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 : 15 elements corresponding to 11 countries

2016¹ – 2013² – 2012¹ – 2011² – 2010² – 2009³ – 2008⁴

2016
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Chapei Dang Veng	Cambodia
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Chinese Zhusuan, knowledge and practices of mathematical calculation through the abacus	China
Traditional art of Jamdani weaving	Bangladesh
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Al ‘azi, elegy, processional march and poetry	Oman
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Naqqāli, Iranian dramatic story-telling	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Tsiattista poetic duelling	Cyprus
2010
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Wooden movable-type printing of China	China
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Music of the Bakhshis of Khorasan	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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
Craftsmanship of Nanjing Yunjin brocade	China
Radif of Iranian music	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah epic	Egypt
Darangen epic of the Maranao people of Lake Lanao	Philippines
Vanuatu sand drawings	Vanuatu
Wayang puppet theatre	Indonesia