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.
2017 | |||
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Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Art of crafting and playing with Kamantcheh/Kamancha, a bowed string musical instrument | Azerbaijan – Iran (Islamic Republic of) |    | |
2016 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Nawrouz, Novruz, Nowrouz, Nowrouz, Nawrouz, Nauryz, Nooruz, Nowruz, Navruz, Nevruz, Nowruz, Navruz | Afghanistan – Azerbaijan – India – Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Iraq – Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan – Uzbekistan – Pakistan – Tajikistan – Turkmenistan – Turkey | | |
| Puppetry in Slovakia and Czechia | Slovakia – Czechia | | |
| Yama, Hoko, Yatai, float festivals in Japan | Japan | | |
2014 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Coming forth of the masks and puppets in Markala | Mali | | |
| Tchopa, sacrificial dance of the Lhomwe people of southern Malawi | Malawi | | |
2012 | |||
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices | |||
| Strategy for training coming generations of Fujian puppetry practitioners | China | | |
2011 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Chinese shadow puppetry | China | | |
| Festivity of ‘la Mare de Déu de la Salut’ of Algemesí | Spain | | |
2010 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Aalst carnival | Belgium | | |
2009 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Indonesian Batik | Indonesia | | |
| Karagöz | Turkey | | |
| Namsadang Nori | Republic of Korea | | |
2008 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Ningyo Johruri Bunraku puppet theatre | Japan | | |
| Opera dei Pupi, Sicilian puppet theatre | Italy | | |
| Sbek Thom, Khmer shadow theatre | Cambodia | | |
| Wayang puppet theatre | Indonesia | | |