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.

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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 : 21 elements corresponding to 5 regions and 34 countries

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2023
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Art of Akhal-Teke horse breeding and traditions of horses' decoration	Turkmenistan
Arts, skills and practices associated with engraving on metals (gold, silver and copper)	Iraq – Algeria – Egypt – Mauritania – Morocco – Palestine – Saudi Arabia – Sudan – Tunisia – Yemen
Elechek, Kyrgyz female headwear: traditional knowledge and rituals	Kyrgyzstan
Knowledge, craft and skills of handmade glass production	Czechia – Finland – France – Germany – Hungary – Spain
2022
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Al-Khanjar, craft skills and social practices	Oman
Harissa, knowledge, skills and culinary and social practices	Tunisia
2021
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ornek, a Crimean Tatar ornament and knowledge about it	Ukraine
2020
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Art of miniature	Azerbaijan – Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Türkiye – Uzbekistan
Craftsmanship of mechanical watchmaking and art mechanics	Switzerland – France
The art of glass beads	Italy – France
2019
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Armenian letter art and its cultural expressions	Armenia
The festival of the Santísima Trinidad del Señor Jesús del Gran Poder in the city of La Paz	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Three genres of traditional dance in Bali	Indonesia
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Rites and craftsmanship associated with the wedding costume tradition of Tlemcen	Algeria
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Naqqāli, Iranian dramatic story-telling	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Secret society of the Kôrêdugaw, the rite of wisdom in Mali	Mali
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Kalbelia folk songs and dances of Rajasthan	India
Krakelingen and Tonnekensbrand, end-of-winter bread and fire feast at Geraardsbergen	Belgium
Wayuu normative system, applied by the Pütchipü’üi (palabrero)	Colombia
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Mongol Biyelgee, Mongolian traditional folk dance	Mongolia
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Cultural space of the Yaaral and Degal	Mali