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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2022
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Harissa, knowledge, skills and culinary and social practices	Tunisia
Holy Week in Guatemala	Guatemala
2021
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Flower carpets tradition for Corpus Christi processions	Poland
2020
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional weaving of Al Sadu	Saudi Arabia – Kuwait
2019
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Armenian letter art and its cultural expressions	Armenia
Ethiopian epiphany	Ethiopia
Traditional turkmen carpet making art in Turkmenistan	Turkmenistan
2017
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional art of Shital Pati weaving of Sylhet	Bangladesh
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional wall-carpet craftsmanship in Romania and the Republic of Moldova	Romania – Republic of Moldova
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
The tradition of carpet-making in Chiprovtsi	Bulgaria
2012
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Ala-kiyiz and Shyrdak, art of Kyrgyz traditional felt carpets	Kyrgyzstan
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Qālišuyān rituals of Mašhad-e Ardehāl in Kāšān	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2011
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Sada Shin Noh, sacred dancing at Sada shrine, Shimane	Japan
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional art of Azerbaijani carpet weaving in the Republic of Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan
Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Fars	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Kashan	Iran (Islamic Republic of)