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 : 31 elements corresponding to 30 countries

2018¹ – 2017¹ – 2016¹ – 2015⁴ – 2014⁷ – 2012² – 2011⁵ – 2010³ – 2009⁴ – 2008³

2018
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Međimurska popevka, a folksong from Međimurje	Croatia
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
Culture of Jeju Haenyeo (women divers)	Republic of Korea
2015
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Glasoechko, male two-part singing in Dolni Polog	North Macedonia
Koogere oral tradition of the Basongora, Banyabindi and Batooro peoples	Uganda
Traditional Vallenato music of the Greater Magdalena region	Colombia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Oshituthi shomagongo, marula fruit festival	Namibia
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Argan, practices and know-how concerning the argan tree	Morocco
Cante Alentejano, polyphonic singing from Alentejo, southern Portugal	Portugal
Know-how of cultivating mastic on the island of Chios	Greece
Mongolian knuckle-bone shooting	Mongolia
The tradition of carpet-making in Chiprovtsi	Bulgaria
Ví and Giặm folk songs of Nghệ Tĩnh	Viet Nam
Zmijanje embroidery	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Al-Taghrooda, traditional Bedouin chanted poetry in the United Arab Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman	United Arab Emirates – Oman
Cultural practices and expressions linked to the balafon of the Senufo communities of Mali, Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire	Mali – Burkina Faso – Côte d'Ivoire
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Al Sadu, traditional weaving skills in the United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates
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
Ceremonial Keşkek tradition	Turkey
Mibu no Hana Taue, ritual of transplanting rice in Mibu, Hiroshima	Japan
Weaving of Mosi (fine ramie) in the Hansan region	Republic of Korea
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Flamenco	Spain
Indonesian Angklung	Indonesia
Sutartinės, Lithuanian multipart songs	Lithuania
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Akiu no Taue Odori	Japan
Farmers’ dance of China’s Korean ethnic group	China
Ganggangsullae	Republic of Korea
Seto Leelo, Seto polyphonic singing tradition	Estonia
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Canto a tenore, Sardinian pastoral songs	Italy
Georgian polyphonic singing	Georgia
Hudhud chants of the Ifugao	Philippines