International Festival of Street Games
The game is recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
On 17th of October 2003 the General Conference of UNESCO approved in Paris the Conven&on for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ar&cle 2).
The concept
Toca% -‐ Interna-onal Fes-val of Street Games comes from the idea to give value to tradi&onal games coming from Italy and abroad.
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The Fes-val has reached, in 2014, its 12th edi-on confirming 300,000 a@endees.
It is conceived and promoted by the Associazione Giochi An&chi in collabora-on with the Municipality of Verona – Cultural dept. and ETSGA – European Tradi-onal Sports and Games Associa-on.
The PROMOTERs
Toca% – Interna-onal Fes-val of Street Games is a cultural event, unique in Europe.
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The PROMOTERs
The European Tradi&onal Sports and Games Associa&on (ETSGA) is formed by sports or cultural federa-ons, associa-ons, and educa-onal ins-tu-ons working in the management, promo&on and preserva&on of tradi&onal sports and games. Associazione Giochi An-chi is member of ETSGA since 2007 and takes an ac-ve part in mee&ngs and events organized by the other member organiza-ons.
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The PROMOTERs
Associazione Giochi An-chi is a cultural p r o j e c t f o c u s i n g o n g a m e s , communi-es and their territory. The Associa-on is interested in tradi&onal games, passed down for centuries as part of a na&on’s culture.
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Salto del Pastor Spain
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The Fes&val covers a surface area of around 220,000 m2
A city that plays
TocaR takes place every year in September in the historical city centre of Verona. The fes-val promotes tradi-onal game while encouraging the valoriza&on of public spaces. Streets and squares of the historical city centre are, for the occasion, free from parked cars and traffic.
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Ulama de Cadera Mexico
Morra Italy
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VERONA
In 2000 UNESCO inscribed Verona in the World Heritage List because of its urban and architecture structure and because it represents the concept of the for-fied town in an excep-onal way.
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VERONA
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Paris
510 km
Munich
Vienna 430 km
1000 km
VERONA 500km 160km Milano
Rome
120km
Venice
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Pizzicantò Basilicata | Italy
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The traditional game community has to be composed by players
Game communities
Heart of the Fes-val are Tradi&onal Game Communi&es, which through the game, keep alive the historic memory, the cultural iden&ty, the environmental peculiari-es and the social crea-vity of their territory.
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The Festival promotes the preservation of game traditions and oral heritage that would otherwise disappear
PRESERVATION
Game communi-es s-ll survive in small towns and villages outside the large urban areas, playing by unwri@en rules and building their gaming tools with tradi-onal methods and local materials.
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Juego de la caña de maiz Mexico
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craftsmanship
Traditional games keep alive handicraft’s heritage
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Zurkhaneh Iran
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The Festival safeguards the intangible cultural heritage At international, national and local level
guest country
Each edi-on has a guest of honour country and its protagonists are groups of players whom knowledge and tradi&ons represent a huge heritage. The guest country intrigues and involves the fes-val audience through its games, rituals, music and dances, as part of its own Intangible Culture Heritage.
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regional diversity
During the Festival, it Is also possible to meet many game communities from Italy
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Pelota mixteca Mexico
Game as an universal message
Pallone col bracciale Italy
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International Relations
ALGERIA brazil congo croatia cuba denmark france greece hungary iceland india iran ireland kazakhstan mexico portugal russia scotland slovenia Spain sweden switzerland taiwan thailand tunisia
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2007 croatia
2008 Scotland
countries invited
2006 Spain
2009 Greece
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2011 world edition sweden mexico congo iran taiwan brazil portugal 2012 european edition croatia greece Scotland spain switzerland 2013 Hungary
Countries invited
2010 switzerland
2014 mexico 22
Kispetia Greece
Lucha de palos Spain
Ba’game Scotland
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Kegeln Switzerland
Zurkhaneh Iran
Íjászat Hungary
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Pelota P’urépecha Mexico
Tiaosheng Taiwan
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Numerous meetings with various characters representing the world of culture encourage the reflection on the playful theme from the most different and personal points of view.
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The association is representative of a world-wide network of traditional sports and games
1° ITSGA CONgress
In 2011, Toca% hosted the 1° ITSGA congress. ITSGA (Interna&onal Tradi&onal Sports and Games Associa&on) is formed by con-nental organiza-ons working on the promo&on, safeguarding, and management of tradi&onal sports and games.
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Ezzeddine Bouzzid Chuchchai Gomaratut Gregorio Ramos Melo Pere Lavega I Burgues Pierre Parlebas Pilar Àlvarez-Laso Guy Jaouen Salvatore Settis Marc Augé
Special guests
Arnaldo Rivero Fuxa
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Set up in the heart of the fes-val, the Forum of Game Culture is an area dedicated to all those who wish to explore the tradi&onal game culture. A place where reflect and meet the reality of the tradi-onal g a m e w o r l d , s u c h a s ethnographic museums, recrea-onal and community associa&ons.
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Les amis du musée du jeu – France; Musée du jeu – Switzerland; Associa-on tunisienne de sauvegarde des jeux et sports du patrimoine – Tunisia; Spor-monium – Belgium; Gerlev – Danmark; Museo La Tanguilla – Spain.
SIMBDEA -‐ Società Italiana per la Museografia e i Beni Demo-‐Etno-‐Antropologici
FONDAZIONE BENETTON STUDI RICERCHE
Forum of game culture
ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUMS
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The Auditorium hosts the protagonists of the game world: scholars, players, museums, cultural operators and experts of the game sector.
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INVITATION
Toca% has been presented at the Sapienza University in Rome during the seminar on educa-on and cultural heritage. The -tle of the mee-ng was Toca% as a game community and a tool for network-‐ building. The seminar was promoted by SIMBDEA -‐ Società Italiana per la Museografia e i Beni Demo-‐Etno-‐Antropologici.
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Departments involved: Philosophy, Educa-on and Psychology, Economics, Foreign Languages and Physical Sciences.
Verona University
Thanks to the collabora-on with different departments, staff and students involved in different long-‐term projects, the Fes-val Toca% has strengthened strong rela-ons in the territory .
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Nomination
Cultural Capital Counts is a European project promoted by the Verona Chamber of Commerce – Verona Innovazione. The goal is to promote the regional development, focusing on intangible resources such as tradi&ons, social and ar&s&c rou&nes, knowledge and talents.
The Fes&val TocaR has been acknowledged as unique effort in promo&ng the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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MEDIA COVERAGE
International Press
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MEDIA COVERAGE
National Press
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The QR codes printed on panels located in the games’ areas allow access through mobile phone or smartphone, to videos showing games in their original context.
Tradition vs innovation
Thanks to the Toca% app, visitors can choose among games, conferences and events and surf t h e m a p t h a n k s t o t h e geoloca-on service.
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Dance and Music
During the fes-val, the audience can discover tradi&onal music, songs and dances. Toca% offers a selec-on of the ethno-‐musical heritages from the guest countries and the various Italian regions.
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Capoeira Brazil 40
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IT’S your TURN!
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