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.

Full text search: The system will search the exact expression entered (i.e. ‘sustainable development’), except if you separate the terms by a comma so that the motor search one or the other expression or the two (i.e. ‘foodways, culinary practices’).

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Results : 15 elements corresponding to 14 countries

2018¹ – 2016² – 2015² – 2014² – 2013³ – 2012² – 2010³

2018
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Mwinoghe, joyous dance	Malawi
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Almezmar, drumming and dancing with sticks	Saudi Arabia
Charrería, equestrian tradition in Mexico	Mexico
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Bagpipe culture	Slovakia
Epic art of Gorogly	Turkmenistan
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Gwoka: music, song, dance and cultural practice representative of Guadeloupean identity	France
Kazakh traditional art of Dombra Kuy	Kazakhstan
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Celebrations of big shoulder-borne processional structures	Italy
Feast of the Holy Forty Martyrs in Štip	North Macedonia
Music of Terchová	Slovakia
2012
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Bigwala, gourd trumpet music and dance of the Busoga Kingdom in Uganda	Uganda
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Performance of the Armenian epic of 'Daredevils of Sassoun' or 'David of Sassoun'	Armenia
2010
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Meshrep	China
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Gingerbread craft from Northern Croatia	Croatia
Mongolian traditional art of Khöömei	Mongolia