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 : 37 elements corresponding to 33 countries

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2018
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Blaudruck/Modrotisk/Kékfestés/Modrotlač, resist block printing and indigo dyeing in Europe	Austria – Czechia – Germany – Hungary – Slovakia
Traditional spring festive rites of the Kazakh horse breeders	Kazakhstan
2017
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Artisanal processes and plant fibers techniques for talcos, crinejas and pintas weaving of the pinta’o hat	Panama
Cultural practices associated to the 1st of March	Bulgaria – North Macedonia – Republic of Moldova – Romania
Traditional art of Shital Pati weaving of Sylhet	Bangladesh
Zaouli, popular music and dance of the Guro communities in Côte d’Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Margilan Crafts Development Centre, safeguarding of the atlas and adras making traditional technologies	Uzbekistan
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional wall-carpet craftsmanship in Romania and the Republic of Moldova	Republic of Moldova – Romania
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Regional Centres for Craftsmanship: a strategy for safeguarding the cultural heritage of traditional handicraft	Austria
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional knowledge and technologies relating to the growing and processing of the curagua	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
The tradition of carpet-making in Chiprovtsi	Bulgaria
Traditional art and symbolism of Kelaghayi, making and wearing women’s silk headscarves	Azerbaijan
Ví and Giặm folk songs of Nghệ Tĩnh	Viet Nam
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Knowledge, skills and rituals related to the annual renewal of the Q’eswachaka bridge	Peru
Shrimp fishing on horseback in Oostduinkerke	Belgium
Traditional art of Jamdani weaving	Bangladesh
2012
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Noken multifunctional knotted or woven bag, handcraft of the people of Papua	Indonesia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Rites and craftsmanship associated with the wedding costume tradition of Tlemcen	Algeria
Traditional weaving of the Ecuadorian toquilla straw hat	Ecuador
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Xtaxkgakget Makgkaxtlawana: the Centre for Indigenous Arts and its contribution to safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage of the Totonac people of Veracruz, Mexico	Mexico
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Al Sadu, traditional weaving skills in the United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Weaving of Mosi (fine ramie) in the Hansan region	Republic of Korea
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional art of Azerbaijani carpet weaving in the Republic of Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan
Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Fars	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Kashan	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Yuki-tsumugi, silk fabric production technique	Japan
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Suiti cultural space	Latvia
Traditional Li textile techniques: spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidering	China
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Aubusson tapestry	France
Craftsmanship of Nanjing Yunjin brocade	China
Indonesian Batik	Indonesia
Lacemaking in Croatia	Croatia
Ojiya-chijimi, Echigo-jofu: techniques of making ramie fabric in Uonuma region, Niigata Prefecture	Japan
Sericulture and silk craftsmanship of China	China
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Andean cosmovision of the Kallawaya	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Kihnu cultural space	Estonia
Taquile and its textile art	Peru