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 : 14 elements corresponding to 5 regions and 17 countries

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2021
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Carolinian wayfinding and canoe making	Micronesia (Federated States of)
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Nordic clinker boat traditions	Denmark – Finland – Iceland – Norway – Sweden
Traditional craft skills and arts of Al-Naoor	Iraq
2020
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Charfia fishing in the Kerkennah Islands	Tunisia
Grass mowing competition custom in Kupres	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sauna culture in Finland	Finland
Wine Horses	Spain
Zlakusa pottery making, hand-wheel pottery making in the village of Zlakusa	Serbia
2017
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Craft of the miller operating windmills and watermills	Netherlands
Pinisi, art of boatbuilding in South Sulawesi	Indonesia
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Shrimp fishing on horseback in Oostduinkerke	Belgium
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Traditional skills of building and sailing Iranian Lenj boats in the Persian Gulf	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2010
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Watertight-bulkhead technology of Chinese junks	China
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Oxherding and oxcart traditions in Costa Rica	Costa Rica