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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The system will search the exact expression entered (i.e. ‘sustainable development’), except if you separate the terms by a comma so that the motor search one or the other expression or the two (i.e. ‘foodways, culinary practices’).

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Results : 13 elements corresponding to 3 regions and 24 countries

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2023
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Practices and meanings associated with the preparation and consumption of ceviche, an expression of Peruvian traditional cuisine	Peru
Traditional wooden boatbuilding in Carriacou and Petite Martinique	Grenada
2022
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Timber rafting	Austria – Czechia – Germany – Latvia – Poland – Spain
2021
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Building and use of expanded dugout boats in the Soomaa region	Estonia
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
2020
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ong Chun/Wangchuan/Wangkang ceremony, rituals and related practices for maintaining the sustainable connection between man and the ocean	China – Malaysia
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
The Martinique yole, from construction to sailing practices, a model for heritage safeguarding	France
2017
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Pinisi, art of boatbuilding in South Sulawesi	Indonesia
2016
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Oselvar boat - reframing a traditional learning process of building and use to a modern context	Norway
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
Language, dance and music of the Garifuna	Belize – Guatemala – Honduras – Nicaragua