Browse the Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Register of good safeguarding practices

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

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 listed below, you can discover the nominations, photos and videos, together with Committee decisions and evidence of community consent.

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Results : 27 elements corresponding to 30 countries

2020² – 2019¹ – 2018³ – 2016³ – 2015¹ – 2013¹ – 2012¹ – 2011³ – 2010¹ – 2009⁶ – 2008⁵

2020
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Art of miniature	Azerbaijan – Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Turkey – Uzbekistan
Traditional intelligence and strategy game: Togyzqumalaq, Toguz Korgool, Mangala/Göçürme	Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan – Turkey
2019
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Armenian letter art and its cultural expressions	Armenia
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
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Raiho-shin, ritual visits of deities in masks and costumes	Japan
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Land-of-Legends programme, for promoting and revitalizing the art of storytelling in Kronoberg Region	Sweden
2016
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
Safeguarding of the folk music heritage by the Kodály concept	Hungary
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Classical horsemanship and the High School of the Spanish Riding School Vienna	Austria
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Chinese Zhusuan, knowledge and practices of mathematical calculation through the abacus	China
2012
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
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
Secret society of the Kôrêdugaw, the rite of wisdom in Mali	Mali
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Chinese shadow puppetry	China
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Táncház method: a Hungarian model for the transmission of intangible cultural heritage	Hungary
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Compagnonnage, network for on-the-job transmission of knowledge and identities	France
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
Septennial re-roofing ceremony of the Kamablon, sacred house of Kangaba	Mali
Whistled language of the island of La Gomera (Canary Islands), the Silbo Gomero	Spain
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
Gule Wamkulu	Malawi – Mozambique – Zambia
Kankurang, Manding initiatory rite	Gambia – Senegal
Kutiyattam, Sanskrit theatre	India
Polyphonic singing of the Aka Pygmies of Central Africa	Central African Republic
Tradition of Vedic chanting	India