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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Results : 11 elements corresponding to 4 regions and 15 countries

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2022
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Knowledge of the light rum masters	Cuba
Social practices and knowledge related to the preparation and use of the traditional plum spirit – šljivovica	Serbia
2020
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Wine Horses	Spain
2019
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Sega tambour Chagos	Mauritius
2018
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Picking of iva grass on Ozren mountain	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Winegrowers’ Festival in Vevey	Switzerland
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Slava, celebration of family saint patron’s day	Serbia
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ancient Georgian traditional Qvevri wine-making method	Georgia
Mediterranean diet	Cyprus – Croatia – Spain – Greece – Italy – Morocco – Portugal
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Gastronomic meal of the French	France
Shrovetide door-to-door processions and masks in the villages of the Hlinecko area	Czechia