Sauna inscribed on this year's national list of intangible cultural heritage

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Sauna inscribed on this year's national list of intangible cultural heritage
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Cultural heritage helps show the breadth of living traditions and knowledge in today's Sweden, according to Maria Nyström, a senior advisor at the Institute for Language and Folklore (Isof).

"It (the list) shows that cultural heritage is not just about the past, but about knowledge, memories and practices that continue to create community and meaning in the present," Marie Steinrud, archivist at the Nordic Museum, said in a press release.

The list is part of Sweden's work with UNESCO's Convention on the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Corn singing, charcoal making in a mila, straw crafts, brick crafts, Diwali and Bodapolska are also included.

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