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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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 16 countries

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2023
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Traditional Syrian glassblowing	Syrian Arab Republic
Xeedho	Djibouti
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Al-Man’ouché, an emblematic culinary practice in Lebanon	Lebanon
Arts, skills and practices associated with engraving on metals (gold, silver and copper)	Iraq – Algeria – Egypt – Mauritania – Morocco – Palestine – Saudi Arabia – Sudan – Tunisia – Yemen
Dabkeh, traditional dance in Palestine	Palestine
Harees dish: know-how, skills and practices	United Arab Emirates – Oman – Saudi Arabia
Mahadra, a community system for transmission of traditional knowledge and oral expressions	Mauritania
Malhun, a popular poetic and musical art	Morocco
Maltese Village Festa, an annual community celebration	Malta
Procession and celebrations of Prophet Mohammed's birthday in Sudan	Sudan
Traditional craft skills and arts of Al-Mudhif building	Iraq