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 : 15 elements corresponding to 4 countries

2017¹ – 2016³ – 2015² – 2013¹ – 2012² – 2011² – 2010¹ – 2009¹ – 2008²

2017
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Multipart singing of Horehronie	Slovakia
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Puppetry in Slovakia and Czechia	Slovakia – Czechia
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Regional Centres for Craftsmanship: a strategy for safeguarding the cultural heritage of traditional handicraft	Austria
Safeguarding of the folk music heritage by the Kodály concept	Hungary
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Bagpipe culture	Slovakia
Classical horsemanship and the High School of the Spanish Riding School Vienna	Austria
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Music of Terchová	Slovakia
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Folk art of the Matyó, embroidery of a traditional community	Hungary
Schemenlaufen, the carnival of Imst, Austria	Austria
2011
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ride of the Kings in the south-east of the Czech Republic	Czechia
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Táncház method: a Hungarian model for the transmission of intangible cultural heritage	Hungary
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Shrovetide door-to-door processions and masks in the villages of the Hlinecko area	Czechia
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Busó festivities at Mohács: masked end-of-winter carnival custom	Hungary
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Fujara and its music	Slovakia
Slovácko Verbuňk, recruit dances	Czechia