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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The system will search the exact expression entered (i.e. ‘sustainable development’), except if you separate the terms by a comma so that the motor search one or the other expression or the two (i.e. ‘foodways, culinary practices’).

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Results : 14 elements corresponding to 5 regions and 27 countries

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2022
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Date palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices	United Arab Emirates – Bahrain – Egypt – Iraq – Jordan – Kuwait – Mauritania – Morocco – Oman – Palestine – Qatar – Saudi Arabia – Sudan – Tunisia – Yemen
2017
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Konjic woodcarving	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional wall-carpet craftsmanship in Romania and the Republic of Moldova	Romania – Republic of Moldova
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Regional Centres for Craftsmanship: a strategy for safeguarding the cultural heritage of traditional handicraft	Austria
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Arabic coffee, a symbol of generosity	United Arab Emirates – Saudi Arabia – Oman – Qatar
Copper craftsmanship of Lahij	Azerbaijan
Traditional knowledge and technologies relating to the growing and processing of the curagua	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional brass and copper craft of utensil making among the Thatheras of Jandiala Guru, Punjab, India	India
Zmijanje embroidery	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional craftsmanship of the Mongol Ger and its associated customs	Mongolia
Turkish coffee culture and tradition	Türkiye
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Folk art of the Matyó, embroidery of a traditional community	Hungary
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Aubusson tapestry	France
Traditional manufacturing of children’s wooden toys in Hrvatsko Zagorje	Croatia