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 : 22 elements corresponding to 17 countries

2018¹ – 2017¹ – 2014² – 2013¹ – 2012² – 2011¹ – 2010¹ – 2009² – 2008¹¹

2018
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ritual and festive expressions of the Congo culture	Panama
2017
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ritual journeys in La Paz during Alasita	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Festivity of Virgen de la Candelaria of Puno	Peru
Pujllay and Ayarichi, music and dances of the Yampara culture	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2013
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Nan Pa’ch ceremony	Guatemala
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
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Pilgrimage to the sanctuary of the Lord of Qoyllurit’i	Peru
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Pahlevani and Zoorkhanei rituals	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Mazu belief and customs	China
Places of memory and living traditions of the Otomí-Chichimecas people of Tolimán: the Peña de Bernal, guardian of a sacred territory	Mexico
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Andean cosmovision of the Kallawaya	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Baul songs	Bangladesh
Carnival of Oruro	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Cocolo dance drama tradition	Dominican Republic
Cultural space of Boysun District	Uzbekistan
Gangneung Danoje festival	Republic of Korea
Gule Wamkulu	Malawi – Mozambique – Zambia
Indigenous festivity dedicated to the dead	Mexico
Maroon heritage of Moore Town	Jamaica
Rabinal Achí dance drama tradition	Guatemala
Samba de Roda of the Recôncavo of Bahia	Brazil