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 : 16 elements corresponding to 5 regions and 13 countries

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2020
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Handmade weaving in Upper Egypt (Sa'eed)	Egypt
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional skills, techniques and knowledge for the conservation and transmission of wooden architecture in Japan	Japan
2019
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Safeguarding strategy of traditional crafts for peace building	Colombia
2018
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Knowledge and skills of the water measurers of the foggaras or water bailiffs of Touat and Tidikelt	Algeria
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
2017
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Whistled language	Türkiye
2015
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Coaxing ritual for camels	Mongolia
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Traditional skills of building and sailing Iranian Lenj boats in the Persian Gulf	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2010
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Watertight-bulkhead technology of Chinese junks	China
Wooden movable-type printing of China	China
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Traditional design and practices for building Chinese wooden arch bridges	China
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Cultural space and oral culture of the Semeiskie	Russian Federation
Hudhud chants of the Ifugao	Philippines
Moussem of Tan-Tan	Morocco
Olonkho, Yakut heroic epos	Russian Federation
Oxherding and oxcart traditions in Costa Rica	Costa Rica