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.
2018 | |||
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List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding | |||
| Yalli (Kochari, Tenzere), traditional group dances of Nakhchivan | Azerbaijan |    | |
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Hurling | Ireland | | |
| Traditional Korean wrestling (Ssirum/Ssireum) | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – Republic of Korea | | |
| Traditional spring festive rites of the Kazakh horse breeders | Kazakhstan | | |
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices | |||
| Land-of-Legends programme, for promoting and revitalizing the art of storytelling in Kronoberg Region (South-Sweden) | Sweden | | |
2017 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Kazakh traditional Assyk games | Kazakhstan | | |
| Kok boru, traditional horse game | Kyrgyzstan | | |
| The art of Bài Chòi in Central Viet Nam | Viet Nam | | |
2016 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Argungu international fishing and cultural festival | Nigeria | | |
| Tahteeb, stick game | Egypt | | |
2015 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Tugging rituals and games | Cambodia – Philippines – Republic of Korea – Viet Nam | | |
2014 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Mongolian knuckle-bone shooting | Mongolia | | |
2011 | |||
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices | |||
| Programme of cultivating ludodiversity: safeguarding traditional games in Flanders | Belgium | | |