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 14 countries

2017⁵ – 2016² – 2011¹ – 2010² – 2009² – 2008³

2017
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Dikopelo folk music of Bakgatla ba Kgafela in Kgatleng District	Botswana
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Kok boru, traditional horse game	Kyrgyzstan
Kolo, traditional folk dance	Serbia
Rebetiko	Greece
Xoan singing of Phú Thọ province, Viet Nam	Viet Nam
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Puppetry in Slovakia and Czechia	Slovakia – Czechia
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Festival of folklore in Koprivshtitsa: a system of practices for heritage presentation and transmission	Bulgaria
2011
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
Gagok, lyric song cycles accompanied by an orchestra	Republic of Korea
Ritual dramatic art of Ta‘zīye	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Cantu in paghjella, a secular and liturgical oral tradition of Corsica	France
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Maloya	France
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Cultural space of Jemaa el-Fna Square	Morocco
Ningyo Johruri Bunraku puppet theatre	Japan
Pansori epic chant	Republic of Korea