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 : 25 elements corresponding to 21 countries

2018¹ – 2017³ – 2016⁴ – 2015¹ – 2011³ – 2010¹ – 2009⁵ – 2008⁷

2018
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Shadow play	Syrian Arab Republic
2017
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Dikopelo folk music of Bakgatla ba Kgafela in Kgatleng District	Botswana
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Basel Carnival	Switzerland
The art of Bài Chòi in Central Viet Nam	Viet Nam
2016
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Chapei Dang Veng	Cambodia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Carnival of Granville	France
Momoeria, New Year's celebration in eight villages of Kozani area, West Macedonia, Greece	Greece
Valencia Fallas festivity	Spain
2015
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Traditional Vallenato music of the Greater Magdalena region	Colombia
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Secret society of the Kôrêdugaw, the rite of wisdom in Mali	Mali
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Bećarac singing and playing from Eastern Croatia	Croatia
Jultagi, tightrope walking	Republic of Korea
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Aalst carnival	Belgium
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Sanké mon, collective fishing rite of the Sanké	Mali
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Âşıklık (minstrelsy) tradition	Turkey
Carnaval de Negros y Blancos	Colombia
Karagöz	Turkey
Namsadang Nori	Republic of Korea
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Arts of the Meddah, public storytellers	Turkey
Carnival of Barranquilla	Colombia
Chopi Timbila	Mozambique
Darangen epic of the Maranao people of Lake Lanao	Philippines
El Güegüense	Nicaragua
Language, dance and music of the Garifuna	Belize – Guatemala – Honduras – Nicaragua
Wayang puppet theatre	Indonesia