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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2023
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Knowledge, craft and skills of handmade glass production	Czechia – Finland – France – Germany – Hungary – Spain
Transhumance, the seasonal droving of livestock	Albania – Andorra – Austria – Croatia – France – Greece – Italy – Luxembourg – Romania – Spain
2022
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Manual bell ringing	Spain
Timber rafting	Austria – Czechia – Germany – Latvia – Poland – Spain
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Portuguese-Galician border ICH: a safeguarding model created by Ponte...nas ondas!	Portugal – 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
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Wine Horses	Spain
2019
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Artisanal talavera of Puebla and Tlaxcala (Mexico) and ceramics of Talavera de la Reina and El Puente del Arzobispo (Spain) making process	Mexico – Spain
2018
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Art of dry stone walling, knowledge and techniques	Croatia – Cyprus – France – Greece – Italy – Slovenia – Spain – Switzerland
Tamboradas drum-playing rituals	Spain
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Valencia Fallas festivity	Spain
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Summer solstice fire festivals in the Pyrenees	Andorra – Spain – France
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Mediterranean diet	Cyprus – Croatia – Spain – Greece – Italy – Morocco – Portugal
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Methodology for inventorying intangible cultural heritage in biosphere reserves: the experience of Montseny	Spain
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Fiesta of the patios in Cordova	Spain
2011
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Festivity of ‘la Mare de Déu de la Salut’ of Algemesí	Spain
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Revitalization of the traditional craftsmanship of lime-making in Morón de la Frontera, Seville, Andalusia	Spain
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Chant of the Sybil on Majorca	Spain
Flamenco	Spain
Human towers	Spain
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Irrigators’ tribunals of the Spanish Mediterranean coast: the Council of Wise Men of the plain of Murcia and the Water Tribunal of the plain of Valencia	Spain
Whistled language of the island of La Gomera (Canary Islands), the Silbo Gomero	Spain
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Centre for traditional culture – school museum of Pusol pedagogic project	Spain
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Mystery play of Elche	Spain
Patum of Berga	Spain