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.

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Results : 129 elements corresponding to 75 countries

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2018
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Lkhon Khol Wat Svay Andet	Cambodia
Suri Jagek (observing the sun), traditional meteorological and astronomical practice based on the observation of the sun, moon and stars in reference to the local topography	Pakistan
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Heritage of Dede Qorqud/Korkyt Ata/Dede Korkut, epic culture, folk tales and music	Azerbaijan – Kazakhstan – Turkey
Međimurska popevka, a folksong from Međimurje	Croatia
Ritual and festive expressions of the Congo culture	Panama
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Land-of-Legends programme, for promoting and revitalizing the art of storytelling in Kronoberg Region (South-Sweden)	Sweden
2017
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Al Azi, art of performing praise, pride and fortitude poetry	United Arab Emirates
Colombian-Venezuelan llano work songs	Colombia – Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Dikopelo folk music of Bakgatla ba Kgafela in Kgatleng District	Botswana
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Art of crafting and playing with Kamantcheh/Kamancha, a bowed string musical instrument	Azerbaijan – Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Kumbh Mela	India
Kushtdepdi rite of singing and dancing	Turkmenistan
Punto	Cuba
Rebetiko	Greece
The art of Bài Chòi in Central Viet Nam	Viet Nam
Zaouli, popular music and dance of the Guro communities in Côte d’Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire
2016
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Chapei Dang Veng	Cambodia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Gada system, an indigenous democratic socio-political system of the Oromo	Ethiopia
Practices related to the Viet beliefs in the Mother Goddesses of Three Realms	Viet Nam
Yoga	India
2015
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Glasoechko, male two-part singing in Dolni Polog	North Macedonia
Koogere oral tradition of the Basongora, Banyabindi and Batooro peoples	Uganda
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Aitysh/Aitys, art of improvisation	Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan
Al-Razfa, a traditional performing art	United Arab Emirates – Oman
Epic art of Gorogly	Turkmenistan
Fichee-Chambalaalla, New Year festival of the Sidama people	Ethiopia
Majlis, a cultural and social space	United Arab Emirates – Saudi Arabia – Oman – Qatar
Sbuâ, annual pilgrimage to the zawiya of Sidi El Hadj Belkacem in Gourara	Algeria
Tradition of kimchi-making in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Traditional knowledge and technologies relating to the growing and processing of the curagua	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
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
Arirang folk song in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Askiya, the art of wit	Uzbekistan
Ebru, Turkish art of marbling	Turkey
Know-how of cultivating mastic on the island of Chios	Greece
Traditional knowledge and skills in making Kyrgyz and Kazakh yurts (Turkic nomadic dwellings)	Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan
Traditional Mauritian Sega	Mauritius
Zmijanje embroidery	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2013
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Nan Pa’ch ceremony	Guatemala
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Art of Đờn ca tài tử music and song in southern Viet Nam	Viet Nam
Chinese Zhusuan, knowledge and practices of mathematical calculation through the abacus	China
La Parranda de San Pedro de Guarenas y Guatire	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Music of Terchová	Slovakia
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
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
Al-Taghrooda, traditional Bedouin chanted poetry in the United Arab Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman	United Arab Emirates – Oman
Arirang, lyrical folk song in the Republic of Korea	Republic of Korea
Craftsmanship and performance art of the Tar, a long-necked string musical instrument	Azerbaijan
Klapa multipart singing of Dalmatia, southern Croatia	Croatia
Marches of Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse	Belgium
Performance of the Armenian epic of 'Daredevils of Sassoun' or 'David of Sassoun'	Armenia
Qālišuyān rituals of Mašhad-e Ardehāl in Kāšān	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Eshuva, Harákmbut sung prayers of Peru’s Huachipaire people	Peru
Hezhen Yimakan storytelling	China
Moorish epic T’heydinn	Mauritania
Saman dance	Indonesia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Chinese shadow puppetry	China
Traditional knowledge of the jaguar shamans of Yuruparí	Colombia
Tsiattista poetic duelling	Cyprus
2010
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Ojkanje singing	Croatia
Wooden movable-type printing of China	China
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Craftsmanship of Alençon needle lace-making	France
Gastronomic meal of the French	France
Indonesian Angklung	Indonesia
Kalbelia folk songs and dances of Rajasthan	India
Mongolian traditional art of Khöömei	Mongolia
Music of the Bakhshis of Khorasan	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Naadam, Mongolian traditional festival	Mongolia
Pirekua, traditional song of the P’urhépecha	Mexico
Ritual dramatic art of Ta‘zīye	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Scissors dance	Peru
Semah, Alevi-Bektaşi ritual	Turkey
Traditional art of Azerbaijani carpet weaving in the Republic of Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan
Wayuu normative system, applied by the Pütchipü’üi (palabrero)	Colombia
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Ca trù singing	Viet Nam
Cantu in paghjella, a secular and liturgical oral tradition of Corsica	France
Mongol Tuuli, Mongolian epic	Mongolia
Traditional design and practices for building Chinese wooden arch bridges	China
Traditional Li textile techniques: spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidering	China
Traditional music of the Tsuur	Mongolia
Traditions and practices associated with the Kayas in the sacred forests of the Mijikenda	Kenya
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Âşıklık (minstrelsy) tradition	Turkey
Chakkirako	Japan
Chinese traditional architectural craftsmanship for timber-framed structures	China
Dainichido Bugaku	Japan
Doina	Romania
Gesar epic tradition	China
Grand song of the Dong ethnic group	China
Hua’er	China
Irrigators’ tribunals of the Spanish Mediterranean coast: the Council of Wise Men of the plain of Murcia and the Water Tribunal of the plain of Valencia	Spain
Manden Charter, proclaimed in Kurukan Fuga	Mali
Mongolian art of singing, Khoomei	China
Radif of Iranian music	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Ramman, religious festival and ritual theatre of the Garhwal Himalayas, India	India
Septennial re-roofing ceremony of the Kamablon, sacred house of Kangaba	Mali
Traditional handicrafts of making Xuan paper	China
Xi’an wind and percussion ensemble	China
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage of Aymara communities in Bolivia, Chile and Peru	Bolivia (Plurinational State of) – Chile – Peru
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah epic	Egypt
Art of Akyns, Kyrgyz epic tellers	Kyrgyzstan
Arts of the Meddah, public storytellers	Turkey
Azerbaijani Mugham	Azerbaijan
Baul songs	Bangladesh
Cultural space of Jemaa el-Fna Square	Morocco
Cultural space of Palenque de San Basilio	Colombia
Cultural space of Sosso-Bala	Guinea
Cultural space of the Bedu in Petra and Wadi Rum	Jordan
Gbofe of Afounkaha, the music of the transverse trumps of the Tagbana community	Côte d'Ivoire
Hudhud chants of the Ifugao	Philippines
Ifa divination system	Nigeria
Kihnu cultural space	Estonia
Language, dance and music of the Garifuna	Belize – Guatemala – Honduras – Nicaragua
Mak Yong theatre	Malaysia
Maroon heritage of Moore Town	Jamaica
Oral and graphic expressions of the Wajapi	Brazil
Oral heritage and cultural manifestations of the Zápara people	Ecuador – Peru
Oral heritage of Gelede	Benin – Nigeria – Togo
Palestinian Hikaye	Palestine
Pansori epic chant	Republic of Korea
Polyphonic singing of the Aka Pygmies of Central Africa	Central African Republic
Shashmaqom music	Uzbekistan – Tajikistan
Taquile and its textile art	Peru
Tradition of Vedic chanting	India
Traditional music of the Morin Khuur	Mongolia
Vanuatu sand drawings	Vanuatu
Wayang puppet theatre	Indonesia
Woodcrafting knowledge of the Zafimaniry	Madagascar