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 : 34 elements corresponding to 38 countries

2020¹ – 2019¹ – 2018⁴ – 2017³ – 2016⁴ – 2015³ – 2014¹ – 2013² – 2011¹ – 2009² – 2008¹²

2020
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Practices and traditional knowledge of Terere in the culture of Pohã Ñana, Guaraní ancestral drink in Paraguay	Paraguay
2019
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional technique of making Airag in Khokhuur and its associated customs	Mongolia
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
Mooba dance of the Lenje ethnic group of Central Province of Zambia	Zambia
Mwinoghe, joyous dance	Malawi
Traditional spring festive rites of the Kazakh horse breeders	Kazakhstan
2017
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Mongolian traditional practices of worshipping the sacred sites	Mongolia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Kazakh traditional Assyk games	Kazakhstan
Kok boru, traditional horse game	Kyrgyzstan
2016
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Cossack’s songs of Dnipropetrovsk Region	Ukraine
Ma'di bowl lyre music and dance	Uganda
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
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
Gada system, an indigenous democratic socio-political system of the Oromo	Ethiopia
2015
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
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
Epic art of Gorogly	Turkmenistan
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Askiya, the art of wit	Uzbekistan
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Petrykivka decorative painting as a phenomenon of the Ukrainian ornamental folk art	Ukraine
Xooy, a divination ceremony among the Serer of Senegal	Senegal
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Secret society of the Kôrêdugaw, the rite of wisdom in Mali	Mali
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Manden Charter, proclaimed in Kurukan Fuga	Mali
Septennial re-roofing ceremony of the Kamablon, sacred house of Kangaba	Mali
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Art of Akyns, Kyrgyz epic tellers	Kyrgyzstan
Chopi Timbila	Mozambique
Cultural space and oral culture of the Semeiskie	Russian Federation
Cultural space of Sosso-Bala	Guinea
Cultural space of the Yaaral and Degal	Mali
Gule Wamkulu	Malawi – Mozambique – Zambia
Ifa divination system	Nigeria
Makishi masquerade	Zambia
Mbende Jerusarema dance	Zimbabwe
Olonkho, Yakut heroic epos	Russian Federation
Oral heritage of Gelede	Benin – Nigeria – Togo
Shashmaqom music	Uzbekistan – Tajikistan