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 : 10 elements corresponding to 5 regions and 34 countries

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2023
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Knowledge, craft and skills of handmade glass production	Czechia – Finland – France – Germany – Hungary – Spain
Midwifery: knowledge, skills and practices	Colombia – Cyprus – Germany – Kyrgyzstan – Luxembourg – Nigeria – Slovenia – Togo
Traditional irrigation: knowledge, technique, and organization	Austria – Belgium – Germany – Italy – Luxembourg – Netherlands – Switzerland
2022
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
The practice of Modern Dance in Germany	Germany
Timber rafting	Austria – Czechia – Germany – Latvia – Poland – Spain
2021
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Falconry, a living human heritage	United Arab Emirates – Austria – Belgium – Croatia – Czechia – France – Germany – Hungary – Ireland – Italy – Kazakhstan – Republic of Korea – Kyrgyzstan – Mongolia – Morocco – Netherlands – Pakistan – Poland – Portugal – Qatar – Saudi Arabia – Slovakia – Spain – Syrian Arab Republic
2020
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
Blaudruck/Modrotisk/Kékfestés/Modrotlač, resist block printing and indigo dyeing in Europe	Austria – Czechia – Germany – Hungary – Slovakia
2017
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Organ craftsmanship and music	Germany
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Idea and practice of organizing shared interests in cooperatives	Germany