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.

Full text search: 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’).

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 : 11 elements corresponding to 3 regions and 15 countries

2020² – 2018¹ – 2014² – 2013¹ – 2010¹ – 2009³ – 2008¹

2020
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
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Craft techniques and customary practices of cathedral workshops, or Bauhütten, in Europe, know-how, transmission, development of knowledge and innovation	Germany – Austria – France – Norway – Switzerland
2018
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Nativity scene (szopka) tradition in Krakow	Poland
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Smoke sauna tradition in Võromaa	Estonia
Traditional knowledge and skills in making Kyrgyz and Kazakh yurts (Turkic nomadic dwellings)	Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional craftsmanship of the Mongol Ger and its associated customs	Mongolia
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Daemokjang, traditional wooden architecture	Republic of Korea
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Chinese traditional architectural craftsmanship for timber-framed structures	China
Scribing tradition in French timber framing	France
Septennial re-roofing ceremony of the Kamablon, sacred house of Kangaba	Mali
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Woodcrafting knowledge of the Zafimaniry	Madagascar