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 : 25 elements corresponding to 23 countries

2016³ – 2015¹ – 2014⁴ – 2013³ – 2011² – 2010⁴ – 2009⁶ – 2008²

2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Culture of Jeju Haenyeo (women divers)	Republic of Korea
The Twenty-Four Solar Terms, knowledge in China of time and practices developed through observation of the sun’s annual motion	China
Winegrowers’ Festival in Vevey	Switzerland
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional knowledge and technologies relating to the growing and processing of the curagua	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Argan, practices and know-how concerning the argan tree	Morocco
Know-how of cultivating mastic on the island of Chios	Greece
Nongak, community band music, dance and rituals in the Republic of Korea	Republic of Korea
Tchopa, sacrificial dance of the Lhomwe people of southern Malawi	Malawi
2013
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Nan Pa’ch ceremony	Guatemala
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ancient Georgian traditional Qvevri wine-making method	Georgia
Mediterranean diet	Cyprus – Croatia – Spain – Greece – Italy – Morocco – Portugal
2011
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Weaving of Mosi (fine ramie) in the Hansan region	Republic of Korea
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Fandango's Living Museum	Brazil
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Gióng festival of Phù Ðông and Sóc temples	Viet Nam
Indonesian Angklung	Indonesia
Mudiyettu, ritual theatre and dance drama of Kerala	India
Traditional Mexican cuisine - ancestral, ongoing community culture, the Michoacán paradigm	Mexico
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Farmers’ dance of China’s Korean ethnic group	China
Ganggangsullae	Republic of Korea
Jeju Chilmeoridang Yeongdeunggut	Republic of Korea
Oku-noto no Aenokoto	Japan
Sericulture and silk craftsmanship of China	China
Traditional handicrafts of making Xuan paper	China
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Indigenous festivity dedicated to the dead	Mexico
Oral heritage of Gelede	Benin – Nigeria – Togo