Aimed at documenting the world's intangible cultural heritage, the 2025 edition of the international campaign - 'Wiki Loves Folklore' has concluded and winning entries have now been uploaded and publicly available on Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository supported by the Wikimedia Foundation.
The international campaign was organised by an NGO - Open Heritage Foundation wherein participants from around the globe were invited to contribute photographs and media depicting local folklore, traditions, festivals, crafts, rituals, dances, and music. In total, 1912 volunteers representing 142 countries contributed 85,715 media files during the campaign and the results are now out.
The winning entries are now publicly available on Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository supported by the Wikimedia Foundation. These contributions are freely licensed under Creative Commons, enabling educators, researchers, students, and the general public to use them for cultural education and documentation. The full gallery of 2025 winners is now live at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Folklore_2025/Winners
Founder and Strategic Director of Open heritage Foundation, Rupika Sharma stated that based in Punjab, their NGO is dedicated to preserving cultural heritage through open access tools, digital participation and global collaboration.
Rupika Sharma further stated that launched in 2019, 'Wiki Loves Folklore' is a prestigious international media competition hosted on Wikimedia Commons, dedicated to documenting and preserving global cultural heritage. This year, they have also joined hands with the newly formed USA based NGO - Open Knowledge Impact Foundation.
Sharma further stated that it was incredible response has been witnessed under this international campaign. Our team has successfully organised this campaign from the last seven years and will continue to empower global communities to preserve and share their folk traditions.