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 : 19 elements corresponding to 15 countries

2018¹ – 2016¹ – 2015² – 2013¹ – 2012¹ – 2011¹ – 2010² – 2009⁸ – 2008²

2018
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Suri Jagek (observing the sun), traditional meteorological and astronomical practice based on the observation of the sun, moon and stars in reference to the local topography	Pakistan
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
The Twenty-Four Solar Terms, knowledge in China of time and practices developed through observation of the sun’s annual motion	China
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Fichee-Chambalaalla, New Year festival of the Sidama people	Ethiopia
Summer solstice fire festivals in the Pyrenees	Andorra – Spain – France
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Chinese Zhusuan, knowledge and practices of mathematical calculation through the abacus	China
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Qālišuyān rituals of Mašhad-e Ardehāl in Kāšān	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2011
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional knowledge of the jaguar shamans of Yuruparí	Colombia
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine	China
Sutartinės, Lithuanian multipart songs	Lithuania
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Qiang New Year festival	China
Rite of the Kalyady Tsars (Christmas Tsars)	Belarus
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Chinese traditional architectural craftsmanship for timber-framed structures	China
Dragon Boat festival	China
Jeju Chilmeoridang Yeongdeunggut	Republic of Korea
Mazu belief and customs	China
Places of memory and living traditions of the Otomí-Chichimecas people of Tolimán: the Peña de Bernal, guardian of a sacred territory	Mexico
Seto Leelo, Seto polyphonic singing tradition	Estonia
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Moussem of Tan-Tan	Morocco
Taquile and its textile art	Peru