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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2023
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Arts, skills and practices associated with engraving on metals (gold, silver and copper)	Iraq – Algeria – Egypt – Mauritania – Morocco – Palestine – Saudi Arabia – Sudan – Tunisia – Yemen
Tradition of blacksmithing in Gyumri	Armenia
Traditional irrigation: knowledge, technique, and organization	Austria – Belgium – Germany – Italy – Luxembourg – Netherlands – Switzerland
2022
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Lipizzan horse breeding traditions	Austria – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Croatia – Hungary – Italy – Romania – Slovakia – Slovenia
Manual bell ringing	Spain
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
Gamelan	Indonesia
Ornek, a Crimean Tatar ornament and knowledge about it	Ukraine
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
The School of Living Traditions (SLT)	Philippines
2019
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Drotárstvo, wire craft and art	Slovakia
2018
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Horse and camel Ardhah	Oman
2015
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Manufacture of cowbells	Portugal
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Classical horsemanship and the High School of the Spanish Riding School Vienna	Austria
Copper craftsmanship of Lahij	Azerbaijan
Tinian marble craftsmanship	Greece
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional brass and copper craft of utensil making among the Thatheras of Jandiala Guru, Punjab, India	India
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Folk long song performance technique of Limbe performances - circular breathing	Mongolia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Equitation in the French tradition	France
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Compagnonnage, network for on-the-job transmission of knowledge and identities	France
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Art of Chinese seal engraving	China
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Indonesian Kris	Indonesia