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 : 30 elements corresponding to 5 regions and 25 countries
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2023

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Craftsmanship and performing art of balaban/meyAzerbaijan – Türkiye
The practice of opera singing in ItalyItaly

Register of Good Safeguarding Practices

Nyckelharpa network, an innovative dissemination of a music and instrument-building tradition with roots in SwedenSweden

2022

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Crafting and playing the OudIran (Islamic Republic of) – Syrian Arab Republic
Hungarian string band traditionHungary
Pehlevanliq culture: traditional zorkhana games, sports and wrestlingAzerbaijan

2021

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

GamelanIndonesia

2020

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Art of crafting and playing Mbira/Sansi, the finger-plucking traditional musical instrument in Malawi and ZimbabweMalawi – Zimbabwe
Musical art of horn players, an instrumental technique linked to singing, breath control, vibrato, resonance of place and convivialityFrance – Belgium – Luxembourg – Italy

2019

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Byzantine chantCyprus – Greece
Irish harpingIreland

2017

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Uilleann pipingIreland
Xoan singing of Phú Thọ province, Viet Nam Viet Nam

2016

Register of Good Safeguarding Practices

Safeguarding of the folk music heritage by the Kodály conceptHungary

2015

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Bagpipe cultureSlovakia

2014

Register of Good Safeguarding Practices

Safeguarding the carillon culture: preservation, transmission, exchange and awareness-raisingBelgium

2012

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Craftsmanship and performance art of the Tar, a long-necked string musical instrumentAzerbaijan

2010

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Indonesian AngklungIndonesia

2009

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

GanggangsullaeRepublic of Korea
MaloyaFrance
NanyinChina
Radif of Iranian musicIran (Islamic Republic of)
Traditional manufacturing of children’s wooden toys in Hrvatsko ZagorjeCroatia
Two-part singing and playing in the Istrian scaleCroatia
Xi’an wind and percussion ensembleChina

2008

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Azerbaijani MughamAzerbaijan
Cultural space of Sosso-BalaGuinea
Cultural space of the Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of the Congos of Villa MellaDominican Republic
Guqin and its musicChina
Shashmaqom musicUzbekistan – Tajikistan
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