Minority communities
Cultural sites where the OUV is related to a living minority community.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Aasivissuit - Nipisat | rich archaeological record of Palaeo-Inuit and Inuit cultures (OUV) | |
| Abu Mena | Abu Mena is administered by the Coptic Church, close to the active modern monastery of the same name | |
| Agadez | Tuareg capital of Niger. The Tuaregs constitute about 10 percent of total population | |
| Ahwar of Southern Iraq | Different tribes known together as 'Marsh Arabs' | |
| Ancient Tea Plantations of Pu'er | "Tea cultivation is maintained by the Blang and Dai peoples" (AB ev) | |
| Bahá’i Holy Places | Bahai | |
| Bassari Country | "The Bassari are an ethnic group who live primarily in Senegal, with some diaspora into Gambia, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau. They are a matrilineal society stratified into different co ed social groups by age.[1]: 46 The Bassari speak a Tenda language called o-niyan...... The total population is estimated to be 15,000" (Wiki) | |
| Berat and Gjirokastra | Considerable Greek community in Gjirokastra, its coexistence is part of the OUV of this site | |
| Blue and John Crow Mountains | Jamaican Maroons | |
| Bolgar | Tatars | |
| Budj Bim Cultural Landscape | testimony to the cultural traditions, knowledge, practices and ingenuity of the Gunditjmara (OUV) | |
| Bursa and Cumalikizik | Settlement of Turkmen in Cumalikizik | |
| Chongoni Rock Art | Chewa | |
| Churches of Peace | Silesians | |
| Cliff of Bandiagara | Dogon | |
| Curonian Spit | Curonians | |
| Erbil Citadel | Kurds | |
| Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda | The missions were built for Chichimeca, Otomi and Huasteca who still inhabit the area. | |
| Gedeo Cultural landscape | Gedeo | |
| Ghadames | Tuareg Berbers | |
| Grand Pré | Acadians | |
| Gusuku of Ryukyu | Ryukyuans | |
| Hani Rice Terraces | Hani, one of the 56 nationalities officially recognized by the People's Republic of China | |
| Harar Jugol | Ethiopian muslims | |
| Hawraman/Uramanat | "The remote and mountainous landscape of Hawraman/Uramanat bears testimony to the traditional culture of the Hawrami people, an agropastoral Kurdish tribe that has inhabited the region since about 3000 BCE." (Official description) | |
| Hedeby and Danevirke | Danish minority of Southern Schleswig | |
| Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region | Hanare Kirishitan - Japanese Christians | |
| Hollókö | Palocz minority | |
| Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos | Connected to the Chiquitos as well as other tribes in the Santa Cruz province | |
| Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis | Connected to the Guaranis who still inhabit the Missiones province in Argentina (they constitute the majority in Paraguay so only Argentina-Brazil counts) | |
| Kazan Kremlin | Tatars | |
| Khangchendzonga National Park | Lepcha (probably indigenous) and Bhutias (from Tibet) | |
| Khinalig | Khinalig People | |
| Koguryo Kingdom | located in the Korean Autonomous Region | |
| Konso | Konso | |
| Koutammakou | Batammariba | |
| Kujataa | Inuit culture (from 18th century to the present) | |
| Laponian Area | Saami | |
| M'Zab Valley | Ibadi Muslims | |
| Marquesas Islands | "the territorial occupation of the Marquesas archipelago by the Ènata between the 10th and the 19th centuries" (crit iii) | |
| Mijikenda Kaya Forests | Mijikenda (nine ethnic groups) | |
| Moidams | Ahom people | |
| Moravian Church Settlements | "The continuing presence of Moravian Church communities in each settlement ties the historic structures to the ongoing life of the larger Moravian Church community" (OUV) | |
| Old City of Jerusalem | Armenian Quarter; Jerusalem's Muslim quarter is home to historic communities of Indians, Persians, Gypsies and Sub-Saharan Africans - each with its own traditional area and its own mosque. | |
| Old Town of Lijiang | Naxi | |
| Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau | Catalan: the architect, Llu?s Dom?nech i Montaner, wanted to reflect the Catalan character in his work and also was a prominent Catalan politician | |
| Potala Palace | Tibetans | |
| Qadisha Valley | "Syrian Maronites fled there from religious persecution from the late 7th century onwards" (AB evaluation) | |
| Quebrada de Humahuaca | Most local population identifies as Kolla (who are the descendents of the Omaguaca). Their traditional language was Cacan but it was later given up in favour of Quechua (still spoken in the area) and Spanish | |
| Querétaro | Indian quarters - Otomi, Tarasco and Chichimeca | |
| Rapa Nui | The Rapanui or Rapa Nui are the native Polynesian inhabitants of Easter Island, or Rapa Nui | |
| Richtersveld | Nama people continue to live and graze their livestock in the area | |
| SGang Gwaay | Haida people | |
| Sighisoara | Sighisoara is an outstanding testimony to the culture of the Transylvanian Saxons, a culture that is coming to a close after 850 years and will continue to exist only through its architectural and urban monuments. (AB evaluation) | |
| Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor | The Tomb of Mahmud Kashgari is a symbol of Uyghur nationalism | |
| Taos Pueblo | Native Americans (tribe of Pueblo people) | |
| Taputapuātea | Eastern Polynesians within France | |
| The Royal Court of Tiébélé | "It is an outstanding illustration of Kasena culture" (OUV) | |
| The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales | The maintenance of Welsh language and quarrying culture represents the adaptation of a traditional minority culture to modernity. (AB ev) | |
| Tokaji Wine Region | "This exceptional cultural tradition and civilisation have ensured immigrants of various nations - Saxons, Swabians, Russians, Polish, Serbs, Romanians, Armenians, and Jewish - live together harmoniously for centuries in this region." (nom file), also gypsies | |
| Tomb of Askia | Songhai | |
| Tr’ondëk-Klondike | Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in | |
| Tsodilo | San people | |
| Tusi Sites | Tujia, Gelao and Miao Ethnic Peoples | |
| Uluru | Australian Aborigines | |
| Upper Svaneti | Svans | |
| Vall de Boi | "The way of life in mediaeval Catalonia as expressed by this group of churches and villages can be said to have been of great importance in the recognition of Catalan cultural identity. The Romanesque art of these Pyrenean villages played a vital role in the movement for the restoration of Catalan nationality and identity in the early 20th century." (Official description) | |
| Vigan | Illocanos - mentioned by the AB | |
| Villages with Fortified Churches | Saxons | |
| Wadi Rum | Bedouin Arabs | |
| Willemstad | Less than 350 Jews remain in Curacao "The Historic Area of Willemstad is a European colonial ensemble in the Caribbean of outstanding value and integrity, which illustrates the organic growth of a multicultural community over three centuries and preserves to a high degree significant elements of the many strands that came together to create it.” - AB Evaluation | |
| Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians | Two of the churches belong to the Ruthenian / Rusyn community | |
| Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region | most of the Tserkvas in the Ukraine belong to the Hutzul minority | |
| Works of Antoni Gaudí | Gaudí promoted the Catalan movement for regaining sovereignty from Spain by incorporating elements of Catalan culture in his designs. He also was involved in politics | |
| Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi | The Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksikáítsitapi) | |
| Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art | "Distinctive from the mainstream Han ethnic culture, the local culture, which is thought to have produced this unique rock art, is considered to have been created by ethnic minorities of south-western China, who shared more resemblance to the ethnic groups of Southeast Asia than to the northern Chinese." – "it is generally believed by Chinese scholars that an ancient group called Luo Yue was responsible for producing the Huashan rock art site". The Luo Yue people are believed to be ancestors of Zhuang people, Muong people and Kinh people. | |
| ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape | Khomani San |
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