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 : 15 elements corresponding to 4 regions and 27 countries

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2023
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Art of illumination: Təzhib/Tazhib/Zarhalkori/Tezhip/Naqqoshlik	Azerbaijan – Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Tajikistan – Türkiye – Uzbekistan
2021
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Arabic calligraphy: knowledge, skills and practices	Saudi Arabia – Algeria – Bahrain – Egypt – Iraq – Jordan – Kuwait – Lebanon – Mauritania – Morocco – Oman – Palestine – Sudan – Tunisia – United Arab Emirates – Yemen
2020
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Art of miniature	Azerbaijan – Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Türkiye – Uzbekistan
Yeondeunghoe, lantern lighting festival in the Republic of Korea	Republic of Korea
2018
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Nativity scene (szopka) tradition in Krakow	Poland
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Mangal Shobhajatra on Pahela Baishakh	Bangladesh
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ebru, Turkish art of marbling	Türkiye
Washi, craftsmanship of traditional Japanese hand-made paper	Japan
2011
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Chinese shadow puppetry	China
Ride of the Kings in the south-east of the Czech Republic	Czechia
2010
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Wooden movable-type printing of China	China
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Art of Chinese seal engraving	China
China engraved block printing technique	China
Chinese paper-cut	China
Traditional handicrafts of making Xuan paper	China