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.
2018 | |||
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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 |    | |
2017 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Sega tambour of Rodrigues Island | Mauritius | | |
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 | |||
| Gada system, an indigenous democratic socio-political system of the Oromo | Ethiopia | | |
| Oshi Palav, a traditional meal and its social and cultural contexts in Tajikistan | Tajikistan | | |
2015 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Arabic coffee, a symbol of generosity | United Arab Emirates – Saudi Arabia – Oman – Qatar | | |
| Fichee-Chambalaalla, New Year festival of the Sidama people | Ethiopia | | |
| Majlis, a cultural and social space | United Arab Emirates – Saudi Arabia – Oman – Qatar | | |
2014 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Al-Zajal, recited or sung poetry | Lebanon | | |
| Coming forth of the masks and puppets in Markala | Mali | | |
| Practices and expressions of joking relationships in Niger | Niger | | |
2013 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Commemoration feast of the finding of the True Holy Cross of Christ | Ethiopia | | |
2012 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Al ‘azi, elegy, processional march and poetry | Oman | | |
| Al-Taghrooda, traditional Bedouin chanted poetry in the United Arab Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman | United Arab Emirates – Oman | | |
2010 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Wayuu normative system, applied by the Pütchipü’üi (palabrero) | Colombia | | |
2009 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Septennial re-roofing ceremony of the Kamablon, sacred house of Kangaba | Mali | | |