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 : 9 elements corresponding to 3 regions and 8 countries

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2023
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Traditional knowledge, methods and practices concerning olive cultivation	Türkiye
2022
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Traditional Ahlat stonework	Türkiye
Xhubleta, skills, craftsmanship and forms of usage	Albania
2021
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Cultural practices and expressions linked to the 'M’Bolon', a traditional musical percussion instrument	Mali
Tais, traditional textile	Timor-Leste
2020
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Aboxan Musik ǀŌb ǂÂns tsî ǁKhasigu, ancestral musical sound knowledge and skills	Namibia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional skills, techniques and knowledge for the conservation and transmission of wooden architecture in Japan	Japan
2012
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Ala-kiyiz and Shyrdak, art of Kyrgyz traditional felt carpets	Kyrgyzstan
Noken multifunctional knotted or woven bag, handcraft of the people of Papua	Indonesia