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 : 126 elements corresponding to 76 countries

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2017
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ritual journeys in La Paz during Alasita	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
The art of Bài Chòi in Central Viet Nam	Viet Nam
2016
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Chapei Dang Veng	Cambodia
Cossack’s songs of Dnipropetrovsk Region	Ukraine
Ma'di bowl lyre music and dance	Uganda
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Almezmar, drumming and dancing with sticks	Saudi Arabia
Beer culture in Belgium	Belgium
Bhojpuri folk songs in Mauritius, Geet-Gawai	Mauritius
Carnival of El Callao, a festive representation of a memory and cultural identity	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Carnival of Granville	France
Charrería, equestrian tradition in Mexico	Mexico
Falconry, a living human heritage	Germany – Saudi Arabia – Austria – Belgium – United Arab Emirates – Spain – France – Hungary – Italy – Kazakhstan – Morocco – Mongolia – Pakistan – Portugal – Qatar – Syrian Arab Republic – Republic of Korea – Czechia
Flatbread making and sharing culture: Lavash, Katyrma, Jupka, Yufka	Azerbaijan – Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan – Turkey
Khidr Elias feast and its vows	Iraq
Nawrouz, Novruz, Nowrouz, Nowrouz, Nawrouz, Nauryz, Nooruz, Nowruz, Navruz, Nevruz, Nowruz, Navruz	Afghanistan – Azerbaijan – India – Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Iraq – Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan – Uzbekistan – Pakistan – Tajikistan – Turkmenistan – Turkey
Palov culture and tradition	Uzbekistan
Practices related to the Viet beliefs in the Mother Goddesses of Three Realms	Viet Nam
Puppetry in Slovakia and Czechia	Slovakia – Czechia
Rumba in Cuba, a festive combination of music and dances and all the practices associated	Cuba
Škofja Loka passion play	Slovenia
Tahteeb, stick game	Egypt
Traditional wall-carpet craftsmanship in Romania and the Republic of Moldova	Republic of Moldova – Romania
Valencia Fallas festivity	Spain
Winegrowers’ Festival in Vevey	Switzerland
Yama, Hoko, Yatai, float festivals in Japan	Japan
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Community project of safeguarding the living culture of Rovinj/Rovigno: the Batana Ecomuseum	Croatia
Oselvar boat - reframing a traditional learning process of building and use to a modern context	Norway
2015
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Coaxing ritual for camels	Mongolia
Manufacture of cowbells	Portugal
Traditional Vallenato music of the Greater Magdalena region	Colombia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Al-Razfa, a traditional performing art	United Arab Emirates – Oman
Alardah Alnajdiyah, dance, drumming and poetry in Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia
Arabic coffee, a symbol of generosity	United Arab Emirates – Saudi Arabia – Oman – Qatar
Bagpipe culture	Slovakia
Copper craftsmanship of Lahij	Azerbaijan
Fichee-Chambalaalla, New Year festival of the Sidama people	Ethiopia
Majlis, a cultural and social space	United Arab Emirates – Saudi Arabia – Oman – Qatar
Marimba music, traditional chants and dances from the Colombia South Pacific region and Esmeraldas Province of Ecuador	Colombia – Ecuador
Oshituthi shomagongo, marula fruit festival	Namibia
Summer solstice fire festivals in the Pyrenees	Andorra – Spain – France
Surova folk feast in Pernik region	Bulgaria
Tinian marble craftsmanship	Greece
Tradition of kimchi-making in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Traditional knowledge and technologies relating to the growing and processing of the curagua	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2014
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Isukuti dance of Isukha and Idakho communities of Western Kenya	Kenya
Male-child cleansing ceremony of the Lango of central northern Uganda	Uganda
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Al-Zajal, recited or sung poetry	Lebanon
Argan, practices and know-how concerning the argan tree	Morocco
Arirang folk song in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Askiya, the art of wit	Uzbekistan
Baile Chino	Chile
Cante Alentejano, polyphonic singing from Alentejo, southern Portugal	Portugal
Know-how of cultivating mastic on the island of Chios	Greece
Lavash, the preparation, meaning and appearance of traditional bread as an expression of culture in Armenia	Armenia
Practices and expressions of joking relationships in Niger	Niger
Slava, celebration of family saint patron’s day	Serbia
Smoke sauna tradition in Võromaa	Estonia
The tradition of carpet-making in Chiprovtsi	Bulgaria
Traditional agricultural practice of cultivating the ‘vite ad alberello’ (head-trained bush vines) of the community of Pantelleria	Italy
Traditional art and symbolism of Kelaghayi, making and wearing women’s silk headscarves	Azerbaijan
Traditional brass and copper craft of utensil making among the Thatheras of Jandiala Guru, Punjab, India	India
Traditional knowledge and skills in making Kyrgyz and Kazakh yurts (Turkic nomadic dwellings)	Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan
Washi, craftsmanship of traditional Japanese hand-made paper	Japan
2013
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Nan Pa’ch ceremony	Guatemala
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Annual pilgrimage to the mausoleum of Sidi ‘Abd el-Qader Ben Mohammed (Sidi Cheikh)	Algeria
Círio de Nazaré (The Taper of Our Lady of Nazareth) in the city of Belém, Pará	Brazil
Commemoration feast of the finding of the True Holy Cross of Christ	Ethiopia
Feast of the Holy Forty Martyrs in Štip	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Kimjang, making and sharing kimchi in the Republic of Korea	Republic of Korea
Knowledge, skills and rituals related to the annual renewal of the Q’eswachaka bridge	Peru
Limousin septennial ostensions	France
Petrykivka decorative painting as a phenomenon of the Ukrainian ornamental folk art	Ukraine
Shrimp fishing on horseback in Oostduinkerke	Belgium
Traditional art of Jamdani weaving	Bangladesh
Traditional craftsmanship of the Mongol Ger and its associated customs	Mongolia
Washoku, traditional dietary cultures of the Japanese, notably for the celebration of New Year	Japan
2012
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Earthenware pottery-making skills in Botswana’s Kgatleng District	Botswana
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Al-Taghrooda, traditional Bedouin chanted poetry in the United Arab Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman	United Arab Emirates – Oman
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
Festival of Saint Francis of Assisi, Quibdó	Colombia
Folk art of the Matyó, embroidery of a traditional community	Hungary
Marches of Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse	Belgium
Performance of the Armenian epic of 'Daredevils of Sassoun' or 'David of Sassoun'	Armenia
Rites and craftsmanship associated with the wedding costume tradition of Tlemcen	Algeria
Schemenlaufen, the carnival of Imst, Austria	Austria
Traditional weaving of the Ecuadorian toquilla straw hat	Ecuador
Venezuela's Dancing Devils of Corpus Christi	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Al Sadu, traditional weaving skills in the United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates
Hezhen Yimakan storytelling	China
Saman dance	Indonesia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Chinese shadow puppetry	China
Fado, urban popular song of Portugal	Portugal
Sada Shin Noh, sacred dancing at Sada shrine, Shimane	Japan
2010
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Watertight-bulkhead technology of Chinese junks	China
Wooden movable-type printing of China	China
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Armenian cross-stones art. Symbolism and craftsmanship of Khachkars	Armenia
Chhau dance	India
Flamenco	Spain
Gastronomic meal of the French	France
Gingerbread craft from Northern Croatia	Croatia
Houtem Jaarmarkt, annual winter fair and livestock market at Sint-Lievens-Houtem	Belgium
Huaconada, ritual dance of Mito	Peru
Indonesian Angklung	Indonesia
Music of the Bakhshis of Khorasan	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Sinjska Alka, a knights’ tournament in Sinj	Croatia
Sutartinės, Lithuanian multipart songs	Lithuania
Traditional Mexican cuisine - ancestral, ongoing community culture, the Michoacán paradigm	Mexico
Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Fars	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Kashan	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Wayuu normative system, applied by the Pütchipü’üi (palabrero)	Colombia
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Ca trù singing	Viet Nam
Mongol Biyelgee, Mongolian traditional folk dance	Mongolia
Mongol Tuuli, Mongolian epic	Mongolia
Qiang New Year festival	China
Suiti cultural space	Latvia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Carnaval de Negros y Blancos	Colombia
Dainichido Bugaku	Japan
Gagaku	Japan
Lefkara laces or Lefkaritika	Cyprus
Procession Za Krizen (‘following the cross’) on the island of Hvar	Croatia
Spring procession of Ljelje/Kraljice (queens) from Gorjani	Croatia
Traditional manufacturing of children’s wooden toys in Hrvatsko Zagorje	Croatia
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Cultural space and oral culture of the Semeiskie	Russian Federation
Indigenous festivity dedicated to the dead	Mexico
Mbende Jerusarema dance	Zimbabwe