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.

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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
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Al Sadu Educational Programme: Train the trainers in the art of weaving	Kuwait
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Al Talli, traditional embroidery skills in the United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates
Harissa, knowledge, skills and culinary and social practices	Tunisia
Pehlevanliq culture: traditional zorkhana games, sports and wrestling	Azerbaijan
Timber rafting	Austria – Czechia – Germany – Latvia – Poland – Spain
Traditional tea processing techniques and associated social practices in China	China
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Art of pottery-making of Chăm people	Viet Nam
Quinchamalí and Santa Cruz de Cuca pottery	Chile
Traditional Ahlat stonework	Türkiye
2021
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Falconry, a living human heritage	United Arab Emirates – Austria – Belgium – Croatia – Czechia – France – Germany – Hungary – Ireland – Italy – Kazakhstan – Republic of Korea – Kyrgyzstan – Mongolia – Morocco – Netherlands – Pakistan – Poland – Portugal – Qatar – Saudi Arabia – Slovakia – Spain – Syrian Arab Republic
2020
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Al Aflaj, traditional irrigation network system in the UAE, oral traditions, knowledge and skills of construction, maintenance and equitable water distribution	United Arab Emirates
Charfia fishing in the Kerkennah Islands	Tunisia
Grass mowing competition custom in Kupres	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Il-Ftira, culinary art and culture of flattened sourdough bread in Malta	Malta
Knowledge, know-how and practices pertaining to the production and consumption of couscous	Algeria – Mauritania – Morocco – Tunisia
Traditional skills, techniques and knowledge for the conservation and transmission of wooden architecture in Japan	Japan
Traditional weaving of Al Sadu	Saudi Arabia – Kuwait
Tree beekeeping culture	Poland – Belarus
Zlakusa pottery making, hand-wheel pottery making in the village of Zlakusa	Serbia
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Craft techniques and customary practices of cathedral workshops, or Bauhütten, in Europe, know-how, transmission, development of knowledge and innovation	Germany – Austria – France – Norway – Switzerland
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Handmade weaving in Upper Egypt (Sa'eed)	Egypt
2019
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Nuad Thai, traditional Thai massage	Thailand
Traditional turkmen carpet making art in Turkmenistan	Turkmenistan
2018
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Art of dry stone walling, knowledge and techniques	Croatia – Cyprus – France – Greece – Italy – Slovenia – Spain – Switzerland
Pottery skills of the women of Sejnane	Tunisia
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Knowledge and skills of the water measurers of the foggaras or water bailiffs of Touat and Tidikelt	Algeria
2016
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Bisalhães black pottery manufacturing process	Portugal
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Oshituthi shomagongo, marula fruit festival	Namibia
Tinian marble craftsmanship	Greece
Traditional knowledge and technologies relating to the growing and processing of the curagua	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Lavash, the preparation, meaning and appearance of traditional bread as an expression of culture in Armenia	Armenia
Mongolian knuckle-bone shooting	Mongolia
Tchopa, sacrificial dance of the Lhomwe people of southern Malawi	Malawi
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ancient Georgian traditional Qvevri wine-making method	Georgia
Chinese Zhusuan, knowledge and practices of mathematical calculation through the abacus	China
Shrimp fishing on horseback in Oostduinkerke	Belgium
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Craftsmanship and performance art of the Tar, a long-necked string musical instrument	Azerbaijan
Craftsmanship of Horezu ceramics	Romania
Traditional violin craftsmanship in Cremona	Italy
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Noken multifunctional knotted or woven bag, handcraft of the people of Papua	Indonesia
2011
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ceremonial Keşkek tradition	Türkiye
Chinese shadow puppetry	China
Mibu no Hana Taue, ritual of transplanting rice in Mibu, Hiroshima	Japan
Weaving of Mosi (fine ramie) in the Hansan region	Republic of Korea
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine	China
Armenian cross-stones art. Symbolism and craftsmanship of Khachkars	Armenia
Daemokjang, traditional wooden architecture	Republic of Korea
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Watertight-bulkhead technology of Chinese junks	China
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
China engraved block printing technique	China
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Traditional design and practices for building Chinese wooden arch bridges	China
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Barkcloth making in Uganda	Uganda