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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2023
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Art of Akhal-Teke horse breeding and traditions of horses' decoration	Turkmenistan
Nguon, rituals of governance and associated expressions in the Bamoun community	Cameroon
Traditional craft skills and arts of Al-Mudhif building	Iraq
2022
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Alheda'a, oral traditions of calling camel flocks	Saudi Arabia – Oman – United Arab Emirates
Knowledge and practices related to cultivating Khawlani coffee beans	Saudi Arabia
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Al Sadu Educational Programme: Train the trainers in the art of weaving	Kuwait
2020
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional weaving of Al Sadu	Saudi Arabia – Kuwait
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Majlis, a cultural and social space	United Arab Emirates – Saudi Arabia – Oman – Qatar
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Practices and expressions of joking relationships in Niger	Niger
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Kyrgyz epic trilogy: Manas, Semetey, Seytek	Kyrgyzstan
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Moorish epic T’heydinn	Mauritania
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Pilgrimage to the sanctuary of the Lord of Qoyllurit’i	Peru
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Al-Bar’ah, music and dance of Oman Dhofari valleys	Oman
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Kankurang, Manding initiatory rite	Gambia – Senegal
Moussem of Tan-Tan	Morocco