Intreccio di Vimini e Giunchi del Trentino
A tradition of basket and wicker weaving from Trentino using willow (vimini) from cultivated osier beds in the Adige valley and rush (giunco) from Alpine wetlands — producing agricultural baskets, domestic containers, and decorative wicker objects in a tradition now endangered by the decline of willow cultivation and basket use in agricultural economy.
Risk level: Endangered · No listing
A tradition of bobbin lace making in southeastern Sicily — concentrated in Chiaramonte Gulfi (Ragusa province) and the Iblean area — producing geometric and floral lace in patterns influenced by the Spanish colonial period, worked on the…
The embroidery of traditional Sardinian costume elements — particularly jacket fronts, cuffs, and waistbands — with gold and silver thread using the maglietto technique (couched gold passing thread worked in geometric patterns) and related…
The production of hand-painted tin-glazed floor and wall tiles — riggiole — for Sicilian Baroque interiors, characterized by the rich polychrome palette of Arab-Norman and Spanish colonial influence and the narrative or geometric…
The making of the launeddas — a triple-pipe polyphonic wind instrument made from cane, unique to Sardinia and among the oldest continuously played musical instruments in Europe (documented in bronze Nuragic figurines from 1000 BC) —…
The woodcarving tradition of the Ladin communities of the Dolomites — concentrated in Val Gardena (already covered in this archive as part of Trentino) but extending to the Ladin valleys of Badia, Fassa, and Livinallongo — with a distinct…
A tradition of linen and mixed-fiber hand-loom weaving in Friuli-Venezia Giulia — historically Italy's primary linen-growing region — producing household textiles, liturgical linen, and decorative cloth on hand looms with geometric…
Basketry from the Hirosaki area of Aomori Prefecture in which wild akebi vines, and wild-grape (yamabudo) bark, are harvested in autumn, dried, soaked, stripped of nodes and plaited by hand into handbags, trays and colanders in plain,…
Braided silk cord made on a braiding stand (kumidai) in the Goshogawara and Kanagi area of western Aomori Prefecture, dyed with apple bark, leaves and flowers and with indigo.
The Tidung people of North Kalimantan — Indonesia's newest province, established in 2012 — produce a tradition of pandanus (pandan) leaf mat weaving and basketry that serves both daily domestic functions and ceremonial purposes.
Kerala coir weaving is a large-scale handloom cottage industry tradition using the fiber extracted from coconut husk (coir) to produce woven mats, rugs, and matting.
Kalimantan is one of the world's richest sources of natural rattan — Calamus species form dense undergrowth across Borneo's rainforest floor.
Sikki is a coiled and woven craft tradition from the Mithila region of Bihar (and adjacent Nepal Terai), using sikki grass (Cyperus tegetiformis or related golden sedge species) — a naturally golden-yellow grass that grows in waterlogged…