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 : 41 elements corresponding to 34 countries

2018³ – 2017³ – 2016¹ – 2015² – 2014⁴ – 2013² – 2012² – 2011⁴ – 2010² – 2009⁵ – 2008¹³

2018
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Avalanche risk management	Switzerland – Austria
Picking of iva grass on Ozren mountain	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Land-of-Legends programme, for promoting and revitalizing the art of storytelling in Kronoberg Region (South-Sweden)	Sweden
2017
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Artisanal processes and plant fibers techniques for talcos, crinejas and pintas weaving of the pinta’o hat	Panama
Konjic woodcarving	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Zaouli, popular music and dance of the Guro communities in Côte d’Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire
2016
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Ma'di bowl lyre music and dance	Uganda
2015
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Koogere oral tradition of the Basongora, Banyabindi and Batooro peoples	Uganda
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
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
Mapoyo oral tradition and its symbolic reference points within their ancestral territory	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Argan, practices and know-how concerning the argan tree	Morocco
Coming forth of the masks and puppets in Markala	Mali
Ritual dance of the royal drum	Burundi
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
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Methodology for inventorying intangible cultural heritage in biosphere reserves: the experience of Montseny	Spain
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Festival of Saint Francis of Assisi, Quibdó	Colombia
Nachi no Dengaku, a religious performing art held at the Nachi fire festival	Japan
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Eshuva, Harákmbut sung prayers of Peru’s Huachipaire people	Peru
Hezhen Yimakan storytelling	China
Yaokwa, the Enawene Nawe people's ritual for the maintenance of social and cosmic order	Brazil
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional knowledge of the jaguar shamans of Yuruparí	Colombia
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Indonesian Angklung	Indonesia
Pirekua, traditional song of the P’urhépecha	Mexico
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Traditional design and practices for building Chinese wooden arch bridges	China
Traditions and practices associated with the Kayas in the sacred forests of the Mijikenda	Kenya
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ijele masquerade	Nigeria
Ritual ceremony of the Voladores	Mexico
Traditional manufacturing of children’s wooden toys in Hrvatsko Zagorje	Croatia
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Andean cosmovision of the Kallawaya	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Barkcloth making in Uganda	Uganda
Căluş ritual	Romania
Chopi Timbila	Mozambique
Cultural space of Palenque de San Basilio	Colombia
Kankurang, Manding initiatory rite	Gambia – Senegal
Maroon heritage of Moore Town	Jamaica
Olonkho, Yakut heroic epos	Russian Federation
Oral and graphic expressions of the Wajapi	Brazil
Oral heritage and cultural manifestations of the Zápara people	Ecuador – Peru
Oral heritage of Gelede	Benin – Nigeria – Togo
Polyphonic singing of the Aka Pygmies of Central Africa	Central African Republic
Woodcrafting knowledge of the Zafimaniry	Madagascar