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.

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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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2022
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
August 15th (Dekapentavgoustos) festivities in two Highland Communities of Northern Greece: Tranos Choros (Grand Dance) in Vlasti and Syrrako Festival	Greece
Festivals related to the Journey of the Holy family in Egypt	Egypt
2021
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Cultural Heritage of Boka Navy Kotor: a festive representation of a memory and cultural identity	Montenegro
2020
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Pilgrimage to the St. Thaddeus Apostle Monastery	Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Armenia
2019
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Spring rite of Juraŭski Karahod	Belarus
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Byzantine chant	Cyprus – Greece
Ethiopian epiphany	Ethiopia
2018
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Picking of iva grass on Ozren mountain	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Living culture of three writing systems of the Georgian alphabet	Georgia
Momoeria, New Year's celebration in eight villages of Kozani area, West Macedonia, Greece	Greece
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
Commemoration feast of the finding of the True Holy Cross of Christ	Ethiopia
Feast of the Holy Forty Martyrs in Štip	North Macedonia
Petrykivka decorative painting as a phenomenon of the Ukrainian ornamental folk art	Ukraine
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Armenian cross-stones art. Symbolism and craftsmanship of Khachkars	Armenia
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Nestinarstvo, messages from the past: the Panagyr of Saints Constantine and Helena in the village of Bulgari	Bulgaria
Seto Leelo, Seto polyphonic singing tradition	Estonia
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Cultural space and oral culture of the Semeiskie	Russian Federation
Georgian polyphonic singing	Georgia