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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Results : 11 elements corresponding to 4 regions and 13 countries
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2021

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Grand Festival of TarijaBolivia (Plurinational State of)

2019

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Byzantine chantCyprus – Greece
Ethiopian epiphanyEthiopia

2017

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Multipart singing of HorehronieSlovakia
Organ craftsmanship and musicGermany

2013

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Sankirtana, ritual singing, drumming and dancing of ManipurIndia

2012

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Buddhist chanting of Ladakh: recitation of sacred Buddhist texts in the trans-Himalayan Ladakh region, Jammu and Kashmir, IndiaIndia
Cultural practices and expressions linked to the balafon of the Senufo communities of Mali, Burkina Faso and Côte d'IvoireMali – Burkina Faso – Côte d'Ivoire

2008

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Georgian polyphonic singingGeorgia
Mevlevi Sema ceremonyTürkiye
Space of gong cultureViet Nam
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