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 : 30 elements corresponding to 27 countries

2018¹ – 2017¹ – 2016² – 2014⁴ – 2013¹ – 2012³ – 2011¹ – 2010² – 2009⁷ – 2008⁸

2018
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Mooba dance of the Lenje ethnic group of Central Province of Zambia	Zambia
2017
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Xoan singing of Phú Thọ province, Viet Nam	Viet Nam
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
Flatbread making and sharing culture: Lavash, Katyrma, Jupka, Yufka	Azerbaijan – Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan – Turkey
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
Ritual dance of the royal drum	Burundi
Smoke sauna tradition in Võromaa	Estonia
Tchopa, sacrificial dance of the Lhomwe people of southern Malawi	Malawi
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Xooy, a divination ceremony among the Serer of Senegal	Senegal
2012
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Earthenware pottery-making skills in Botswana’s Kgatleng District	Botswana
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Cultural practices and expressions linked to the balafon of the Senufo communities of Mali, Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire	Mali – Burkina Faso – Côte d'Ivoire
Worship of Hùng kings in Phú Thọ	Viet Nam
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Yaokwa, the Enawene Nawe people's ritual for the maintenance of social and cosmic order	Brazil
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Gióng festival of Phù Ðông and Sóc temples	Viet Nam
Traditional Mexican cuisine - ancestral, ongoing community culture, the Michoacán paradigm	Mexico
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Qiang New Year festival	China
Traditions and practices associated with the Kayas in the sacred forests of the Mijikenda	Kenya
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Jeju Chilmeoridang Yeongdeunggut	Republic of Korea
Maloya	France
Nanyin	China
Places of memory and living traditions of the Otomí-Chichimecas people of Tolimán: the Peña de Bernal, guardian of a sacred territory	Mexico
Yeongsanjae	Republic of Korea
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Gule Wamkulu	Malawi – Mozambique – Zambia
Ifa divination system	Nigeria
Indigenous festivity dedicated to the dead	Mexico
Makishi masquerade	Zambia
Maroon heritage of Moore Town	Jamaica
Rabinal Achí dance drama tradition	Guatemala
Royal ancestral ritual in the Jongmyo shrine and its music	Republic of Korea
Vimbuza healing dance	Malawi