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 : 20 elements corresponding to 16 countries

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2018
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Lkhon Khol Wat Svay Andet	Cambodia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional Korean wrestling (Ssirum/Ssireum)	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – Republic of Korea
2016
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Ma'di bowl lyre music and dance	Uganda
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
The Twenty-Four Solar Terms, knowledge in China of time and practices developed through observation of the sun’s annual motion	China
2015
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Coaxing ritual for camels	Mongolia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Sbuâ, annual pilgrimage to the zawiya of Sidi El Hadj Belkacem in Gourara	Algeria
Tugging rituals and games	Cambodia – Philippines – Republic of Korea – Viet Nam
Wititi dance of the Colca Valley	Peru
2013
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Nan Pa’ch ceremony	Guatemala
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Nachi no Dengaku, a religious performing art held at the Nachi fire festival	Japan
2011
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Mibu no Hana Taue, ritual of transplanting rice in Mibu, Hiroshima	Japan
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Gióng festival of Phù Ðông and Sóc temples	Viet Nam
Indonesian Angklung	Indonesia
Scissors dance	Peru
Traditional Mexican cuisine - ancestral, ongoing community culture, the Michoacán paradigm	Mexico
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Akiu no Taue Odori	Japan
Oku-noto no Aenokoto	Japan
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Cross-crafting and its symbolism	Lithuania
Cultural space of Boysun District	Uzbekistan
Indigenous festivity dedicated to the dead	Mexico