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 7 countries

2016¹ – 2015¹ – 2013¹ – 2012¹ – 2009³

2016
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Community project of safeguarding the living culture of Rovinj/Rovigno: the Batana Ecomuseum	Croatia
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Marimba music, traditional chants and dances from the Colombia South Pacific region and Esmeraldas Province of Ecuador	Colombia – Ecuador
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Círio de Nazaré (The Taper of Our Lady of Nazareth) in the city of Belém, Pará	Brazil
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Festival of Saint Francis of Assisi, Quibdó	Colombia
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Busó festivities at Mohács: masked end-of-winter carnival custom	Hungary
Dragon Boat festival	China
Jeju Chilmeoridang Yeongdeunggut	Republic of Korea