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 below, you can discover the nominations, photos and videos, together with Committee decisions and evidence of community consent.

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Results : 42 elements corresponding to 53 countries

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2016
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Bisalhães black pottery manufacturing process	Portugal
Chapei Dang Veng	Cambodia
Cossack’s songs of Dnipropetrovsk Region	Ukraine
Ma'di bowl lyre music and dance	Uganda
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Almezmar, drumming and dancing with sticks	Saudi Arabia
Argungu international fishing and cultural festival	Nigeria
Beer culture in Belgium	Belgium
Bhojpuri folk songs in Mauritius, Geet-Gawai	Mauritius
Carnival of El Callao, a festive representation of a memory and cultural identity	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Carnival of Granville	France
Charrería, equestrian tradition in Mexico	Mexico
Culture of Jeju Haenyeo (women divers)	Republic of Korea
Falconry, a living human heritage	Germany – Saudi Arabia – Austria – Belgium – United Arab Emirates – Spain – France – Hungary – Italy – Kazakhstan – Morocco – Mongolia – Pakistan – Portugal – Qatar – Syrian Arab Republic – Republic of Korea – Czechia
Flatbread making and sharing culture: Lavash, Katyrma, Jupka, Yufka	Azerbaijan – Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan – Turkey
Gada system, an indigenous democratic socio-political system of the Oromo	Ethiopia
Idea and practice of organizing shared interests in cooperatives	Germany
Khidr Elias feast and its vows	Iraq
Kuresi in Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan
Living culture of three writing systems of the Georgian alphabet	Georgia
Mangal Shobhajatra on Pahela Baishakh	Bangladesh
Momoeria, New Year's celebration in eight villages of Kozani area, West Macedonia, Greece	Greece
Music and dance of the merengue in the Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic
Nawrouz, Novruz, Nowrouz, Nowrouz, Nawrouz, Nauryz, Nooruz, Nowruz, Navruz, Nevruz, Nowruz, Navruz	Afghanistan – Azerbaijan – India – Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Iraq – Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan – Uzbekistan – Pakistan – Tajikistan – Turkmenistan – Turkey
Oshi Palav, a traditional meal and its social and cultural contexts in Tajikistan	Tajikistan
Palov culture and tradition	Uzbekistan
Practices related to the Viet beliefs in the Mother Goddesses of Three Realms	Viet Nam
Puppetry in Slovakia and Czechia	Slovakia – Czechia
Rumba in Cuba, a festive combination of music and dances and all the practices associated	Cuba
Škofja Loka passion play	Slovenia
Tahteeb, stick game	Egypt
The Twenty-Four Solar Terms, knowledge in China of time and practices developed through observation of the sun’s annual motion	China
Traditional craftsmanship of Çini-making	Turkey
Traditional wall-carpet craftsmanship in Romania and the Republic of Moldova	Republic of Moldova – Romania
Valencia Fallas festivity	Spain
Winegrowers’ Festival in Vevey	Switzerland
Yama, Hoko, Yatai, float festivals in Japan	Japan
Yoga	India
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Community project of safeguarding the living culture of Rovinj/Rovigno: the Batana Ecomuseum	Croatia
Festival of folklore in Koprivshtitsa: a system of practices for heritage presentation and transmission	Bulgaria
Oselvar boat - reframing a traditional learning process of building and use to a modern context	Norway
Regional Centres for Craftsmanship: a strategy for safeguarding the cultural heritage of traditional handicraft	Austria
Safeguarding of the folk music heritage by the Kodály concept	Hungary