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 3 regions and 13 countries

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2020
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Traditional knowledge and techniques associated with Pasto Varnish mopa-mopa of Putumayo and Nariño	Colombia
2019
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Buklog, thanksgiving ritual system of the Subanen	Philippines
Rituals and practices associated with Kit Mikayi shrine	Kenya
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Biocultural programme for the safeguarding of the tradition of the Blessed Palm in Venezuela	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2014
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Male-child cleansing ceremony of the Lango of central northern Uganda	Uganda
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Yaokwa, the Enawene Nawe people's ritual for the maintenance of social and cosmic order	Brazil
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Chopi Timbila	Mozambique
Kankurang, Manding initiatory rite	Gambia – Senegal
Oral heritage and cultural manifestations of the Zápara people	Ecuador – Peru
Polyphonic singing of the Aka Pygmies of Central Africa	Central African Republic
Woodcrafting knowledge of the Zafimaniry	Madagascar