Games bring us together: the first Italian inscription in the UNESCO Register of Good Practices
Tocatì is the protagonist of transnational recognition in the UNESCO Register of Good Practices for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage, shared with Belgium, France, Croatia and Cyprus. Thanks to the commitment of volunteers of the Ancient Games Association, this Shared Programme is today a virtuous example of safeguarding traditional games heritage and a participatory cultural model: over the years it has been able to create an international network of communities, institutions and territories engaged in the research and transmission of games-related practices.
At the heart of this recognition is the International Festival of Street Games, a regular fixture that, since 2003, in the second weekend of September, transforms the streets and squares of the historic centre of Verona into a space open to sharing and discovery. Traditional Games and Sports from all over Italy, concerts and folk dances, workshops for children and conferences for older visitors, wine and gaming experiences and film screenings welcome every year the games communities of a guest of honour, a country or a region of the world, which bring their own authentic traditions to this Scaliger city: from Brittany to China, from Mexico to Flanders, from Catalonia to Hungary, which will be the guest of honour for the next edition?