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
Maltese Village Festa, an annual community celebration	Malta
2021
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Arabic calligraphy: knowledge, skills and practices	Saudi Arabia – Algeria – Bahrain – Egypt – Iraq – Jordan – Kuwait – Lebanon – Mauritania – Morocco – Oman – Palestine – Sudan – Tunisia – United Arab Emirates – Yemen
Festive cycle around the devotion and worship towards Saint John the Baptist	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Flower carpets tradition for Corpus Christi processions	Poland
2020
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Handmade production of Christmas tree decorations from blown glass beads	Czechia
Pilgrimage to the St. Thaddeus Apostle Monastery	Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Armenia
2019
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
‘Hatajo de Negritos’ and ‘Hatajo de Pallitas’ from the Peruvian south-central coastline	Peru
Cultural Complex of Bumba-meu-boi from Maranhão	Brazil
Ethiopian epiphany	Ethiopia
Holy Week processions in Mendrisio	Switzerland
The festival of the Santísima Trinidad del Señor Jesús del Gran Poder in the city of La Paz	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Winter festivities, Carnival of Podence	Portugal
2017
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Door-to-door rounds of Kurenti	Slovenia
Multipart singing of Horehronie	Slovakia
Ritual journeys in La Paz during Alasita	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Traditional system of Corongo’s water judges	Peru
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Khidr Elias feast and its vows	Iraq
Škofja Loka passion play	Slovenia
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Lavash, the preparation, meaning and appearance of traditional bread as an expression of culture in Armenia	Armenia
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Men’s group Colindat, Christmas-time ritual	Republic of Moldova – Romania
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Armenian cross-stones art. Symbolism and craftsmanship of Khachkars	Armenia
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Indigenous festivity dedicated to the dead	Mexico
Royal ancestral ritual in the Jongmyo shrine and its music	Republic of Korea