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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2020
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Grass mowing competition custom in Kupres	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nar Bayrami, traditional pomegranate festivity and culture	Azerbaijan
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
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Círio de Nazaré (The Taper of Our Lady of Nazareth) in the city of Belém, Pará	Brazil
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Fest-Noz, festive gathering based on the collective practice of traditional dances of Brittany	France
2011
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Leuven age set ritual repertoire	Belgium
Nijemo Kolo, silent circle dance of the Dalmatian hinterland	Croatia
Tsiattista poetic duelling	Cyprus
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Táncház method: a Hungarian model for the transmission of intangible cultural heritage	Hungary
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Gingerbread craft from Northern Croatia	Croatia
Houtem Jaarmarkt, annual winter fair and livestock market at Sint-Lievens-Houtem	Belgium
Krakelingen and Tonnekensbrand, end-of-winter bread and fire feast at Geraardsbergen	Belgium
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Cantu in paghjella, a secular and liturgical oral tradition of Corsica	France
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Busó festivities at Mohács: masked end-of-winter carnival custom	Hungary
Mazu belief and customs	China
Traditional manufacturing of children’s wooden toys in Hrvatsko Zagorje	Croatia
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Moussem of Tan-Tan	Morocco