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 : 44 elements corresponding to 30 countries

2018³ – 2016¹ – 2015² – 2014³ – 2013¹ – 2012⁴ – 2011⁴ – 2010⁵ – 2009¹¹ – 2008¹⁰

2018
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Celebration in honor of the Budslaŭ icon of Our Lady (Budslaŭ fest)	Belarus
Raiho-shin, ritual visits of deities in masks and costumes	Japan
Reggae music of Jamaica	Jamaica
2016
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Chapei Dang Veng	Cambodia
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Tinian marble craftsmanship	Greece
Tugging rituals and games	Cambodia – Philippines – Republic of Korea – Viet Nam
2014
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Male-child cleansing ceremony of the Lango of central northern Uganda	Uganda
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Kazakh traditional art of Dombra Kuy	Kazakhstan
Know-how of cultivating mastic on the island of Chios	Greece
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Kyrgyz epic trilogy: Manas, Semetey, Seytek	Kyrgyzstan
2012
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Earthenware pottery-making skills in Botswana’s Kgatleng District	Botswana
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Frevo, performing arts of the Carnival of Recife	Brazil
Performance of the Armenian epic of 'Daredevils of Sassoun' or 'David of Sassoun'	Armenia
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Xtaxkgakget Makgkaxtlawana: the Centre for Indigenous Arts and its contribution to safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage of the Totonac people of Veracruz, Mexico	Mexico
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Eshuva, Harákmbut sung prayers of Peru’s Huachipaire people	Peru
Hezhen Yimakan storytelling	China
Traditional skills of building and sailing Iranian Lenj boats in the Persian Gulf	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Chinese shadow puppetry	China
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Daemokjang, traditional wooden architecture	Republic of Korea
Indonesian Angklung	Indonesia
Ritual dramatic art of Ta‘zīye	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Scissors dance	Peru
Semah, Alevi-Bektaşi ritual	Turkey
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Mongol Tuuli, Mongolian epic	Mongolia
Traditional Li textile techniques: spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidering	China
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Chinese paper-cut	China
Dragon Boat festival	China
Hua’er	China
Indonesian Batik	Indonesia
Manas	China
Oku-noto no Aenokoto	Japan
Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges	Belgium
Traditional Ainu dance	Japan
Xi’an wind and percussion ensemble	China
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Andean cosmovision of the Kallawaya	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Hudhud chants of the Ifugao	Philippines
Ifa divination system	Nigeria
Indonesian Kris	Indonesia
Makishi masquerade	Zambia
Maroon heritage of Moore Town	Jamaica
Olonkho, Yakut heroic epos	Russian Federation
Shashmaqom music	Uzbekistan – Tajikistan
Tradition of Vedic chanting	India
Vimbuza healing dance	Malawi