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 : 7 elements corresponding to 4 countries

2016¹ – 2014¹ – 2013¹ – 2010¹ – 2009³

2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Living culture of three writing systems of the Georgian alphabet	Georgia
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Washi, craftsmanship of traditional Japanese hand-made paper	Japan
2013
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Mongolian calligraphy	Mongolia
2010
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Wooden movable-type printing of China	China
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Art of Chinese seal engraving	China
Chinese calligraphy	China
Traditional handicrafts of making Xuan paper	China