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 : 39 elements corresponding to 25 countries

2018³ – 2017² – 2016¹ – 2015² – 2014¹ – 2013² – 2012¹ – 2011³ – 2010⁵ – 2009⁶ – 2008¹³

2018
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Lkhon Khol Wat Svay Andet	Cambodia
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
Singing to the accompaniment of the Gusle	Serbia
2017
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)
Chogān, a horse-riding game accompanied by music and storytelling	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Kuresi in Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Epic art of Gorogly	Turkmenistan
Three genres of traditional dance in Bali	Indonesia
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ritual dance of the royal drum	Burundi
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Kyrgyz epic trilogy: Manas, Semetey, Seytek	Kyrgyzstan
Men’s group Colindat, Christmas-time ritual	Republic of Moldova – Romania
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Performance of the Armenian epic of 'Daredevils of Sassoun' or 'David of Sassoun'	Armenia
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Hezhen Yimakan storytelling	China
Moorish epic T’heydinn	Mauritania
Naqqāli, Iranian dramatic story-telling	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Chhau dance	India
Mongolian traditional art of Khöömei	Mongolia
Music of the Bakhshis of Khorasan	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Pahlevani and Zoorkhanei rituals	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Ritual dramatic art of Ta‘zīye	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Mongol Tuuli, Mongolian epic	Mongolia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Daimokutate	Japan
Gesar epic tradition	China
Manas	China
Ramman, religious festival and ritual theatre of the Garhwal Himalayas, India	India
Yueju opera	China
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
Cultural space of Boysun District	Uzbekistan
Cultural space of Sosso-Bala	Guinea
Darangen epic of the Maranao people of Lake Lanao	Philippines
Hudhud chants of the Ifugao	Philippines
Olonkho, Yakut heroic epos	Russian Federation
Opera dei Pupi, Sicilian puppet theatre	Italy
Pansori epic chant	Republic of Korea
Ramlila, the traditional performance of the Ramayana	India
Sbek Thom, Khmer shadow theatre	Cambodia
Wayang puppet theatre	Indonesia