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 : 25 elements corresponding to 19 countries

2017² – 2016² – 2015³ – 2014³ – 2012² – 2011¹ – 2010¹ – 2009⁷ – 2008⁴

2017
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Uilleann piping	Ireland
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
Safeguarding of the folk music heritage by the Kodály concept	Hungary
2015
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Traditional Vallenato music of the Greater Magdalena region	Colombia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Bagpipe culture	Slovakia
Marimba music, traditional chants and dances from the Colombia South Pacific region and Esmeraldas Province of Ecuador	Colombia – Ecuador
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Arirang folk song in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Nongak, community band music, dance and rituals in the Republic of Korea	Republic of Korea
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Safeguarding the carillon culture: preservation, transmission, exchange and awareness-raising	Belgium
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Arirang, lyrical folk song in the Republic of Korea	Republic of Korea
Craftsmanship and performance art of the Tar, a long-necked string musical instrument	Azerbaijan
2011
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Mibu no Hana Taue, ritual of transplanting rice in Mibu, Hiroshima	Japan
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Indonesian Angklung	Indonesia
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ganggangsullae	Republic of Korea
Maloya	France
Nanyin	China
Radif of Iranian music	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Traditional manufacturing of children’s wooden toys in Hrvatsko Zagorje	Croatia
Two-part singing and playing in the Istrian scale	Croatia
Xi’an wind and percussion ensemble	China
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Azerbaijani Mugham	Azerbaijan
Cultural space of Sosso-Bala	Guinea
Cultural space of the Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of the Congos of Villa Mella	Dominican Republic
Guqin and its music	China