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 : 37 elements corresponding to 19 countries

2017¹ – 2016² – 2015² – 2014² – 2013⁵ – 2012² – 2011² – 2010⁵ – 2009⁹ – 2008⁷

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
Flatbread making and sharing culture: Lavash, Katyrma, Jupka, Yufka	Azerbaijan – Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan – Turkey
Kuresi in Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan
2015
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Coaxing ritual for camels	Mongolia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Majlis, a cultural and social space	United Arab Emirates – Saudi Arabia – Oman – Qatar
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Mongolian knuckle-bone shooting	Mongolia
Traditional knowledge and skills in making Kyrgyz and Kazakh yurts (Turkic nomadic dwellings)	Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan
2013
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Chovqan, a traditional Karabakh horse-riding game in the Republic of Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Annual pilgrimage to the mausoleum of Sidi ‘Abd el-Qader Ben Mohammed (Sidi Cheikh)	Algeria
Kyrgyz epic trilogy: Manas, Semetey, Seytek	Kyrgyzstan
Practices and knowledge linked to the Imzad of the Tuareg communities of Algeria, Mali and Niger	Algeria – Mali – Niger
Traditional craftsmanship of the Mongol Ger and its associated customs	Mongolia
2012
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Ala-kiyiz and Shyrdak, art of Kyrgyz traditional felt carpets	Kyrgyzstan
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Al-Taghrooda, traditional Bedouin chanted poetry in the United Arab Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman	United Arab Emirates – Oman
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Al Sadu, traditional weaving skills in the United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates
Folk long song performance technique of Limbe performances - circular breathing	Mongolia
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Al-Bar’ah, music and dance of Oman Dhofari valleys	Oman
Kalbelia folk songs and dances of Rajasthan	India
Mongolian traditional art of Khöömei	Mongolia
Naadam, Mongolian traditional festival	Mongolia
Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Fars	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Mongol Biyelgee, Mongolian traditional folk dance	Mongolia
Mongol Tuuli, Mongolian epic	Mongolia
Traditional music of the Tsuur	Mongolia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Art of Azerbaijani Ashiq	Azerbaijan
Âşıklık (minstrelsy) tradition	Turkey
Gesar epic tradition	China
Manas	China
Mongolian art of singing, Khoomei	China
Namsadang Nori	Republic of Korea
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Art of Akyns, Kyrgyz epic tellers	Kyrgyzstan
Cultural space of the Bedu in Petra and Wadi Rum	Jordan
Cultural space of the Yaaral and Degal	Mali
Moussem of Tan-Tan	Morocco
Olonkho, Yakut heroic epos	Russian Federation
Traditional music of the Morin Khuur	Mongolia
Urtiin Duu, traditional folk long song	China – Mongolia