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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2023
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Art of illumination: Təzhib/Tazhib/Zarhalkori/Tezhip/Naqqoshlik	Azerbaijan – Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Tajikistan – Türkiye – Uzbekistan
Arts, skills and practices associated with engraving on metals (gold, silver and copper)	Iraq – Algeria – Egypt – Mauritania – Morocco – Palestine – Saudi Arabia – Sudan – Tunisia – Yemen
Ceramic arts in Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan
Sodai straw garden making in Lithuania	Lithuania
The practice of opera singing in Italy	Italy
Traditional craft skills and arts of Al-Mudhif building	Iraq
2022
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Artisanal know-how and culture of baguette bread	France
Knowledge of the light rum masters	Cuba
Sericulture and traditional production of silk for weaving	Afghanistan – Azerbaijan – Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Türkiye – Tajikistan – Turkmenistan – Uzbekistan
The practice of Modern Dance in Germany	Germany
2021
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Falconry, a living human heritage	United Arab Emirates – Austria – Belgium – Croatia – Czechia – France – Germany – Hungary – Ireland – Italy – Kazakhstan – Republic of Korea – Kyrgyzstan – Mongolia – Morocco – Netherlands – Pakistan – Poland – Portugal – Qatar – Saudi Arabia – Slovakia – Spain – Syrian Arab Republic
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
National programme to safeguard the traditional art of calligraphy in Iran	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2020
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Grass mowing competition custom in Kupres	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Zlakusa pottery making, hand-wheel pottery making in the village of Zlakusa	Serbia
2019
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Alpinism	France – Italy – Switzerland
Armenian letter art and its cultural expressions	Armenia
Drotárstvo, wire craft and art	Slovakia
Tradition of Kosiv painted ceramics	Ukraine
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Safeguarding strategy of traditional crafts for peace building	Colombia
2018
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Knowledge and skills of the water measurers of the foggaras or water bailiffs of Touat and Tidikelt	Algeria
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Art of dry stone walling, knowledge and techniques	Croatia – Cyprus – France – Greece – Italy – Slovenia – Spain – Switzerland
The skills related to perfume in Pays de Grasse: the cultivation of perfume plants, the knowledge and processing of natural raw materials, and the art of perfume composition	France
2017
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Craft of the miller operating windmills and watermills	Netherlands
Organ craftsmanship and music	Germany
Pinisi, art of boatbuilding in South Sulawesi	Indonesia
2016
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Bisalhães black pottery manufacturing process	Portugal
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
The Twenty-Four Solar Terms, knowledge in China of time and practices developed through observation of the sun’s annual motion	China
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Community project of safeguarding the living culture of Rovinj/Rovigno: the Batana Ecomuseum	Croatia
Oselvar boat - reframing a traditional learning process of building and use to a modern context	Norway
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ebru, Turkish art of marbling	Türkiye
Traditional brass and copper craft of utensil making among the Thatheras of Jandiala Guru, Punjab, India	India
Washi, craftsmanship of traditional Japanese hand-made paper	Japan
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Knowledge, skills and rituals related to the annual renewal of the Q’eswachaka bridge	Peru
Traditional craftsmanship of the Mongol Ger and its associated customs	Mongolia
2012
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Ala-kiyiz and Shyrdak, art of Kyrgyz traditional felt carpets	Kyrgyzstan
Earthenware pottery-making skills in Botswana’s Kgatleng District	Botswana
Noken multifunctional knotted or woven bag, handcraft of the people of Papua	Indonesia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Craftsmanship of Horezu ceramics	Romania
Traditional weaving of the Ecuadorian toquilla straw hat	Ecuador
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)
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Equitation in the French tradition	France
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Revitalization of the traditional craftsmanship of lime-making in Morón de la Frontera, Seville, Andalusia	Spain
2010
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Watertight-bulkhead technology of Chinese junks	China
Wooden movable-type printing of China	China
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Compagnonnage, network for on-the-job transmission of knowledge and identities	France
Daemokjang, traditional wooden architecture	Republic of Korea
Yuki-tsumugi, silk fabric production technique	Japan
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
China engraved block printing technique	China
Chinese traditional architectural craftsmanship for timber-framed structures	China
Ojiya-chijimi, Echigo-jofu: techniques of making ramie fabric in Uonuma region, Niigata Prefecture	Japan
Sericulture and silk craftsmanship of China	China
Traditional firing technology of Longquan celadon	China
Traditional handicrafts of making Xuan paper	China
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage of Aymara communities in Bolivia, Chile and Peru	Bolivia (Plurinational State of) – Chile – Peru
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Barkcloth making in Uganda	Uganda