Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) intangible cultural heritage elements (Ukrainian: Нематеріальна культурна спадщина) are the non-physical traditions and practices performed by a people.

As part of a country's cultural heritage, they include celebrations, festivals, performances, oral traditions, music, and the making of handicrafts.

As of December 2024, seven items from Ukraine are inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity Lists,[5] and three items — embroidery technique 'white-in white' of the town Reshetylivka in Poltava region, Rivne region tradition of the Polissia Dudka-Vykrutka, and safeguarding practice of the "Tradition of the Generous Evening in Ukraine" through formal and non-formal education — were nominated in 2023 and 2024.

[8] As of July 2024, one hundred three items are inscribed in the National Inventory of Elements of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine.

The inventory includes elements of intangible cultural heritage that had disappeared but were successfully revived.