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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2023
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
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
August 15th (Dekapentavgoustos) festivities in two Highland Communities of Northern Greece: Tranos Choros (Grand Dance) in Vlasti and Syrrako Festival	Greece
2020
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Polyphonic Caravan, researching, safeguarding and promoting the Epirus polyphonic song	Greece
2019
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Byzantine chant	Cyprus – Greece
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
2017
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Rebetiko	Greece
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Momoeria, New Year's celebration in eight villages of Kozani area, West Macedonia, Greece	Greece
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Tinian marble craftsmanship	Greece
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Know-how of cultivating mastic on the island of Chios	Greece
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Mediterranean diet	Cyprus – Croatia – Spain – Greece – Italy – Morocco – Portugal