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.
2014 | |||
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List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding | |||
| Male-child cleansing ceremony of the Lango of central northern Uganda | Uganda |    | |
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Coming forth of the masks and puppets in Markala | Mali | | |
2011 | |||
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding | |||
| Saman dance | Indonesia | | |
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Ride of the Kings in the south-east of the Czech Republic | Czechia | | |
2010 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Chant of the Sybil on Majorca | Spain | | |
| Shrovetide door-to-door processions and masks in the villages of the Hlinecko area | Czechia | | |
2008 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Gule Wamkulu | Malawi – Mozambique – Zambia | | |
| Kankurang, Manding initiatory rite | Gambia – Senegal | | |
| Makishi masquerade | Zambia | | |