On 23 December 2024, the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sports organised a concert to celebrate the inscription of traditional Bosnian song sevdalinka on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. With this extraordinary success of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the intangible culture of our peoples was further promoted at the international stage. The Federal Ministry of Culture and Sports is especially proud of the fact that the whole process of sevdalinka nomination was backed by the Ministry.

 “This is the entry of our beautiful sevdalinka onto the List of intangible treasures. Is there a greater treasure than to have such a treasure in our country, with which we could finally reach the world’s leading elites with the beautiful, the good, the best, what we inherited?” – said Minister Vlaisavljević in her address.

The concert was organised by the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sports in cooperation with the “SEVDAH” Foundation. The audience could enjoy the marvellous performance of Damir Galijašević, harmonica (SEVDAH Foundation), Vesna Hadžić, sevdah doyen from Brčko, young interpreter of sevdalinka from Konjic Alma Subašić, ethnomusicologist and interpreter of sevdalinka from Modriča, Zanin Berbić, saz playe Namir Mašić from Kladanj, long-time member of KUD Baščaršija Azra Pondro and the young interpreter of sevdalinka from Mostar, Hamza Šantić.