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.

Full text search: The system will search the exact expression entered (i.e. ‘sustainable development’), except if you separate the terms by a comma so that the motor search one or the other expression or the two (i.e. ‘foodways, culinary practices’).

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Results : 14 elements corresponding to 19 countries

2018¹ – 2016¹ – 2015¹ – 2014¹ – 2013¹ – 2012³ – 2011² – 2010³ – 2009¹

2018
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Blaudruck/Modrotisk/Kékfestés/Modrotlač, resist block printing and indigo dyeing in Europe	Austria – Czechia – Germany – Hungary – Slovakia
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional wall-carpet craftsmanship in Romania and the Republic of Moldova	Republic of Moldova – Romania
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional knowledge and technologies relating to the growing and processing of the curagua	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
The tradition of carpet-making in Chiprovtsi	Bulgaria
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional art of Jamdani weaving	Bangladesh
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
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
Al Sadu, traditional weaving skills in the United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Weaving of Mosi (fine ramie) in the Hansan region	Republic of Korea
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional art of Azerbaijani carpet weaving in the Republic of Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan
Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Fars	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Yuki-tsumugi, silk fabric production technique	Japan
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Traditional Li textile techniques: spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidering	China