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 : 6 elements corresponding to 6 countries

2018¹ – 2016² – 2015¹ – 2012¹ – 2008¹

2018
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Festivity of Las Parrandas in the centre of Cuba	Cuba
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Valencia Fallas festivity	Spain
Yama, Hoko, Yatai, float festivals in Japan	Japan
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Summer solstice fire festivals in the Pyrenees	Andorra – Spain – France
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ichapekene Piesta, the biggest festival of San Ignacio de Moxos	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Patum of Berga	Spain