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.
2015 | |||
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List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding | |||
| Coaxing ritual for camels | Mongolia |    | |
| Traditional Vallenato music of the Greater Magdalena region | Colombia | | |
2014 | |||
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding | |||
| Isukuti dance of Isukha and Idakho communities of Western Kenya | Kenya | | |
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Coming forth of the masks and puppets in Markala | Mali | | |
2013 | |||
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding | |||
| Empaako tradition of the Batooro, Banyoro, Batuku, Batagwenda and Banyabindi of western Uganda | Uganda | | |
| Mongolian calligraphy | Mongolia | | |
2012 | |||
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding | |||
| Noken multifunctional knotted or woven bag, handcraft of the people of Papua | Indonesia | | |
2011 | |||
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding | |||
| Moorish epic T’heydinn | Mauritania | | |
| Naqqāli, Iranian dramatic story-telling | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | | |
| Saman dance | Indonesia | | |
2009 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Akiu no Taue Odori | Japan | | |
2008 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Palestinian Hikaye | Palestine | | |
| Wayang puppet theatre | Indonesia | | |