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 : 9 elements corresponding to 8 countries

2017¹ – 2016¹ – 2010¹ – 2009² – 2008⁴

2017
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Craftmanship of Estremoz clay figures	Portugal
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Living culture of three writing systems of the Georgian alphabet	Georgia
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Armenian cross-stones art. Symbolism and craftsmanship of Khachkars	Armenia
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Cantu in paghjella, a secular and liturgical oral tradition of Corsica	France
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Regong arts	China
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Cross-crafting and its symbolism	Lithuania
Kutiyattam, Sanskrit theatre	India
Ramlila, the traditional performance of the Ramayana	India
Sbek Thom, Khmer shadow theatre	Cambodia