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

2014¹ – 2013¹ – 2012¹ – 2011¹ – 2009²

2014
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Isukuti dance of Isukha and Idakho communities of Western Kenya	Kenya
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
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Klapa multipart singing of Dalmatia, southern Croatia	Croatia
2011
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Programme of cultivating ludodiversity: safeguarding traditional games in Flanders	Belgium
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Candombe and its socio-cultural space: a community practice	Uruguay
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Centre for traditional culture – school museum of Pusol pedagogic project	Spain