Kiri

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 7, Place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP France

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Dear Ms Siim,

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of additional materials received in response to my previous letter of 10 June 2025, concerning the nomination ‘Mumming and masking in Estonia during St. Martin’s Day and St. Catherine’s Day’ submitted by Estonia for possible inscription in 2026 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

The additional materials are made available on the webpage dedicated to the files under process for the 2026 cycle.

With reference to paragraph 54 of the Operational Directives for the implementation of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, the Secretariat has re-assessed your file and considered it technically complete.

Therefore, your file will be evaluated by the Evaluation Body and transmitted to the Intergovernmental Committee for a decision at its twenty-first session in 2026.

Yours sincerely,

Fumiko Ohinata Secretary, Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

cc: Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Estonia to UNESCO Estonian National Commission for UNESCO

Ms Margit Siim Coordinator of Culture Programme Estonian National Commission for UNESCO Ministry of Culture Suur-Karja 23 15076 Tallinn Estonia

2 March 2026

Ref.: CLT/LHE/26/0238000017