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.

Full text search: The system will search the exact expression entered (i.e. ‘sustainable development’), except if you separate the terms by a comma so that the motor search one or the other expression or the two (i.e. ‘foodways, culinary practices’).

The system will search the exact expression entered (i.e. ‘sustainable development’), except if you separate the terms by a comma so that the motor search one or the other expression or the two (i.e. ‘foodways, culinary practices’).

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Results : 7 elements corresponding to 3 regions and 6 countries

2022¹ – 2014¹ – 2013¹ – 2012² – 2010¹ – 2009¹

2022
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Festivity of Saint Tryphon and the Kolo (chain dance) of Saint Tryphon, traditions of Croats from Boka Kotorska (Bay of Kotor) who live in the Republic of Croatia	Croatia
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Slava, celebration of family saint patron’s day	Serbia
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Feast of the Holy Forty Martyrs in Štip	North Macedonia
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Festival of Saint Francis of Assisi, Quibdó	Colombia
Qālišuyān rituals of Mašhad-e Ardehāl in Kāšān	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Parachicos in the traditional January feast of Chiapa de Corzo	Mexico
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Festivity of Saint Blaise, the patron of Dubrovnik	Croatia