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 : 8 elements corresponding to 9 countries

2016³ – 2015¹ – 2014¹ – 2012¹ – 2010¹ – 2009¹

2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Puppetry in Slovakia and Czechia	Slovakia – Czechia
Yama, Hoko, Yatai, float festivals in Japan	Japan
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Oselvar boat - reframing a traditional learning process of building and use to a modern context	Norway
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Tinian marble craftsmanship	Greece
2014
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Safeguarding the carillon culture: preservation, transmission, exchange and awareness-raising	Belgium
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional violin craftsmanship in Cremona	Italy
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Daemokjang, traditional wooden architecture	Republic of Korea
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Aubusson tapestry	France