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 : 37 elements corresponding to 32 countries

2018⁵ – 2016⁴ – 2015¹ – 2014³ – 2013¹ – 2011¹ – 2010⁸ – 2009⁵ – 2008⁹

2018
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Enkipaata, Eunoto and Olng'esherr, three male rites of passage of the Maasai community	Kenya
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Chidaoba, wrestling in Georgia	Georgia
Heritage of Dede Qorqud/Korkyt Ata/Dede Korkut, epic culture, folk tales and music	Azerbaijan – Kazakhstan – Turkey
Raiho-shin, ritual visits of deities in masks and costumes	Japan
Rūkada Nātya, traditional string puppet drama in Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Almezmar, drumming and dancing with sticks	Saudi Arabia
Idea and practice of organizing shared interests in cooperatives	Germany
Puppetry in Slovakia and Czechia	Slovakia – Czechia
Tahteeb, stick game	Egypt
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Epic art of Gorogly	Turkmenistan
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
Lavash, the preparation, meaning and appearance of traditional bread as an expression of culture in Armenia	Armenia
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Kyrgyz epic trilogy: Manas, Semetey, Seytek	Kyrgyzstan
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Saman dance	Indonesia
2010
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Meshrep	China
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Al-Bar’ah, music and dance of Oman Dhofari valleys	Oman
Huaconada, ritual dance of Mito	Peru
Kırkpınar oil wrestling festival	Turkey
Kumiodori, traditional Okinawan musical theatre	Japan
Naadam, Mongolian traditional festival	Mongolia
Ritual dramatic art of Ta‘zīye	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Wayuu normative system, applied by the Pütchipü’üi (palabrero)	Colombia
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Cheoyongmu	Republic of Korea
Gesar epic tradition	China
Grand song of the Dong ethnic group	China
Irrigators’ tribunals of the Spanish Mediterranean coast: the Council of Wise Men of the plain of Murcia and the Water Tribunal of the plain of Valencia	Spain
Tibetan opera	China
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ahellil of Gourara	Algeria
Arts of the Meddah, public storytellers	Turkey
Cultural space of the Bedu in Petra and Wadi Rum	Jordan
Gule Wamkulu	Malawi – Mozambique – Zambia
Kabuki theatre	Japan
Lakalaka, dances and sung speeches of Tonga	Tonga
Ningyo Johruri Bunraku puppet theatre	Japan
Palestinian Hikaye	Palestine
Wayang puppet theatre	Indonesia