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.
2016 | |||
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Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Yama, Hoko, Yatai, float festivals in Japan | Japan |    | |
2014 | |||
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding | |||
| Isukuti dance of Isukha and Idakho communities of Western Kenya | Kenya | | |
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Askiya, the art of wit | Uzbekistan | | |
2013 | |||
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding | |||
| Empaako tradition of the Batooro, Banyoro, Batuku, Batagwenda and Banyabindi of western Uganda | Uganda | | |
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Annual pilgrimage to the mausoleum of Sidi ‘Abd el-Qader Ben Mohammed (Sidi Cheikh) | Algeria | | |
| Practices and knowledge linked to the Imzad of the Tuareg communities of Algeria, Mali and Niger | Algeria – Mali – Niger | | |
2011 | |||
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding | |||
| Moorish epic T’heydinn | Mauritania | | |
2010 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Wayuu normative system, applied by the Pütchipü’üi (palabrero) | Colombia | | |
2009 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Cheoyongmu | Republic of Korea | | |
| Festivity of Saint Blaise, the patron of Dubrovnik | Croatia | | |