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 : 36 elements corresponding to 30 countries

2018⁴ – 2015¹ – 2014¹ – 2013² – 2012² – 2011⁶ – 2010⁶ – 2009⁷ – 2008⁷

2018
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Heritage of Dede Qorqud/Korkyt Ata/Dede Korkut, epic culture, folk tales and music	Azerbaijan – Kazakhstan – Turkey
Hurling	Ireland
Khon, masked dance drama in Thailand	Thailand
Singing to the accompaniment of the Gusle	Serbia
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Epic art of Gorogly	Turkmenistan
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)
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Practices and knowledge linked to the Imzad of the Tuareg communities of Algeria, Mali and Niger	Algeria – Mali – Niger
Sankirtana, ritual singing, drumming and dancing of Manipur	India
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ichapekene Piesta, the biggest festival of San Ignacio de Moxos	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Worship of Hùng kings in Phú Thọ	Viet Nam
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Eshuva, Harákmbut sung prayers of Peru’s Huachipaire people	Peru
Hezhen Yimakan storytelling	China
Naqqāli, Iranian dramatic story-telling	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Traditional skills of building and sailing Iranian Lenj boats in the Persian Gulf	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Yaokwa, the Enawene Nawe people's ritual for the maintenance of social and cosmic order	Brazil
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Sada Shin Noh, sacred dancing at Sada shrine, Shimane	Japan
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Gióng festival of Phù Ðông and Sóc temples	Viet Nam
Kalbelia folk songs and dances of Rajasthan	India
Mudiyettu, ritual theatre and dance drama of Kerala	India
Music of the Bakhshis of Khorasan	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Ritual dramatic art of Ta‘zīye	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Traditional art of Azerbaijani carpet weaving in the Republic of Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Mongol Tuuli, Mongolian epic	Mongolia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Cheoyongmu	Republic of Korea
Gesar epic tradition	China
Hayachine Kagura	Japan
Ijele masquerade	Nigeria
Mazu belief and customs	China
Ritual ceremony of the Voladores	Mexico
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Cocolo dance drama tradition	Dominican Republic
Darangen epic of the Maranao people of Lake Lanao	Philippines
Oral and graphic expressions of the Wajapi	Brazil
Oral heritage and cultural manifestations of the Zápara people	Ecuador – Peru
Oral heritage of Gelede	Benin – Nigeria – Togo
Rabinal Achí dance drama tradition	Guatemala
Vanuatu sand drawings	Vanuatu