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 : 92 elements corresponding to 62 countries

2017³ – 2016²¹ – 2015¹⁷ – 2014¹⁷ – 2013⁹ – 2012³ – 2011¹⁰ – 2010⁹ – 2009³

2017
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Dolma making and sharing tradition, a marker of cultural identity	Azerbaijan
Pinisi, art of boatbuilding in South Sulawesi	Indonesia
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
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
Carnival of El Callao, a festive representation of a memory and cultural identity	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
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
Idea and practice of organizing shared interests in cooperatives	Germany
Music and dance of the merengue in the Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic
Oshi Palav, a traditional meal and its social and cultural contexts in Tajikistan	Tajikistan
Palov culture and tradition	Uzbekistan
Puppetry in Slovakia and Czechia	Slovakia – Czechia
Škofja Loka passion play	Slovenia
Traditional craftsmanship of Çini-making	Turkey
Yoga	India
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
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
2015
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Coaxing ritual for camels	Mongolia
Glasoechko, male two-part singing in Dolni Polog	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Koogere oral tradition of the Basongora, Banyabindi and Batooro peoples	Uganda
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Aitysh/Aitys, art of improvisation	Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan
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
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
Tugging rituals and games	Cambodia – Philippines – Republic of Korea – Viet Nam
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Askiya, the art of wit	Uzbekistan
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
Kazakh traditional art of Dombra Kuy	Kazakhstan
Lavash, the preparation, meaning and appearance of traditional bread as an expression of culture in Armenia	Armenia
Mongolian knuckle-bone shooting	Mongolia
Ritual dance of the royal drum	Burundi
Smoke sauna tradition in Võromaa	Estonia
Tchopa, sacrificial dance of the Lhomwe people of southern Malawi	Malawi
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 knowledge and skills in making Kyrgyz and Kazakh yurts (Turkic nomadic dwellings)	Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan
Traditional Mauritian Sega	Mauritius
Washi, craftsmanship of traditional Japanese hand-made paper	Japan
Zmijanje embroidery	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2013
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Chovqan, a traditional Karabakh horse-riding game in the Republic of Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
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
Limousin septennial ostensions	France
Mediterranean diet	Cyprus – Croatia – Spain – Greece – Italy – Morocco – Portugal
Petrykivka decorative painting as a phenomenon of the Ukrainian ornamental folk art	Ukraine
Shrimp fishing on horseback in Oostduinkerke	Belgium
Traditional art of Jamdani weaving	Bangladesh
Washoku, traditional dietary cultures of the Japanese, notably for the celebration of New Year	Japan
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Craftsmanship of Horezu ceramics	Romania
Frevo, performing arts of the Carnival of Recife	Brazil
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Strategy for training coming generations of Fujian puppetry practitioners	China
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Al Sadu, traditional weaving skills in the United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates
Folk long song performance technique of Limbe performances - circular breathing	Mongolia
Moorish epic T’heydinn	Mauritania
Naqqāli, Iranian dramatic story-telling	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Chinese shadow puppetry	China
Equitation in the French tradition	France
Jultagi, tightrope walking	Republic of Korea
Nijemo Kolo, silent circle dance of the Dalmatian hinterland	Croatia
Taekkyeon, a traditional Korean martial art	Republic of Korea
Weaving of Mosi (fine ramie) in the Hansan region	Republic of Korea
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Compagnonnage, network for on-the-job transmission of knowledge and identities	France
Daemokjang, traditional wooden architecture	Republic of Korea
Gagok, lyric song cycles accompanied by an orchestra	Republic of Korea
Gingerbread craft from Northern Croatia	Croatia
Mongolian traditional art of Khöömei	Mongolia
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)
Yuki-tsumugi, silk fabric production technique	Japan
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Mongol Tuuli, Mongolian epic	Mongolia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Chinese paper-cut	China
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
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