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

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The designations employed in the texts and documents of the nomination presented by the submitting State Party or States Parties do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Committee nor UNESCO concerning a) the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, b) the legal status of its authorities or c) the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

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2022
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Alheda'a, oral traditions of calling camel flocks	Saudi Arabia – Oman – United Arab Emirates
Beekeeping in Slovenia, a way of life	Slovenia
Lipizzan horse breeding traditions	Austria – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Croatia – Hungary – Italy – Romania – Slovakia – Slovenia
2021
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Falconry, a living human heritage	United Arab Emirates – Austria – Belgium – Croatia – Czechia – France – Germany – Hungary – Ireland – Italy – Kazakhstan – Republic of Korea – Kyrgyzstan – Mongolia – Morocco – Netherlands – Pakistan – Poland – Portugal – Qatar – Saudi Arabia – Slovakia – Spain – Syrian Arab Republic
2020
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Al Aflaj, traditional irrigation network system in the UAE, oral traditions, knowledge and skills of construction, maintenance and equitable water distribution	United Arab Emirates
Tree beekeeping culture	Poland – Belarus
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Traditional knowledge and techniques associated with Pasto Varnish mopa-mopa of Putumayo and Nariño	Colombia
2019
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Biocultural programme for the safeguarding of the tradition of the Blessed Palm in Venezuela	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Transhumance, the seasonal droving of livestock along migratory routes in the Mediterranean and in the Alps	Austria – Greece – Italy
2018
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Avalanche risk management	Switzerland – Austria
Horse and camel Ardhah	Oman
Traditional spring festive rites of the Kazakh horse breeders	Kazakhstan
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Suri Jagek (observing the sun), traditional meteorological and astronomical practice based on the observation of the sun, moon and stars in reference to the local topography	Pakistan
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Argungu international fishing and cultural festival	Nigeria
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Classical horsemanship and the High School of the Spanish Riding School Vienna	Austria
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Coaxing ritual for camels	Mongolia
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Coming forth of the masks and puppets in Markala	Mali
Traditional agricultural practice of cultivating the ‘vite ad alberello’ (head-trained bush vines) of the community of Pantelleria	Italy
2013
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Methodology for inventorying intangible cultural heritage in biosphere reserves: the experience of Montseny	Spain
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ichapekene Piesta, the biggest festival of San Ignacio de Moxos	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2011
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional knowledge of the jaguar shamans of Yuruparí	Colombia
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Yaokwa, the Enawene Nawe people's ritual for the maintenance of social and cosmic order	Brazil
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Places of memory and living traditions of the Otomí-Chichimecas people of Tolimán: the Peña de Bernal, guardian of a sacred territory	Mexico
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Qiang New Year festival	China
Sanké mon, collective fishing rite of the Sanké	Mali
Traditions and practices associated with the Kayas in the sacred forests of the Mijikenda	Kenya
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Oral heritage and cultural manifestations of the Zápara people	Ecuador – Peru