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 : 18 elements corresponding to 13 countries

2018² – 2015¹ – 2013¹ – 2012¹ – 2011² – 2009⁶ – 2008⁵

2018
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Heritage of Dede Qorqud/Korkyt Ata/Dede Korkut, epic culture, folk tales and music	Azerbaijan – Kazakhstan – Turkey
Singing to the accompaniment of the Gusle	Serbia
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Epic art of Gorogly	Turkmenistan
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Kyrgyz epic trilogy: Manas, Semetey, Seytek	Kyrgyzstan
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Performance of the Armenian epic of 'Daredevils of Sassoun' or 'David of Sassoun'	Armenia
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Hezhen Yimakan storytelling	China
Moorish epic T’heydinn	Mauritania
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Mongol Tuuli, Mongolian epic	Mongolia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Art of Azerbaijani Ashiq	Azerbaijan
Âşıklık (minstrelsy) tradition	Turkey
Gesar epic tradition	China
Manas	China
Septennial re-roofing ceremony of the Kamablon, sacred house of Kangaba	Mali
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Art of Akyns, Kyrgyz epic tellers	Kyrgyzstan
Arts of the Meddah, public storytellers	Turkey
Baul songs	Bangladesh
Cultural space of Jemaa el-Fna Square	Morocco
Uyghur Muqam of Xinjiang	China