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 : 24 elements corresponding to 21 countries

2018² – 2017¹ – 2016² – 2015¹ – 2014³ – 2013¹ – 2012¹ – 2009⁴ – 2008⁹

2018
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Reggae music of Jamaica	Jamaica
Ritual and festive expressions of the Congo culture	Panama
2017
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Sega tambour of Rodrigues Island	Mauritius
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Carnival of El Callao, a festive representation of a memory and cultural identity	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Rumba in Cuba, a festive combination of music and dances and all the practices associated	Cuba
2015
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Traditional Vallenato music of the Greater Magdalena region	Colombia
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Capoeira circle	Brazil
Gwoka: music, song, dance and cultural practice representative of Guadeloupean identity	France
Traditional Mauritian Sega	Mauritius
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
La Parranda de San Pedro de Guarenas y Guatire	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Festival of Saint Francis of Assisi, Quibdó	Colombia
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Candombe and its socio-cultural space: a community practice	Uruguay
Maloya	France
Manden Charter, proclaimed in Kurukan Fuga	Mali
Tango	Argentina – Uruguay
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Cocolo dance drama tradition	Dominican Republic
Cultural space of Palenque de San Basilio	Colombia
Cultural space of the Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of the Congos of Villa Mella	Dominican Republic
Gule Wamkulu	Malawi – Mozambique – Zambia
La Tumba Francesa	Cuba
Language, dance and music of the Garifuna	Belize – Guatemala – Honduras – Nicaragua
Maroon heritage of Moore Town	Jamaica
Oral heritage and cultural manifestations of the Zápara people	Ecuador – Peru
Samba de Roda of the Recôncavo of Bahia	Brazil