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 31 countries

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2018
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Lum medicinal bathing of Sowa Rigpa, knowledge and practices concerning life, health and illness prevention and treatment among the Tibetan people in China	China
Mooba dance of the Lenje ethnic group of Central Province of Zambia	Zambia
Picking of iva grass on Ozren mountain	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
The Twenty-Four Solar Terms, knowledge in China of time and practices developed through observation of the sun’s annual motion	China
Yoga	India
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
Male-child cleansing ceremony of the Lango of central northern Uganda	Uganda
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
Argan, practices and know-how concerning the argan tree	Morocco
Know-how of cultivating mastic on the island of Chios	Greece
Lavash, the preparation, meaning and appearance of traditional bread as an expression of culture in Armenia	Armenia
Smoke sauna tradition in Võromaa	Estonia
Tchopa, sacrificial dance of the Lhomwe people of southern Malawi	Malawi
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Practices and knowledge linked to the Imzad of the Tuareg communities of Algeria, Mali and Niger	Algeria – Mali – Niger
2012
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Earthenware pottery-making skills in Botswana’s Kgatleng District	Botswana
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Mesir Macunu festival	Turkey
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
Eshuva, Harákmbut sung prayers of Peru’s Huachipaire people	Peru
Secret society of the Kôrêdugaw, the rite of wisdom in Mali	Mali
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine	China
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Traditions and practices associated with the Kayas in the sacred forests of the Mijikenda	Kenya
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Festivity of Saint Blaise, the patron of Dubrovnik	Croatia
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Andean cosmovision of the Kallawaya	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Barkcloth making in Uganda	Uganda
Căluş ritual	Romania
Cultural space of Jemaa el-Fna Square	Morocco
Cultural space of Palenque de San Basilio	Colombia
Cultural space of the Bedu in Petra and Wadi Rum	Jordan
Georgian polyphonic singing	Georgia
Kankurang, Manding initiatory rite	Gambia – Senegal
Mak Yong theatre	Malaysia
Maroon heritage of Moore Town	Jamaica
Oral heritage and cultural manifestations of the Zápara people	Ecuador – Peru
Vimbuza healing dance	Malawi