Cultural Heritage in South-Eastern Europe - A Bridge towards a shared future - Activities - Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Title Traditional Arts and Crafts in Bosnia and Herzegovina Traditional Arts and Crafts in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Photo Gallery
Status Completed
Objectives
  • To promote the intangible cultural heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with special attention to traditional arts and crafts
  • To support the respect and preservation of cultural diversity in its various forms of expression, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as throughout the whole region of South-eastern Europe
  • To contribute to creating a new image of the country based on the cultural values it harbours, with a view also to support cultural productions and cultural tourism as instruments for a sustainable socio-economic development.
Activities Creation and publication of a photographic book on traditional arts and crafts in B-H.
The work has a total of 143 pages and contains over 170 colour photographs. Texts are in the English language.
The book is structured in 7 chapters, dedicated to different productions, plus a preface and an introduction.

Thematic chapters concern:

  • Fabrics
  • Leather
  • Metal
  • Wood
  • Pottery
  • Stone carving
  • Religious Art
Implementing agency
  • Studio Norbert Heyl