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.

Full text search: The system will search the exact expression entered (i.e. ‘sustainable development’), except if you separate the terms by a comma so that the motor search one or the other expression or the two (i.e. ‘foodways, culinary practices’).

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Results : 8 elements corresponding to 11 countries

2015¹ – 2011¹ – 2010³ – 2009¹ – 2008²

2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Tugging rituals and games	Cambodia – Philippines – Republic of Korea – Viet Nam
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Saman dance	Indonesia
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine	China
Mongolian traditional art of Khöömei	Mongolia
Pirekua, traditional song of the P’urhépecha	Mexico
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Mongolian art of singing, Khoomei	China
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Kihnu cultural space	Estonia
Oral heritage and cultural manifestations of the Zápara people	Ecuador – Peru