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 : 19 elements corresponding to 18 countries

2017¹ – 2016² – 2015¹ – 2014² – 2013¹ – 2012¹ – 2010¹ – 2009⁹ – 2008¹

2017
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Colombian-Venezuelan llano work songs	Colombia – Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Music and dance of the merengue in the Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic
Winegrowers’ Festival in Vevey	Switzerland
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
Gwoka: music, song, dance and cultural practice representative of Guadeloupean identity	France
Ví and Giặm folk songs of Nghệ Tĩnh	Viet Nam
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
Cherry festival in Sefrou	Morocco
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Houtem Jaarmarkt, annual winter fair and livestock market at Sint-Lievens-Houtem	Belgium
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Akiu no Taue Odori	Japan
Dainichido Bugaku	Japan
Doina	Romania
Farmers’ dance of China’s Korean ethnic group	China
Ganggangsullae	Republic of Korea
Irrigators’ tribunals of the Spanish Mediterranean coast: the Council of Wise Men of the plain of Murcia and the Water Tribunal of the plain of Valencia	Spain
Oku-noto no Aenokoto	Japan
Ramman, religious festival and ritual theatre of the Garhwal Himalayas, India	India
Traditional handicrafts of making Xuan paper	China
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Oxherding and oxcart traditions in Costa Rica	Costa Rica