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 13 countries

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2023
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Craftsmanship and performing art of balaban/mey	Azerbaijan – Türkiye
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Nyckelharpa network, an innovative dissemination of a music and instrument-building tradition with roots in Sweden	Sweden
2022
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Crafting and playing the Oud	Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Syrian Arab Republic
2021
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Dutar making craftsmanship and traditional music performing art combined with singing	Turkmenistan
2019
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditions of Pencak Silat	Indonesia
2017
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Art of crafting and playing with Kamantcheh/Kamancha, a bowed string musical instrument	Azerbaijan – Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Organ craftsmanship and music	Germany
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Bagpipe culture	Slovakia
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Craftsmanship and performance art of the Tar, a long-necked string musical instrument	Azerbaijan
Cultural practices and expressions linked to the balafon of the Senufo communities of Mali, Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire	Mali – Burkina Faso – Côte d'Ivoire
Traditional violin craftsmanship in Cremona	Italy