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 : 17 elements corresponding to 14 countries

2017² – 2014² – 2010² – 2009⁹ – 2008²

2017
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Cultural practices associated to the 1st of March	Bulgaria – North Macedonia – Republic of Moldova – Romania
Spring celebration, Hıdrellez	North Macedonia – Turkey
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
Pujllay and Ayarichi, music and dances of the Yampara culture	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2010
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Meshrep	China
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Krakelingen and Tonnekensbrand, end-of-winter bread and fire feast at Geraardsbergen	Belgium
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Annual carnival bell ringers’ pageant from the Kastav area	Croatia
Chinese paper-cut	China
Farmers’ dance of China’s Korean ethnic group	China
Festivity of Saint Blaise, the patron of Dubrovnik	Croatia
Ganggangsullae	Republic of Korea
Ijele masquerade	Nigeria
Mazu belief and customs	China
Nestinarstvo, messages from the past: the Panagyr of Saints Constantine and Helena in the village of Bulgari	Bulgaria
Ritual ceremony of the Voladores	Mexico
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Căluş ritual	Romania
Mbende Jerusarema dance	Zimbabwe