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 : 13 elements corresponding to 5 regions and 16 countries

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2022
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Telling tradition of Nasreddin Hodja/ Molla Nesreddin/ Molla Ependi/ Apendi/ Afendi Kozhanasyr Anecdotes	Azerbaijan – Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan – Tajikistan – Türkiye – Turkmenistan – Uzbekistan
2021
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Malagasy Kabary, the Malagasy oratorical art	Madagascar
2020
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Nar Bayrami, traditional pomegranate festivity and culture	Azerbaijan
Pantun	Indonesia – Malaysia
2018
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
2017
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Al Azi, art of performing praise, pride and fortitude poetry	United Arab Emirates
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
The Twenty-Four Solar Terms, knowledge in China of time and practices developed through observation of the sun’s annual motion	China
2015
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Koogere oral tradition of the Basongora, Banyabindi and Batooro peoples	Uganda
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Aitysh/Aitys, art of improvisation	Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan
Filete porteño in Buenos Aires, a traditional painting technique	Argentina
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Kyrgyz epic trilogy: Manas, Semetey, Seytek	Kyrgyzstan
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Al-Taghrooda, traditional Bedouin chanted poetry in the United Arab Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman	United Arab Emirates – Oman
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Uyghur Muqam of Xinjiang	China