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2020 nominations will be discussed by the Committee during its 15th session in December 2020

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2019
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Buklog, thanksgiving ritual system of the Subanen	Philippines
Rituals and practices associated with Kit Mikayi shrine	Kenya
Sega tambour Chagos	Mauritius
Seperu folkdance and associated practices	Botswana
Spring rite of Juraŭski Karahod	Belarus
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
'Ie Samoa, fine mat and its cultural value	Samoa
‘Hatajo de Negritos’ and ‘Hatajo de Pallitas’ from the Peruvian south-central coastline	Peru
Ak-kalpak craftsmanship, traditional knowledge and skills in making and wearing Kyrgyz men’s headwear	Kyrgyzstan
Alpinism	France – Italy – Switzerland
Armenian letter art and its cultural expressions	Armenia
Artisanal talavera of Puebla and Tlaxcala (Mexico) and ceramics of Talavera de la Reina and El Puente del Arzobispo (Spain) making process	Mexico – Spain
Byzantine chant	Cyprus – Greece
Celestinian forgiveness celebration	Italy
Cultural Complex of Bumba-meu-boi from Maranhão	Brazil
Date palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices	Bahrain – Egypt – Iraq – Jordan – Kuwait – Mauritania – Morocco – Oman – Palestine – Saudi Arabia – Sudan – Tunisia – United Arab Emirates – Yemen
Drotárstvo, wire craft and art	Slovakia
Ethiopian epiphany	Ethiopia
Gnawa	Morocco
Holy Week processions in Mendrisio	Switzerland
Irish harping	Ireland
Khorazm dance, Lazgi	Uzbekistan
Kwagh-Hir theatrical performance	Nigeria
Morna, musical practice of Cabo Verde	Cabo Verde
Music and dance of Dominican Bachata	Dominican Republic
Nuad Thai, traditional Thai massage	Thailand
Ommegang of Brussels, an annual historical procession and popular festival	Belgium
Practice of traditional music and dance in Setesdal, playing, dancing and singing (stev/stevjing)	Norway
Practices and craftsmanship associated with the Damascene rose in Al-Mrah	Syrian Arab Republic
Practices of Then by Tày, Nùng and Thái ethnic groups in Viet Nam	Viet Nam
Provision of services and hospitality during the Arba'in visitation	Iraq
Silat	Malaysia
The festival of the Santísima Trinidad del Señor Jesús del Gran Poder in the city of La Paz	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Tradition of Kosiv painted ceramics	Ukraine
Traditional skills of crafting and playing Dotār	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Traditional technique of making Airag in Khokhuur and its associated customs	Mongolia
Traditional Turkish archery	Turkey
Traditional turkmen carpet making art in Turkmenistan	Turkmenistan
Traditions of Pencak Silat	Indonesia
Transhumance, the seasonal droving of livestock along migratory routes in the Mediterranean and in the Alps	Austria – Greece – Italy
Winter festivities, Carnival of Podence	Portugal
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Biocultural programme for the safeguarding of the tradition of the Blessed Palm in Venezuela	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Safeguarding strategy of traditional crafts for peace building	Colombia
2018
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Enkipaata, Eunoto and Olng'esherr, three male rites of passage of the Maasai community	Kenya
Knowledge and skills of the water measurers of the foggaras or water bailiffs of Touat and Tidikelt	Algeria
Lkhon Khol Wat Svay Andet	Cambodia
Shadow play	Syrian Arab Republic
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
Traditional hand puppetry	Egypt
Yalli (Kochari, Tenzere), traditional group dances of Nakhchivan	Azerbaijan
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Art of dry stone walling, knowledge and techniques	Croatia – Cyprus – France – Greece – Italy – Slovenia – Spain – Switzerland
As-Samer in Jordan	Jordan
Avalanche risk management	Switzerland – Austria
Blaudruck/Modrotisk/Kékfestés/Modrotlač, resist block printing and indigo dyeing in Europe	Austria – Czechia – Germany – Hungary – Slovakia
Bobbin lacemaking in Slovenia	Slovenia
Celebration in honor of the Budslaŭ icon of Our Lady (Budslaŭ fest)	Belarus
Chakan, embroidery art in the Republic of Tajikistan	Tajikistan
Chidaoba, wrestling in Georgia	Georgia
Dondang Sayang	Malaysia
Festivity of Las Parrandas in the centre of Cuba	Cuba
Heritage of Dede Qorqud/Korkyt Ata/Dede Korkut, epic culture, folk tales and music	Azerbaijan – Kazakhstan – Turkey
Horse and camel Ardhah	Oman
Hurling	Ireland
Khon, masked dance drama in Thailand	Thailand
La Romería (the pilgrimage): ritual cycle of 'La llevada' (the carrying) of the Virgin of Zapopan	Mexico
Lum medicinal bathing of Sowa Rigpa, knowledge and practices concerning life, health and illness prevention and treatment among the Tibetan people in China	China
Međimurska popevka, a folksong from Međimurje	Croatia
Mooba dance of the Lenje ethnic group of Central Province of Zambia	Zambia
Mwinoghe, joyous dance	Malawi
Nativity scene (szopka) tradition in Krakow	Poland
Picking of iva grass on Ozren mountain	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pottery skills of the women of Sejnane	Tunisia
Raiho-shin, ritual visits of deities in masks and costumes	Japan
Reggae music of Jamaica	Jamaica
Ritual and festive expressions of the Congo culture	Panama
Rūkada Nātya, traditional string puppet drama in Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka
Singing to the accompaniment of the Gusle	Serbia
Tamboradas drum-playing rituals	Spain
The skills related to perfume in Pays de Grasse: the cultivation of perfume plants, the knowledge and processing of natural raw materials, and the art of perfume composition	France
Traditional Korean wrestling (Ssirum/Ssireum)	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – Republic of Korea
Traditional spring festive rites of the Kazakh horse breeders	Kazakhstan
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Land-of-Legends programme, for promoting and revitalizing the art of storytelling in Kronoberg Region	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
Mongolian traditional practices of worshipping the sacred sites	Mongolia
Taskiwin, martial dance of the western High Atlas	Morocco
Whistled language	Turkey
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Al-Qatt Al-Asiri, female traditional interior wall decoration in Asir, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia
Art of crafting and playing with Kamantcheh/Kamancha, a bowed string musical instrument	Azerbaijan – Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Art of Neapolitan ‘Pizzaiuolo’	Italy
Artisanal processes and plant fibers techniques for talcos, crinejas and pintas weaving of the pinta’o hat	Panama
Basel Carnival	Switzerland
Chogān, a horse-riding game accompanied by music and storytelling	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Craft of the miller operating windmills and watermills	Netherlands
Craftmanship of Estremoz clay figures	Portugal
Cultural practices associated to the 1st of March	Bulgaria – North Macedonia – Republic of Moldova – Romania
Dolma making and sharing tradition, a marker of cultural identity	Azerbaijan
Door-to-door rounds of Kurenti	Slovenia
Kazakh traditional Assyk games	Kazakhstan
Khaen music of the Lao people	Lao People's Democratic Republic
Kochari, traditional group dance	Armenia
Kok boru, traditional horse game	Kyrgyzstan
Kolo, traditional folk dance	Serbia
Konjic woodcarving	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kumbh Mela	India
Kushtdepdi rite of singing and dancing	Turkmenistan
Multipart singing of Horehronie	Slovakia
Nsima, culinary tradition of Malawi	Malawi
Organ craftsmanship and music	Germany
Pinisi, art of boatbuilding in South Sulawesi	Indonesia
Punto	Cuba
Rebetiko	Greece
Ritual journeys in La Paz during Alasita	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Sega tambour of Rodrigues Island	Mauritius
Spring celebration, Hıdrellez	North Macedonia – Turkey
The art of Bài Chòi in Central Viet Nam	Viet Nam
Traditional art of Shital Pati weaving of Sylhet	Bangladesh
Traditional system of Corongo’s water judges	Peru
Uilleann piping	Ireland
Xoan singing of Phú Thọ province, Viet Nam	Viet Nam
Zaouli, popular music and dance of the Guro communities in Côte d’Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Bulgarian Chitalishte (Community Cultural Centre): practical experience in safeguarding the vitality of the Intangible Cultural Heritage	Bulgaria
Margilan Crafts Development Centre, safeguarding of the atlas and adras making traditional technologies	Uzbekistan
2016
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Bisalhães black pottery manufacturing process	Portugal
Chapei Dang Veng	Cambodia
Cossack’s songs of Dnipropetrovsk Region	Ukraine
Ma'di bowl lyre music and dance	Uganda
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Almezmar, drumming and dancing with sticks	Saudi Arabia
Argungu international fishing and cultural festival	Nigeria
Beer culture in Belgium	Belgium
Bhojpuri folk songs in Mauritius, Geet-Gawai	Mauritius
Carnival of El Callao, a festive representation of a memory and cultural identity	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Carnival of Granville	France
Charrería, equestrian tradition in Mexico	Mexico
Culture of Jeju Haenyeo (women divers)	Republic of Korea
Falconry, a living human heritage	Germany – Saudi Arabia – Austria – Belgium – United Arab Emirates – Spain – France – Hungary – Italy – Kazakhstan – Morocco – Mongolia – Pakistan – Portugal – Qatar – Syrian Arab Republic – Republic of Korea – Czechia
Flatbread making and sharing culture: Lavash, Katyrma, Jupka, Yufka	Azerbaijan – Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan – Turkey
Gada system, an indigenous democratic socio-political system of the Oromo	Ethiopia
Idea and practice of organizing shared interests in cooperatives	Germany
Khidr Elias feast and its vows	Iraq
Kuresi in Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan
Living culture of three writing systems of the Georgian alphabet	Georgia
Mangal Shobhajatra on Pahela Baishakh	Bangladesh
Momoeria, New Year's celebration in eight villages of Kozani area, West Macedonia, Greece	Greece
Music and dance of the merengue in the Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic
Nawrouz, Novruz, Nowrouz, Nowrouz, Nawrouz, Nauryz, Nooruz, Nowruz, Navruz, Nevruz, Nowruz, Navruz	Afghanistan – Azerbaijan – India – Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Iraq – Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan – Uzbekistan – Pakistan – Tajikistan – Turkmenistan – Turkey
Oshi Palav, a traditional meal and its social and cultural contexts in Tajikistan	Tajikistan
Palov culture and tradition	Uzbekistan
Practices related to the Viet beliefs in the Mother Goddesses of Three Realms	Viet Nam
Puppetry in Slovakia and Czechia	Slovakia – Czechia
Rumba in Cuba, a festive combination of music and dances and all the practices associated	Cuba
Škofja Loka passion play	Slovenia
Tahteeb, stick game	Egypt
The Twenty-Four Solar Terms, knowledge in China of time and practices developed through observation of the sun’s annual motion	China
Traditional craftsmanship of Çini-making	Turkey
Traditional wall-carpet craftsmanship in Romania and the Republic of Moldova	Republic of Moldova – Romania
Valencia Fallas festivity	Spain
Winegrowers’ Festival in Vevey	Switzerland
Yama, Hoko, Yatai, float festivals in Japan	Japan
Yoga	India
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Community project of safeguarding the living culture of Rovinj/Rovigno: the Batana Ecomuseum	Croatia
Festival of folklore in Koprivshtitsa: a system of practices for heritage presentation and transmission	Bulgaria
Oselvar boat - reframing a traditional learning process of building and use to a modern context	Norway
Regional Centres for Craftsmanship: a strategy for safeguarding the cultural heritage of traditional handicraft	Austria
Safeguarding of the folk music heritage by the Kodály concept	Hungary
2015
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Coaxing ritual for camels	Mongolia
Glasoechko, male two-part singing in Dolni Polog	North Macedonia
Koogere oral tradition of the Basongora, Banyabindi and Batooro peoples	Uganda
Manufacture of cowbells	Portugal
Traditional Vallenato music of the Greater Magdalena region	Colombia
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
Alardah Alnajdiyah, dance, drumming and poetry in Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia
Arabic coffee, a symbol of generosity	United Arab Emirates – Saudi Arabia – Oman – Qatar
Bagpipe culture	Slovakia
Classical horsemanship and the High School of the Spanish Riding School Vienna	Austria
Copper craftsmanship of Lahij	Azerbaijan
Epic art of Gorogly	Turkmenistan
Fichee-Chambalaalla, New Year festival of the Sidama people	Ethiopia
Filete porteño in Buenos Aires, a traditional painting technique	Argentina
Lad’s dances in Romania	Romania
Majlis, a cultural and social space	United Arab Emirates – Saudi Arabia – Oman – Qatar
Marimba music, traditional chants and dances from the Colombia South Pacific region and Esmeraldas Province of Ecuador	Colombia – Ecuador
Oshituthi shomagongo, marula fruit festival	Namibia
Sbuâ, annual pilgrimage to the zawiya of Sidi El Hadj Belkacem in Gourara	Algeria
Summer solstice fire festivals in the Pyrenees	Andorra – Spain – France
Surova folk feast in Pernik region	Bulgaria
Three genres of traditional dance in Bali	Indonesia
Tinian marble craftsmanship	Greece
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)
Tugging rituals and games	Cambodia – Philippines – Republic of Korea – Viet Nam
Wititi dance of the Colca Valley	Peru
2014
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Isukuti dance of Isukha and Idakho communities of Western Kenya	Kenya
Male-child cleansing ceremony of the Lango of central northern Uganda	Uganda
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-Ayyala, a traditional performing art of the Sultanate of Oman and the United Arab Emirates	Oman – United Arab Emirates
Al-Zajal, recited or sung poetry	Lebanon
Argan, practices and know-how concerning the argan tree	Morocco
Arirang folk song in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Askiya, the art of wit	Uzbekistan
Baile Chino	Chile
Cante Alentejano, polyphonic singing from Alentejo, southern Portugal	Portugal
Capoeira circle	Brazil
Coming forth of the masks and puppets in Markala	Mali
Ebru, Turkish art of marbling	Turkey
Festivity of Virgen de la Candelaria of Puno	Peru
Gwoka: music, song, dance and cultural practice representative of Guadeloupean identity	France
Kazakh traditional art of Dombra Kuy	Kazakhstan
Know-how of cultivating mastic on the island of Chios	Greece
Kopachkata, a social dance from the village of Dramche, Pijanec	North Macedonia
Lavash, the preparation, meaning and appearance of traditional bread as an expression of culture in Armenia	Armenia
Mongolian knuckle-bone shooting	Mongolia
Nongak, community band music, dance and rituals in the Republic of Korea	Republic of Korea
Practices and expressions of joking relationships in Niger	Niger
Pujllay and Ayarichi, music and dances of the Yampara culture	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Ritual and ceremonies of Sebeïba in the oasis of Djanet, Algeria	Algeria
Ritual dance of the royal drum	Burundi
Slava, celebration of family saint patron’s day	Serbia
Smoke sauna tradition in Võromaa	Estonia
Tchopa, sacrificial dance of the Lhomwe people of southern Malawi	Malawi
The tradition of carpet-making in Chiprovtsi	Bulgaria
Traditional agricultural practice of cultivating the ‘vite ad alberello’ (head-trained bush vines) of the community of Pantelleria	Italy
Traditional art and symbolism of Kelaghayi, making and wearing women’s silk headscarves	Azerbaijan
Traditional brass and copper craft of utensil making among the Thatheras of Jandiala Guru, Punjab, India	India
Traditional knowledge and skills in making Kyrgyz and Kazakh yurts (Turkic nomadic dwellings)	Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan
Traditional Mauritian Sega	Mauritius
Ví and Giặm folk songs of Nghệ Tĩnh	Viet Nam
Washi, craftsmanship of traditional Japanese hand-made paper	Japan
Zmijanje embroidery	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Safeguarding the carillon culture: preservation, transmission, exchange and awareness-raising	Belgium
2013
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Chovqan, a traditional Karabakh horse-riding game in the Republic of Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan
Empaako tradition of the Batooro, Banyoro, Batuku, Batagwenda and Banyabindi of western Uganda	Uganda
Mongolian calligraphy	Mongolia
Nan Pa’ch ceremony	Guatemala
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ancient Georgian traditional Qvevri wine-making method	Georgia
Annual pilgrimage to the mausoleum of Sidi ‘Abd el-Qader Ben Mohammed (Sidi Cheikh)	Algeria
Art of Đờn ca tài tử music and song in southern Viet Nam	Viet Nam
Celebrations of big shoulder-borne processional structures	Italy
Chinese Zhusuan, knowledge and practices of mathematical calculation through the abacus	China
Círio de Nazaré (The Taper of Our Lady of Nazareth) in the city of Belém, Pará	Brazil
Commemoration feast of the finding of the True Holy Cross of Christ	Ethiopia
Feast of the Holy Forty Martyrs in Štip	North Macedonia
Kimjang, making and sharing kimchi in the Republic of Korea	Republic of Korea
Knowledge, skills and rituals related to the annual renewal of the Q’eswachaka bridge	Peru
Kyrgyz epic trilogy: Manas, Semetey, Seytek	Kyrgyzstan
La Parranda de San Pedro de Guarenas y Guatire	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Limousin septennial ostensions	France
Mediterranean diet	Cyprus – Croatia – Spain – Greece – Italy – Morocco – Portugal
Men’s group Colindat, Christmas-time ritual	Republic of Moldova – Romania
Music of Terchová	Slovakia
Petrykivka decorative painting as a phenomenon of the Ukrainian ornamental folk art	Ukraine
Practices and knowledge linked to the Imzad of the Tuareg communities of Algeria, Mali and Niger	Algeria – Mali – Niger
Sankirtana, ritual singing, drumming and dancing of Manipur	India
Shrimp fishing on horseback in Oostduinkerke	Belgium
Traditional art of Jamdani weaving	Bangladesh
Traditional craftsmanship of the Mongol Ger and its associated customs	Mongolia
Turkish coffee culture and tradition	Turkey
Washoku, traditional dietary cultures of the Japanese, notably for the celebration of New Year	Japan
Xooy, a divination ceremony among the Serer of Senegal	Senegal
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Methodology for inventorying intangible cultural heritage in biosphere reserves: the experience of Montseny	Spain
2012
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Ala-kiyiz and Shyrdak, art of Kyrgyz traditional felt carpets	Kyrgyzstan
Bigwala, gourd trumpet music and dance of the Busoga Kingdom in Uganda	Uganda
Earthenware pottery-making skills in Botswana’s Kgatleng District	Botswana
Noken multifunctional knotted or woven bag, handcraft of the people of Papua	Indonesia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Al ‘azi, elegy, processional march and poetry	Oman
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
Buddhist chanting of Ladakh: recitation of sacred Buddhist texts in the trans-Himalayan Ladakh region, Jammu and Kashmir, India	India
Cherry festival in Sefrou	Morocco
Craftsmanship and performance art of the Tar, a long-necked string musical instrument	Azerbaijan
Craftsmanship of Horezu ceramics	Romania
Cultural practices and expressions linked to the balafon of the Senufo communities of Mali, Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire	Mali – Burkina Faso – Côte d'Ivoire
Fest-Noz, festive gathering based on the collective practice of traditional dances of Brittany	France
Festival of Saint Francis of Assisi, Quibdó	Colombia
Fiesta of the patios in Cordova	Spain
Folk art of the Matyó, embroidery of a traditional community	Hungary
Frevo, performing arts of the Carnival of Recife	Brazil
Ichapekene Piesta, the biggest festival of San Ignacio de Moxos	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Klapa multipart singing of Dalmatia, southern Croatia	Croatia
Marches of Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse	Belgium
Mesir Macunu festival	Turkey
Nachi no Dengaku, a religious performing art held at the Nachi fire festival	Japan
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)
Rites and craftsmanship associated with the wedding costume tradition of Tlemcen	Algeria
Schemenlaufen, the carnival of Imst, Austria	Austria
Traditional violin craftsmanship in Cremona	Italy
Traditional weaving of the Ecuadorian toquilla straw hat	Ecuador
Venezuela's Dancing Devils of Corpus Christi	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Worship of Hùng kings in Phú Thọ	Viet Nam
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Strategy for training coming generations of Fujian puppetry practitioners	China
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
Eshuva, Harákmbut sung prayers of Peru’s Huachipaire people	Peru
Folk long song performance technique of Limbe performances - circular breathing	Mongolia
Hezhen Yimakan storytelling	China
Moorish epic T’heydinn	Mauritania
Naqqāli, Iranian dramatic story-telling	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Saman dance	Indonesia
Secret society of the Kôrêdugaw, the rite of wisdom in Mali	Mali
Traditional skills of building and sailing Iranian Lenj boats in the Persian Gulf	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Yaokwa, the Enawene Nawe people's ritual for the maintenance of social and cosmic order	Brazil
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Bećarac singing and playing from Eastern Croatia	Croatia
Ceremonial Keşkek tradition	Turkey
Chinese shadow puppetry	China
Equitation in the French tradition	France
Fado, urban popular song of Portugal	Portugal
Festivity of ‘la Mare de Déu de la Salut’ of Algemesí	Spain
Jultagi, tightrope walking	Republic of Korea
Leuven age set ritual repertoire	Belgium
Mariachi, string music, song and trumpet	Mexico
Mibu no Hana Taue, ritual of transplanting rice in Mibu, Hiroshima	Japan
Nijemo Kolo, silent circle dance of the Dalmatian hinterland	Croatia
Pilgrimage to the sanctuary of the Lord of Qoyllurit’i	Peru
Ride of the Kings in the south-east of the Czech Republic	Czechia
Sada Shin Noh, sacred dancing at Sada shrine, Shimane	Japan
Taekkyeon, a traditional Korean martial art	Republic of Korea
Traditional knowledge of the jaguar shamans of Yuruparí	Colombia
Tsiattista poetic duelling	Cyprus
Weaving of Mosi (fine ramie) in the Hansan region	Republic of Korea
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Call for projects of the National Programme of Intangible Heritage	Brazil
Fandango's Living Museum	Brazil
Programme of cultivating ludodiversity: safeguarding traditional games in Flanders	Belgium
Revitalization of the traditional craftsmanship of lime-making in Morón de la Frontera, Seville, Andalusia	Spain
Táncház method: a Hungarian model for the transmission of intangible cultural heritage	Hungary
2010
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Meshrep	China
Ojkanje singing	Croatia
Watertight-bulkhead technology of Chinese junks	China
Wooden movable-type printing of China	China
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine	China
Al-Bar’ah, music and dance of Oman Dhofari valleys	Oman
Armenian cross-stones art. Symbolism and craftsmanship of Khachkars	Armenia
Chant of the Sybil on Majorca	Spain
Chhau dance	India
Compagnonnage, network for on-the-job transmission of knowledge and identities	France
Craftsmanship of Alençon needle lace-making	France
Daemokjang, traditional wooden architecture	Republic of Korea
Flamenco	Spain
Gagok, lyric song cycles accompanied by an orchestra	Republic of Korea
Gastronomic meal of the French	France
Gingerbread craft from Northern Croatia	Croatia
Gióng festival of Phù Ðông and Sóc temples	Viet Nam
Hopping procession of Echternach	Luxembourg
Houtem Jaarmarkt, annual winter fair and livestock market at Sint-Lievens-Houtem	Belgium
Huaconada, ritual dance of Mito	Peru
Human towers	Spain
Indonesian Angklung	Indonesia
Kalbelia folk songs and dances of Rajasthan	India
Kırkpınar oil wrestling festival	Turkey
Krakelingen and Tonnekensbrand, end-of-winter bread and fire feast at Geraardsbergen	Belgium
Kumiodori, traditional Okinawan musical theatre	Japan
Mongolian traditional art of Khöömei	Mongolia
Mudiyettu, ritual theatre and dance drama of Kerala	India
Music of the Bakhshis of Khorasan	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Naadam, Mongolian traditional festival	Mongolia
Pahlevani and Zoorkhanei rituals	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Parachicos in the traditional January feast of Chiapa de Corzo	Mexico
Peking opera	China
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
Shrovetide door-to-door processions and masks in the villages of the Hlinecko area	Czechia
Sinjska Alka, a knights’ tournament in Sinj	Croatia
Sutartinės, Lithuanian multipart songs	Lithuania
Traditional art of Azerbaijani carpet weaving in the Republic of Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan
Traditional Mexican cuisine - ancestral, ongoing community culture, the Michoacán paradigm	Mexico
Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Fars	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Kashan	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Traditional Sohbet meetings	Turkey
Wayuu normative system, applied by the Pütchipü’üi (palabrero)	Colombia
Yuki-tsumugi, silk fabric production technique	Japan
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 Biyelgee, Mongolian traditional folk dance	Mongolia
Mongol Tuuli, Mongolian epic	Mongolia
Qiang New Year festival	China
Rite of the Kalyady Tsars (Christmas Tsars)	Belarus
Sanké mon, collective fishing rite of the Sanké	Mali
Suiti cultural space	Latvia
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
Akiu no Taue Odori	Japan
Annual carnival bell ringers’ pageant from the Kastav area	Croatia
Art of Azerbaijani Ashiq	Azerbaijan
Art of Chinese seal engraving	China
Âşıklık (minstrelsy) tradition	Turkey
Aubusson tapestry	France
Busó festivities at Mohács: masked end-of-winter carnival custom	Hungary
Candombe and its socio-cultural space: a community practice	Uruguay
Carnaval de Negros y Blancos	Colombia
Chakkirako	Japan
Cheoyongmu	Republic of Korea
China engraved block printing technique	China
Chinese calligraphy	China
Chinese paper-cut	China
Chinese traditional architectural craftsmanship for timber-framed structures	China
Craftsmanship of Nanjing Yunjin brocade	China
Daimokutate	Japan
Dainichido Bugaku	Japan
Doina	Romania
Dragon Boat festival	China
Farmers’ dance of China’s Korean ethnic group	China
Festivity of Saint Blaise, the patron of Dubrovnik	Croatia
Gagaku	Japan
Ganggangsullae	Republic of Korea
Gesar epic tradition	China
Grand song of the Dong ethnic group	China
Hayachine Kagura	Japan
Holy Week processions in Popayán	Colombia
Hua’er	China
Ijele masquerade	Nigeria
Indonesian Batik	Indonesia
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
Jeju Chilmeoridang Yeongdeunggut	Republic of Korea
Karagöz	Turkey
Katta Ashula	Uzbekistan
Lacemaking in Croatia	Croatia
Lefkara laces or Lefkaritika	Cyprus
Maloya	France
Manas	China
Manden Charter, proclaimed in Kurukan Fuga	Mali
Mazu belief and customs	China
Mongolian art of singing, Khoomei	China
Namsadang Nori	Republic of Korea
Nanyin	China
Nestinarstvo, messages from the past: the Panagyr of Saints Constantine and Helena in the village of Bulgari	Bulgaria
Ojiya-chijimi, Echigo-jofu: techniques of making ramie fabric in Uonuma region, Niigata Prefecture	Japan
Oku-noto no Aenokoto	Japan
Places of memory and living traditions of the Otomí-Chichimecas people of Tolimán: the Peña de Bernal, guardian of a sacred territory	Mexico
Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges	Belgium
Procession Za Krizen (‘following the cross’) on the island of Hvar	Croatia
Quan Họ Bắc Ninh folk songs	Viet Nam
Radif of Iranian music	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Ramman, religious festival and ritual theatre of the Garhwal Himalayas, India	India
Regong arts	China
Ritual ceremony of the Voladores	Mexico
Scribing tradition in French timber framing	France
Septennial re-roofing ceremony of the Kamablon, sacred house of Kangaba	Mali
Sericulture and silk craftsmanship of China	China
Seto Leelo, Seto polyphonic singing tradition	Estonia
Spring procession of Ljelje/Kraljice (queens) from Gorjani	Croatia
Tango	Argentina – Uruguay
Tibetan opera	China
Traditional Ainu dance	Japan
Traditional firing technology of Longquan celadon	China
Traditional handicrafts of making Xuan paper	China
Traditional manufacturing of children’s wooden toys in Hrvatsko Zagorje	Croatia
Two-part singing and playing in the Istrian scale	Croatia
Whistled language of the island of La Gomera (Canary Islands), the Silbo Gomero	Spain
Xi’an wind and percussion ensemble	China
Yeongsanjae	Republic of Korea
Yueju opera	China
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Centre for traditional culture – school museum of Pusol pedagogic project	Spain
Education and training in Indonesian Batik intangible cultural heritage for elementary, junior, senior, vocational school and polytechnic students, in collaboration with the Batik Museum in Pekalongan	Indonesia
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
Ahellil of Gourara	Algeria
Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah epic	Egypt
Albanian folk iso-polyphony	Albania
Andean cosmovision of the Kallawaya	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Art of Akyns, Kyrgyz epic tellers	Kyrgyzstan
Arts of the Meddah, public storytellers	Turkey
Azerbaijani Mugham	Azerbaijan
Baltic song and dance celebrations	Estonia – Latvia – Lithuania
Barkcloth making in Uganda	Uganda
Baul songs	Bangladesh
Bistritsa Babi, archaic polyphony, dances and rituals from the Shoplouk region	Bulgaria
Căluş ritual	Romania
Canto a tenore, Sardinian pastoral songs	Italy
Carnival of Barranquilla	Colombia
Carnival of Binche	Belgium
Carnival of Oruro	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Chopi Timbila	Mozambique
Cocolo dance drama tradition	Dominican Republic
Cross-crafting and its symbolism	Lithuania
Cultural space and oral culture of the Semeiskie	Russian Federation
Cultural space of Boysun District	Uzbekistan
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
Cultural space of the Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of the Congos of Villa Mella	Dominican Republic
Cultural space of the Yaaral and Degal	Mali
Darangen epic of the Maranao people of Lake Lanao	Philippines
Duduk and its music	Armenia
El Güegüense	Nicaragua
Fujara and its music	Slovakia
Gangneung Danoje festival	Republic of Korea
Gbofe of Afounkaha, the music of the transverse trumps of the Tagbana community	Côte d'Ivoire
Georgian polyphonic singing	Georgia
Gule Wamkulu	Malawi – Mozambique – Zambia
Guqin and its music	China
Hudhud chants of the Ifugao	Philippines
Ifa divination system	Nigeria
Indigenous festivity dedicated to the dead	Mexico
Indonesian Kris	Indonesia
Iraqi Maqam	Iraq
Kabuki theatre	Japan
Kankurang, Manding initiatory rite	Gambia – Senegal
Kihnu cultural space	Estonia
Kun Qu opera	China
Kutiyattam, Sanskrit theatre	India
La Tumba Francesa	Cuba
Lakalaka, dances and sung speeches of Tonga	Tonga
Language, dance and music of the Garifuna	Belize – Guatemala – Honduras – Nicaragua
Mak Yong theatre	Malaysia
Makishi masquerade	Zambia
Maroon heritage of Moore Town	Jamaica
Mask dance of the drums from Drametse	Bhutan
Mbende Jerusarema dance	Zimbabwe
Mevlevi Sema ceremony	Turkey
Moussem of Tan-Tan	Morocco
Mystery play of Elche	Spain
Nha Nhac, Vietnamese court music	Viet Nam
Ningyo Johruri Bunraku puppet theatre	Japan
Nôgaku theatre	Japan
Olonkho, Yakut heroic epos	Russian Federation
Opera dei Pupi, Sicilian puppet theatre	Italy
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
Oxherding and oxcart traditions in Costa Rica	Costa Rica
Palestinian Hikaye	Palestine
Pansori epic chant	Republic of Korea
Patum of Berga	Spain
Polyphonic singing of the Aka Pygmies of Central Africa	Central African Republic
Processional giants and dragons in Belgium and France	Belgium – France
Rabinal Achí dance drama tradition	Guatemala
Ramlila, the traditional performance of the Ramayana	India
Royal ancestral ritual in the Jongmyo shrine and its music	Republic of Korea
Royal ballet of Cambodia	Cambodia
Samba de Roda of the Recôncavo of Bahia	Brazil
Sbek Thom, Khmer shadow theatre	Cambodia
Shashmaqom music	Uzbekistan – Tajikistan
Slovácko Verbuňk, recruit dances	Czechia
Song of Sana’a	Yemen
Space of gong culture	Viet Nam
Taquile and its textile art	Peru
Tradition of Vedic chanting	India
Traditional music of the Morin Khuur	Mongolia
Urtiin Duu, traditional folk long song	China – Mongolia
Uyghur Muqam of Xinjiang	China
Vanuatu sand drawings	Vanuatu
Vimbuza healing dance	Malawi
Wayang puppet theatre	Indonesia
Woodcrafting knowledge of the Zafimaniry	Madagascar