Playing Air Guitar Added to the National Inventory of Living Heritage in Finland
As a phenomenon, playing air guitar has been around for a long time. In Finland, it was popularised by the Air Guitar World Championships, organised since 1996 in Oulu, Finland. Oulu Culture Events Association, which organises the Air Guitar World Championships, has now added playing air guitar to the National Inventory of Living Heritage of the Finnish Heritage Agency.
Unesco World Heritage Convention protects and preserves living heritage. Finland joined the Convention in 2013 and Finnish Heritage Agency is the executor in Finland.
The National Inventory of Living Heritage is a constantly evolving source of living heritage in Finland, which already has over a 240 examples from 500 different organisations or upholders in seven different languages.
Playing air guitar in the National Inventory of Living Heritage (only in Finnish)