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 : 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 mastersCuba
Social practices and knowledge related to the preparation and use of the traditional plum spirit – šljivovicaSerbia

2020

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Wine HorsesSpain

2019

List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding

Sega tambour ChagosMauritius

2018

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Picking of iva grass on Ozren mountainBosnia and Herzegovina

2016

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Winegrowers’ Festival in VeveySwitzerland

2014

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Slava, celebration of family saint patron’s daySerbia

2013

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Ancient Georgian traditional Qvevri wine-making methodGeorgia
Mediterranean dietCyprus – Croatia – Spain – Greece – Italy – Morocco – Portugal

2010

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Gastronomic meal of the FrenchFrance
Shrovetide door-to-door processions and masks in the villages of the Hlinecko areaCzechia
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