Browse the Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Register of good safeguarding practices

The Committee meets annually to evaluate nominations proposed by States Parties to the 2003 Convention and decide whether or not to inscribe those cultural practices and expressions of intangible heritage on the Convention’s Lists.

By clicking on the inscribed elements below, you can discover the nominations, photos and videos, together with Committee decisions and evidence of community consent.

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Results : 21 elements corresponding to 17 countries

2016² – 2014⁵ – 2013² – 2012¹ – 2011¹ – 2010¹ – 2009⁵ – 2008⁴

2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Gada system, an indigenous democratic socio-political system of the Oromo	Ethiopia
The Twenty-Four Solar Terms, knowledge in China of time and practices developed through observation of the sun’s annual motion	China
2014
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Isukuti dance of Isukha and Idakho communities of Western Kenya	Kenya
Mapoyo oral tradition and its symbolic reference points within their ancestral territory	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Festivity of Virgen de la Candelaria of Puno	Peru
Practices and expressions of joking relationships in Niger	Niger
Pujllay and Ayarichi, music and dances of the Yampara culture	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2013
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Empaako tradition of the Batooro, Banyoro, Batuku, Batagwenda and Banyabindi of western Uganda	Uganda
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Xooy, a divination ceremony among the Serer of Senegal	Senegal
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Cultural practices and expressions linked to the balafon of the Senufo communities of Mali, Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire	Mali – Burkina Faso – Côte d'Ivoire
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Saman dance	Indonesia
2010
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Meshrep	China
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Qiang New Year festival	China
Rite of the Kalyady Tsars (Christmas Tsars)	Belarus
Traditional Li textile techniques: spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidering	China
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Grand song of the Dong ethnic group	China
Hua’er	China
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Căluş ritual	Romania
Cultural space of the Bedu in Petra and Wadi Rum	Jordan
Olonkho, Yakut heroic epos	Russian Federation
Uyghur Muqam of Xinjiang	China