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 : 25 elements corresponding to 15 countries

2018¹ – 2015¹ – 2014⁴ – 2012¹ – 2011² – 2010⁸ – 2009⁷ – 2008¹

2018
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
As-Samer in Jordan	Jordan
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Alardah Alnajdiyah, dance, drumming and poetry in Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia
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
Al-Ayyala, a traditional performing art of the Sultanate of Oman and the United Arab Emirates	Oman – United Arab Emirates
Ritual and ceremonies of Sebeïba in the oasis of Djanet, Algeria	Algeria
Tchopa, sacrificial dance of the Lhomwe people of southern Malawi	Malawi
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Al ‘azi, elegy, processional march and poetry	Oman
2011
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ride of the Kings in the south-east of the Czech Republic	Czechia
Sada Shin Noh, sacred dancing at Sada shrine, Shimane	Japan
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Al-Bar’ah, music and dance of Oman Dhofari valleys	Oman
Chant of the Sybil on Majorca	Spain
Chhau dance	India
Kumiodori, traditional Okinawan musical theatre	Japan
Mudiyettu, ritual theatre and dance drama of Kerala	India
Peking opera	China
Ritual dramatic art of Ta‘zīye	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Sinjska Alka, a knights’ tournament in Sinj	Croatia
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Daimokutate	Japan
Dainichido Bugaku	Japan
Hayachine Kagura	Japan
Ramman, religious festival and ritual theatre of the Garhwal Himalayas, India	India
Spring procession of Ljelje/Kraljice (queens) from Gorjani	Croatia
Traditional Ainu dance	Japan
Yueju opera	China
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Indonesian Kris	Indonesia