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 : 47 elements corresponding to 26 countries

2018² – 2017² – 2016¹ – 2015³ – 2014² – 2012³ – 2011⁶ – 2010⁷ – 2009¹³ – 2008⁸

2018
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Yalli (Kochari, Tenzere), traditional group dances of Nakhchivan	Azerbaijan
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Chidaoba, wrestling in Georgia	Georgia
2017
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Taskiwin, martial dance of the western High Atlas	Morocco
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Uilleann piping	Ireland
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Tahteeb, stick game	Egypt
2015
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Coaxing ritual for camels	Mongolia
Glasoechko, male two-part singing in Dolni Polog	North Macedonia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Bagpipe culture	Slovakia
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Baile Chino	Chile
Kopachkata, a social dance from the village of Dramche, Pijanec	North Macedonia
2012
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Bigwala, gourd trumpet music and dance of the Busoga Kingdom in Uganda	Uganda
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Performance of the Armenian epic of 'Daredevils of Sassoun' or 'David of Sassoun'	Armenia
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Strategy for training coming generations of Fujian puppetry practitioners	China
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Folk long song performance technique of Limbe performances - circular breathing	Mongolia
Yaokwa, the Enawene Nawe people's ritual for the maintenance of social and cosmic order	Brazil
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ceremonial Keşkek tradition	Turkey
Jultagi, tightrope walking	Republic of Korea
Pilgrimage to the sanctuary of the Lord of Qoyllurit’i	Peru
Sada Shin Noh, sacred dancing at Sada shrine, Shimane	Japan
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Al-Bar’ah, music and dance of Oman Dhofari valleys	Oman
Chhau dance	India
Gagok, lyric song cycles accompanied by an orchestra	Republic of Korea
Kırkpınar oil wrestling festival	Turkey
Kumiodori, traditional Okinawan musical theatre	Japan
Mongolian traditional art of Khöömei	Mongolia
Sutartinės, Lithuanian multipart songs	Lithuania
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Traditional music of the Tsuur	Mongolia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Farmers’ dance of China’s Korean ethnic group	China
Gagaku	Japan
Hayachine Kagura	Japan
Ijele masquerade	Nigeria
Mongolian art of singing, Khoomei	China
Namsadang Nori	Republic of Korea
Nanyin	China
Radif of Iranian music	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Ritual ceremony of the Voladores	Mexico
Traditional manufacturing of children’s wooden toys in Hrvatsko Zagorje	Croatia
Two-part singing and playing in the Istrian scale	Croatia
Yeongsanjae	Republic of Korea
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ahellil of Gourara	Algeria
Carnival of Oruro	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Duduk and its music	Armenia
Fujara and its music	Slovakia
Kabuki theatre	Japan
Kun Qu opera	China
Mevlevi Sema ceremony	Turkey
Uyghur Muqam of Xinjiang	China