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 : 16 elements corresponding to 9 countries

2018³ – 2017¹ – 2016¹ – 2015¹ – 2012¹ – 2010¹ – 2009⁵ – 2008³

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
Lum medicinal bathing of Sowa Rigpa, knowledge and practices concerning life, health and illness prevention and treatment among the Tibetan people in China	China
Rūkada Nātya, traditional string puppet drama in Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka
2017
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Mongolian traditional practices of worshipping the sacred sites	Mongolia
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Practices related to the Viet beliefs in the Mother Goddesses of Three Realms	Viet Nam
2015
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Coaxing ritual for camels	Mongolia
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Buddhist chanting of Ladakh: recitation of sacred Buddhist texts in the trans-Himalayan Ladakh region, Jammu and Kashmir, India	India
2010
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Wooden movable-type printing of China	China
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
China engraved block printing technique	China
Gesar epic tradition	China
Regong arts	China
Tibetan opera	China
Yeongsanjae	Republic of Korea
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Baul songs	Bangladesh
Gangneung Danoje festival	Republic of Korea
Mask dance of the drums from Drametse	Bhutan