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 22 countries

2018¹ – 2017¹ – 2016² – 2014³ – 2013¹ – 2012² – 2011¹ – 2010¹ – 2009⁴ – 2008³

2018
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Nativity scene (szopka) tradition in Krakow	Poland
2017
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Organ craftsmanship and music	Germany
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional craftsmanship of Çini-making	Turkey
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Festival of folklore in Koprivshtitsa: a system of practices for heritage presentation and transmission	Bulgaria
2014
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Mapoyo oral tradition and its symbolic reference points within their ancestral territory	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Smoke sauna tradition in Võromaa	Estonia
Traditional knowledge and skills in making Kyrgyz and Kazakh yurts (Turkic nomadic dwellings)	Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional craftsmanship of the Mongol Ger and its associated customs	Mongolia
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Fiesta of the patios in Cordova	Spain
Folk art of the Matyó, embroidery of a traditional community	Hungary
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
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Daemokjang, traditional wooden architecture	Republic of Korea
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Chinese traditional architectural craftsmanship for timber-framed structures	China
Regong arts	China
Scribing tradition in French timber framing	France
Septennial re-roofing ceremony of the Kamablon, sacred house of Kangaba	Mali
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Cultural space and oral culture of the Semeiskie	Russian Federation
Language, dance and music of the Garifuna	Belize – Guatemala – Honduras – Nicaragua
Woodcrafting knowledge of the Zafimaniry	Madagascar