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 : 33 elements corresponding to 29 countries

2018⁵ – 2016² – 2015¹ – 2014² – 2012¹ – 2011⁶ – 2010⁸ – 2009⁴ – 2008⁴

2018
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Shadow play	Syrian Arab Republic
Traditional hand puppetry	Egypt
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Međimurska popevka, a folksong from Međimurje	Croatia
Rūkada Nātya, traditional string puppet drama in Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka
Singing to the accompaniment of the Gusle	Serbia
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Carnival of Granville	France
Puppetry in Slovakia and Czechia	Slovakia – Czechia
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Aitysh/Aitys, art of improvisation	Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Askiya, the art of wit	Uzbekistan
Practices and expressions of joking relationships in Niger	Niger
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Klapa multipart singing of Dalmatia, southern Croatia	Croatia
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Saman dance	Indonesia
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
Ride of the Kings in the south-east of the Czech Republic	Czechia
Tsiattista poetic duelling	Cyprus
2010
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Meshrep	China
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Aalst carnival	Belgium
Huaconada, ritual dance of Mito	Peru
Kalbelia folk songs and dances of Rajasthan	India
Parachicos in the traditional January feast of Chiapa de Corzo	Mexico
Peking opera	China
Shrovetide door-to-door processions and masks in the villages of the Hlinecko area	Czechia
Traditional Sohbet meetings	Turkey
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Rite of the Kalyady Tsars (Christmas Tsars)	Belarus
Suiti cultural space	Latvia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Annual carnival bell ringers’ pageant from the Kastav area	Croatia
Namsadang Nori	Republic of Korea
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Arts of the Meddah, public storytellers	Turkey
Chopi Timbila	Mozambique
Nôgaku theatre	Japan
Oral heritage of Gelede	Benin – Nigeria – Togo