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.

You may also experience a conceptual, visual and interactive navigation through ‘Dive into Intangible Cultural Heritage’ interfaces which demonstrate the thematic interconnectedness between all the elements inscribed and their relation to nature or to threats.


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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Results : 25 elements corresponding to 5 regions and 35 countries

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

2023

Knowledge, craft and skills of handmade glass productionCzechia – Finland – France – Germany – Hungary – Spain
Transhumance, the seasonal droving of livestockAlbania – Andorra – Austria – Croatia – France – Greece – Italy – Luxembourg – Romania – Spain

2022

Manual bell ringingSpain
Timber raftingAustria – Czechia – Germany – Latvia – Poland – Spain

2021

Falconry, a living human heritageUnited Arab Emirates – Austria – Belgium – Croatia – Czechia – France – Germany – Hungary – Ireland – Italy – Kazakhstan – Republic of Korea – Kyrgyzstan – Mongolia – Morocco – Netherlands (Kingdom of the) – Pakistan – Poland – Portugal – Qatar – Saudi Arabia – Slovakia – Spain – Syrian Arab Republic

2020

Wine HorsesSpain

2019

Artisanal talavera of Puebla and Tlaxcala (Mexico) and ceramics of Talavera de la Reina and El Puente del Arzobispo (Spain) making processMexico – Spain

2018

Art of dry stone walling, knowledge and techniquesCroatia – Cyprus – France – Greece – Italy – Slovenia – Spain – Switzerland
Tamboradas drum-playing ritualsSpain

2016

Valencia Fallas festivitySpain

2015

Summer solstice fire festivals in the PyreneesAndorra – Spain – France

2013

Mediterranean dietCyprus – Croatia – Spain – Greece – Italy – Morocco – Portugal

2012

Fiesta of the patios in CordovaSpain

2011

Festivity of ‘la Mare de Déu de la Salut’ of AlgemesíSpain

2010

Chant of the Sybil on MajorcaSpain
FlamencoSpain
Human towersSpain

2009

Irrigators’ tribunals of the Spanish Mediterranean coast: the Council of Wise Men of the plain of Murcia and the Water Tribunal of the plain of ValenciaSpain
Whistled language of the island of La Gomera (Canary Islands), the Silbo GomeroSpain

2008

Mystery play of ElcheSpain
Patum of BergaSpain

Register of Good Safeguarding Practices

2022

Portuguese-Galician border ICH: a safeguarding model created by Ponte...nas ondas!Portugal – Spain

2013

Methodology for inventorying intangible cultural heritage in biosphere reserves: the experience of MontsenySpain

2011

Revitalization of the traditional craftsmanship of lime-making in Morón de la Frontera, Seville, AndalusiaSpain

2009

Centre for traditional culture – school museum of Pusol pedagogic projectSpain
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