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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Results : 19 elements corresponding to 5 regions and 15 countries

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2023
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ch'utillos, the Festival of San Bartolomé and San Ignacio de Loyola, the meeting of cultures in Potosí	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2021
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
The School of Living Traditions (SLT)	Philippines
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Khidr Elias feast and its vows	Iraq
2015
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Glasoechko, male two-part singing in Dolni Polog	North Macedonia
Koogere oral tradition of the Basongora, Banyabindi and Batooro peoples	Uganda
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Fichee-Chambalaalla, New Year festival of the Sidama people	Ethiopia
2014
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Coming forth of the masks and puppets in Markala	Mali
Gwoka: music, song, dance and cultural practice representative of Guadeloupean identity	France
Practices and expressions of joking relationships in Niger	Niger
2012
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Noken multifunctional knotted or woven bag, handcraft of the people of Papua	Indonesia
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Secret society of the Kôrêdugaw, the rite of wisdom in Mali	Mali
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Mongol Biyelgee, Mongolian traditional folk dance	Mongolia
Traditions and practices associated with the Kayas in the sacred forests of the Mijikenda	Kenya
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Art of Azerbaijani Ashiq	Azerbaijan
Carnaval de Negros y Blancos	Colombia
Holy Week processions in Popayán	Colombia
Katta Ashula	Uzbekistan
Manden Charter, proclaimed in Kurukan Fuga	Mali
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Carnival of Barranquilla	Colombia