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 : 19 elements corresponding to 12 countries

2017¹ – 2016¹ – 2015¹ – 2014¹ – 2013¹ – 2012² – 2010¹ – 2009¹⁰ – 2008¹

2017
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Artisanal processes and plant fibers techniques for talcos, crinejas and pintas weaving of the pinta’o hat	Panama
2016
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Regional Centres for Craftsmanship: a strategy for safeguarding the cultural heritage of traditional handicraft	Austria
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Classical horsemanship and the High School of the Spanish Riding School Vienna	Austria
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ví and Giặm folk songs of Nghệ Tĩnh	Viet Nam
2013
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Chovqan, a traditional Karabakh horse-riding game in the Republic of Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Rites and craftsmanship associated with the wedding costume tradition of Tlemcen	Algeria
Traditional weaving of the Ecuadorian toquilla straw hat	Ecuador
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Naadam, Mongolian traditional festival	Mongolia
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Annual carnival bell ringers’ pageant from the Kastav area	Croatia
Cheoyongmu	Republic of Korea
Dainichido Bugaku	Japan
Farmers’ dance of China’s Korean ethnic group	China
Gesar epic tradition	China
Hayachine Kagura	Japan
Lacemaking in Croatia	Croatia
Quan Họ Bắc Ninh folk songs	Viet Nam
Spring procession of Ljelje/Kraljice (queens) from Gorjani	Croatia
Yeongsanjae	Republic of Korea
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Taquile and its textile art	Peru