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 : 41 elements corresponding to 27 countries

2018¹ – 2017³ – 2016³ – 2015² – 2014⁵ – 2013³ – 2012¹ – 2011³ – 2010³ – 2009¹¹ – 2008⁶

2018
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Enkipaata, Eunoto and Olng'esherr, three male rites of passage of the Maasai community	Kenya
2017
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Mongolian traditional practices of worshipping the sacred sites	Mongolia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ritual journeys in La Paz during Alasita	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Zaouli, popular music and dance of the Guro communities in Côte d’Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Culture of Jeju Haenyeo (women divers)	Republic of Korea
Khidr Elias feast and its vows	Iraq
Practices related to the Viet beliefs in the Mother Goddesses of Three Realms	Viet Nam
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Fichee-Chambalaalla, New Year festival of the Sidama people	Ethiopia
Tugging rituals and games	Cambodia – Philippines – Republic of Korea – Viet Nam
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Coming forth of the masks and puppets in Markala	Mali
Festivity of Virgen de la Candelaria of Puno	Peru
Practices and expressions of joking relationships in Niger	Niger
Slava, celebration of family saint patron’s day	Serbia
Tchopa, sacrificial dance of the Lhomwe people of southern Malawi	Malawi
2013
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Nan Pa’ch ceremony	Guatemala
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Celebrations of big shoulder-borne processional structures	Italy
Knowledge, skills and rituals related to the annual renewal of the Q’eswachaka bridge	Peru
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Worship of Hùng kings in Phú Thọ	Viet Nam
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
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
Jultagi, tightrope walking	Republic of Korea
Ride of the Kings in the south-east of the Czech Republic	Czechia
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Gióng festival of Phù Ðông and Sóc temples	Viet Nam
Shrovetide door-to-door processions and masks in the villages of the Hlinecko area	Czechia
Wayuu normative system, applied by the Pütchipü’üi (palabrero)	Colombia
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Qiang New Year festival	China
Sanké mon, collective fishing rite of the Sanké	Mali
Traditional design and practices for building Chinese wooden arch bridges	China
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Dragon Boat festival	China
Farmers’ dance of China’s Korean ethnic group	China
Jeju Chilmeoridang Yeongdeunggut	Republic of Korea
Mazu belief and customs	China
Nestinarstvo, messages from the past: the Panagyr of Saints Constantine and Helena in the village of Bulgari	Bulgaria
Oku-noto no Aenokoto	Japan
Ramman, religious festival and ritual theatre of the Garhwal Himalayas, India	India
Yeongsanjae	Republic of Korea
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Cross-crafting and its symbolism	Lithuania
Indigenous festivity dedicated to the dead	Mexico
Mak Yong theatre	Malaysia
Royal ancestral ritual in the Jongmyo shrine and its music	Republic of Korea
Space of gong culture	Viet Nam
Tradition of Vedic chanting	India