practices of voice and acoustic management. The Romansh oral tradition is documented here as a craft because the specific vocal quality, pitch management, and acoustic projection techniques required for the Strenna and Chalender Marz are transmitted as tacit bodily knowledge rather than written notation — the same definition of craft that CRAFT applies to all other traditions in the archive. The quality is read through the same self-listening assessment principle as the Naturjodel (CRAFT-1281) but in the distinctly Romansh cultural context.
Risk level: Endangered · Chalender Marz is UNESCO ICH Switzerland (2018); Romansh language itself is constitutionally protected as a fourth national language
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The chestnut cultivation and processing tradition of Canton Ticino — the management of the historic chestnut forests (Castagneti) that covered the south-facing Ticino valley slopes and provided the primary food staple (chestnut flour for…
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The wine making tradition of Valposchiavo — the southernmost valley of Canton Graubünden, which opens southward into the Valtellina (Italy) and where the Italian Nebbiolo grape is cultivated at some of the highest altitudes in Europe…
The stone tile roofing tradition of Canton Ticino — the use of Piode (large flat stone tiles split from mica-schist or serpentinite) to create the characteristic heavy, dark stone roofs of the historic Ticino villages that define the…
The conservation of the Carolingian frescos at the Convent of St.
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