On 14 December 2021, UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage decided to inscribe ”Building and use of expanded dugout boats in the Soomaa region” on UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding. Soomaa’s dugout boat culture thus became Estonia’s fifth inscription under UNESCO’s 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, and the first inscription under the list in need of urgent safeguarding.
