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 : 42 elements corresponding to 24 countries

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2018
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Lkhon Khol Wat Svay Andet	Cambodia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
La Romería (the pilgrimage): ritual cycle of 'La llevada' (the carrying) of the Virgin of Zapopan	Mexico
Lum medicinal bathing of Sowa Rigpa, knowledge and practices concerning life, health and illness prevention and treatment among the Tibetan people in China	China
2017
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Mongolian traditional practices of worshipping the sacred sites	Mongolia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Craft of the miller operating windmills and watermills	Netherlands
Kumbh Mela	India
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Argungu international fishing and cultural festival	Nigeria
Winegrowers’ Festival in Vevey	Switzerland
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
Festivity of Virgen de la Candelaria of Puno	Peru
Ví and Giặm folk songs of Nghệ Tĩnh	Viet Nam
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Festival of Saint Francis of Assisi, Quibdó	Colombia
Ichapekene Piesta, the biggest festival of San Ignacio de Moxos	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
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
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
Traditional knowledge of the jaguar shamans of Yuruparí	Colombia
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Mudiyettu, ritual theatre and dance drama of Kerala	India
Parachicos in the traditional January feast of Chiapa de Corzo	Mexico
Traditional Mexican cuisine - ancestral, ongoing community culture, the Michoacán paradigm	Mexico
Yuki-tsumugi, silk fabric production technique	Japan
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Sanké mon, collective fishing rite of the Sanké	Mali
Traditional design and practices for building Chinese wooden arch bridges	China
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Aubusson tapestry	France
Busó festivities at Mohács: masked end-of-winter carnival custom	Hungary
Dragon Boat festival	China
Hua’er	China
Manas	China
Regong arts	China
Sericulture and silk craftsmanship of China	China
Traditional firing technology of Longquan celadon	China
Traditional handicrafts of making Xuan paper	China
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ahellil of Gourara	Algeria
Baul songs	Bangladesh
Chopi Timbila	Mozambique
Cultural space and oral culture of the Semeiskie	Russian Federation
Cultural space of Palenque de San Basilio	Colombia
Cultural space of the Yaaral and Degal	Mali
Darangen epic of the Maranao people of Lake Lanao	Philippines
Oral heritage and cultural manifestations of the Zápara people	Ecuador – Peru
Samba de Roda of the Recôncavo of Bahia	Brazil
Taquile and its textile art	Peru