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 | |||
| Music and dance of the merengue in the Dominican Republic | Dominican Republic |    | |
2014 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Festivity of Virgen de la Candelaria of Puno | Peru | | |
2013 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Turkish coffee culture and tradition | Turkey | | |
2011 | |||
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding | |||
| Naqqāli, Iranian dramatic story-telling | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | | |
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Fado, urban popular song of Portugal | Portugal | | |
2010 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Houtem Jaarmarkt, annual winter fair and livestock market at Sint-Lievens-Houtem | Belgium | | |
2009 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Âşıklık (minstrelsy) tradition | Turkey | | |
| Karagöz | Turkey | | |
| Nanyin | China | | |
2008 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Arts of the Meddah, public storytellers | Turkey | | |
| Carnival of Binche | Belgium | | |
| Iraqi Maqam | Iraq | | |