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.
2016 | |||
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Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Argungu international fishing and cultural festival | Nigeria |    | |
| Khidr Elias feast and its vows | Iraq | | |
2015 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Sbuâ, annual pilgrimage to the zawiya of Sidi El Hadj Belkacem in Gourara | Algeria | | |
2013 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Annual pilgrimage to the mausoleum of Sidi ‘Abd el-Qader Ben Mohammed (Sidi Cheikh) | Algeria | | |
2012 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Cherry festival in Sefrou | Morocco | | |
| Mesir Macunu festival | Turkey | | |
2010 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Kırkpınar oil wrestling festival | Turkey | | |
| Music of the Bakhshis of Khorasan | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | | |
| Pahlevani and Zoorkhanei rituals | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | | |
| Semah, Alevi-Bektaşi ritual | Turkey | | |
2008 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Cultural space of Boysun District | Uzbekistan | | |