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 : 4 elements corresponding to 3 countries

2014¹ – 2009³

2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ebru, Turkish art of marbling	Turkey
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Craftsmanship of Nanjing Yunjin brocade	China
Sericulture and silk craftsmanship of China	China
Yeongsanjae	Republic of Korea