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 : 9 elements corresponding to 4 regions and 12 countries

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2023
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Sona, drawings and geometric figures on sand	Angola
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
Telling tradition of Nasreddin Hodja/ Molla Nesreddin/ Molla Ependi/ Apendi/ Afendi Kozhanasyr Anecdotes	Azerbaijan – Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan – Tajikistan – Türkiye – Turkmenistan – Uzbekistan
2020
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Yeondeunghoe, lantern lighting festival in the Republic of Korea	Republic of Korea
2018
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Heritage of Dede Qorqud/Korkyt Ata/Dede Korkut, epic culture, folk tales and music	Azerbaijan – Kazakhstan – Türkiye
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Culture of Jeju Haenyeo (women divers)	Republic of Korea
2015
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Koogere oral tradition of the Basongora, Banyabindi and Batooro peoples	Uganda
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Aitysh/Aitys, art of improvisation	Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Secret society of the Kôrêdugaw, the rite of wisdom in Mali	Mali