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 : 17 elements corresponding to 5 regions and 17 countries

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2023
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Dabkeh, traditional dance in Palestine	Palestine
Garba of Gujarat	India
2022
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Alheda'a, oral traditions of calling camel flocks	Saudi Arabia – Oman – United Arab Emirates
2019
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Seperu folkdance and associated practices	Botswana
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
‘Hatajo de Negritos’ and ‘Hatajo de Pallitas’ from the Peruvian south-central coastline	Peru
Khorazm dance, Lazgi	Uzbekistan
2018
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
As-Samer in Jordan	Jordan
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Almezmar, drumming and dancing with sticks	Saudi Arabia
Bhojpuri folk songs in Mauritius, Geet-Gawai	Mauritius
Rumba in Cuba, a festive combination of music and dances and all the practices associated	Cuba
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Saman dance	Indonesia
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Al-Bar’ah, music and dance of Oman Dhofari valleys	Oman
Flamenco	Spain
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ahellil of Gourara	Algeria
Lakalaka, dances and sung speeches of Tonga	Tonga
Mbende Jerusarema dance	Zimbabwe
Polyphonic singing of the Aka Pygmies of Central Africa	Central African Republic