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 : 34 elements corresponding to 24 countries

2018¹ – 2017² – 2016² – 2015² – 2014³ – 2013² – 2012⁴ – 2011⁵ – 2010¹ – 2009¹⁰ – 2008²

2018
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Traditional hand puppetry	Egypt
2017
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Colombian-Venezuelan llano work songs	Colombia – Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Konjic woodcarving	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Beer culture in Belgium	Belgium
Music and dance of the merengue in the Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic
2015
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Traditional Vallenato music of the Greater Magdalena region	Colombia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Tradition of kimchi-making in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
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
Al-Zajal, recited or sung poetry	Lebanon
Askiya, the art of wit	Uzbekistan
2013
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Chovqan, a traditional Karabakh horse-riding game in the Republic of Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Art of Đờn ca tài tử music and song in southern Viet Nam	Viet Nam
2012
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Ala-kiyiz and Shyrdak, art of Kyrgyz traditional felt carpets	Kyrgyzstan
Noken multifunctional knotted or woven bag, handcraft of the people of Papua	Indonesia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Klapa multipart singing of Dalmatia, southern Croatia	Croatia
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Strategy for training coming generations of Fujian puppetry practitioners	China
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Hezhen Yimakan storytelling	China
Saman dance	Indonesia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Leuven age set ritual repertoire	Belgium
Taekkyeon, a traditional Korean martial art	Republic of Korea
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Fandango's Living Museum	Brazil
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Sutartinės, Lithuanian multipart songs	Lithuania
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Chinese paper-cut	China
Doina	Romania
Hua’er	China
Indonesian Batik	Indonesia
Lacemaking in Croatia	Croatia
Seto Leelo, Seto polyphonic singing tradition	Estonia
Traditional Ainu dance	Japan
Two-part singing and playing in the Istrian scale	Croatia
Whistled language of the island of La Gomera (Canary Islands), the Silbo Gomero	Spain
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Centre for traditional culture – school museum of Pusol pedagogic project	Spain
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Canto a tenore, Sardinian pastoral songs	Italy
Georgian polyphonic singing	Georgia