India and the 2003 Convention

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New inscriptions to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

1 December 2016

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) - Sixteen new elements have been added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage following the decisions adopted by the ›››

Indian Minister of Textiles shares views on Crafts, ICH and sustainable development

2 September 2016

Training workshop on the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage - Moving towards an ICH Inventory for a State of Goa

27 April 2015

Periodic reporting

On the implementation of the Convention

15/12/2011 (submitted in 2013)
15/12/2017 (submitted on time)
15/12/2024

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Ratification of the Convention on

9 September 2005

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Listing of ICH

Sankirtana, ritual singing, drumming and dancing of Manipur (2012, RL)

13 elements inscribed

2017: Kumbh Mela (RL)
2016: Nawrouz, Novruz, Nowrouz, Nowrouz, Nawrouz, Nauryz, Nooruz, Nowruz, Navruz, Nevruz, Nowruz, Navruz (RL)
2016: Yoga (RL)
2014: Traditional brass and copper craft of utensil making among the Thatheras of Jandiala Guru, Punjab, India (RL)
2013: Sankirtana, ritual singing, drumming and dancing of Manipur (RL)
2012: Buddhist chanting of Ladakh: recitation of sacred Buddhist texts in the trans-Himalayan Ladakh region, Jammu and Kashmir, India (RL)
2010: Chhau dance (RL)
2010: Kalbelia folk songs and dances of Rajasthan (RL)
2010: Mudiyettu, ritual theatre and dance drama of Kerala (RL)
2009: Ramman, religious festival and ritual theatre of the Garhwal Himalayas, India (RL)
2008: Kutiyattam, Sanskrit theatre (RL)
2008: Tradition of Vedic chanting (RL)
2008: Ramlila, the traditional performance of the Ramayana (RL)

On-going nomination(s)

2021: Durga Puja in Kolkata (RL)

Backlog nomination(s)

2012: Qawwali (RL)
2012: Nautanki (RL)
2012: Practice of turban tying in Rajasthan (RL)
2012: Jangam Gāyan (RL)
2012: Gaddi Jatar (RL)
2012: Ranmāle (RL)
2012: Chettikulangara Kumbha Bharani Kettukazhcha (RL)
2012: Kalamkari Paintings (RL)
2012: Chaar Bayt, a Muslim tradition in lyrical oral poetry, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, India (RL)
2012: Kolam, ritualistic threshold drawings and designs of Tamil Nadu, India (RL)
2012: Music and knowledge of the Veena stringed instrument (RL)
2010: Dashavatar: traditional folk theatre form, Maharashtra and Goa, India (RL)
2010: The festival of Salhesh, Bihar, India (RL)
2010: Phad: scroll paintings and their narration, Rajasthan, India (RL)
2010: Patola: double ikat silk textiles of Patan, Gujarat, India (RL)
2010: Nacha: folk theatre, Chhattisgarh, India (RL)
2010: Hingan: votive terracotta painted plaque of Molela, Rajasthan, India (RL)
2010: Sankheda nu lakh kam: lacquered turned wood furniture of Sankheda, Gujarat, India (RL)
2010: Rathwa ni Gher: tribal dance of Rathwas, Gujarat, India (RL)
2010: Sattriya music, dance and theatre (RL)
2010: Shadow puppet theatre traditions (RL)
2010: Lama dances of Sikkim: Buddhist monastic dances, Sikkim, India (RL)