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.

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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 : 27 elements corresponding to 4 regions and 28 countries

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2022
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ancestral system of knowledge of the four indigenous peoples, Arhuaco, Kankuamo, Kogui and Wiwa of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta	Colombia
Timber rafting	Austria – Czechia – Germany – Latvia – Poland – Spain
2021
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Pottery-related values, knowledge, lore and practices of the Awajún people	Peru
Traditional craftsmanship of making Dumbara Ratā Kalāla	Sri Lanka
Truffle hunting and extraction in Italy, traditional knowledge and practice	Italy
2020
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Traditional knowledge and techniques associated with Pasto Varnish mopa-mopa of Putumayo and Nariño	Colombia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Musical art of horn players, an instrumental technique linked to singing, breath control, vibrato, resonance of place and conviviality	France – Belgium – Luxembourg – Italy
Tree beekeeping culture	Poland – Belarus
2019
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Practice of traditional music and dance in Setesdal, playing, dancing and singing (stev/stevjing)	Norway
2018
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Land-of-Legends programme, for promoting and revitalizing the art of storytelling in Kronoberg Region	Sweden
2017
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Artisanal processes and plant fibers techniques for talcos, crinejas and pintas weaving of the pinta’o hat	Panama
Konjic woodcarving	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Zaouli, popular music and dance of the Guro communities in Côte d’Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional knowledge and technologies relating to the growing and processing of the curagua	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2014
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Mapoyo oral tradition and its symbolic reference points within their ancestral territory	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Coming forth of the masks and puppets in Markala	Mali
2013
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Empaako tradition of the Batooro, Banyoro, Batuku, Batagwenda and Banyabindi of western Uganda	Uganda
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Esuwa, Harakbut sung prayers of Peru’s Wachiperi people	Peru
Yaokwa, the Enawene Nawe people's ritual for the maintenance of social and cosmic order	Brazil
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional knowledge of the jaguar shamans of Yuruparí	Colombia
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Traditions and practices associated with the Kayas in the sacred forests of the Mijikenda	Kenya
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ijele masquerade	Nigeria
Traditional manufacturing of children’s wooden toys in Hrvatsko Zagorje	Croatia
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Barkcloth making in Uganda	Uganda
Oral and graphic expressions of the Wajapi	Brazil
Oral heritage and cultural manifestations of the Zápara people	Ecuador – Peru
Woodcrafting knowledge of the Zafimaniry	Madagascar