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.
2016 | |||
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Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Almezmar, drumming and dancing with sticks | Saudi Arabia |    | |
2011 | |||
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding | |||
| Naqqāli, Iranian dramatic story-telling | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | | |
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Ceremonial Keşkek tradition | Turkey | | |
| Jultagi, tightrope walking | Republic of Korea | | |
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices | |||
| Fandango's Living Museum | Brazil | | |
| Programme of cultivating ludodiversity: safeguarding traditional games in Flanders | Belgium | | |
2010 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Kırkpınar oil wrestling festival | Turkey | | |
2009 | |||
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding | |||
| Ca trù singing | Viet Nam | | |
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Hua’er | China | | |
| Namsadang Nori | Republic of Korea | | |
| Yueju opera | China | | |
2008 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Cultural space of Jemaa el-Fna Square | Morocco | | |
| Mak Yong theatre | Malaysia | | |