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 : 13 elements corresponding to 16 countries

2017¹ – 2016² – 2015³ – 2014² – 2013² – 2012¹ – 2009²

2017
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Konjic woodcarving	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional wall-carpet craftsmanship in Romania and the Republic of Moldova	Republic of Moldova – Romania
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Regional Centres for Craftsmanship: a strategy for safeguarding the cultural heritage of traditional handicraft	Austria
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Arabic coffee, a symbol of generosity	United Arab Emirates – Saudi Arabia – Oman – Qatar
Copper craftsmanship of Lahij	Azerbaijan
Traditional knowledge and technologies relating to the growing and processing of the curagua	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional brass and copper craft of utensil making among the Thatheras of Jandiala Guru, Punjab, India	India
Zmijanje embroidery	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional craftsmanship of the Mongol Ger and its associated customs	Mongolia
Turkish coffee culture and tradition	Turkey
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Folk art of the Matyó, embroidery of a traditional community	Hungary
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Aubusson tapestry	France
Traditional manufacturing of children’s wooden toys in Hrvatsko Zagorje	Croatia