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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Results : 17 elements corresponding to 4 regions and 13 countries

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2022
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional tea processing techniques and associated social practices in China	China
2020
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Taijiquan	China
2018
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Enkipaata, Eunoto and Olng'esherr, three male rites of passage of the Maasai community	Kenya
2016
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Ma'di bowl lyre music and dance	Uganda
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Fichee-Chambalaalla, New Year festival of the Sidama people	Ethiopia
2014
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Isukuti dance of Isukha and Idakho communities of Western Kenya	Kenya
2013
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Empaako tradition of the Batooro, Banyoro, Batuku, Batagwenda and Banyabindi of western Uganda	Uganda
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Folk art of the Matyó, embroidery of a traditional community	Hungary
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Hezhen Yimakan storytelling	China
Yaokwa, the Enawene Nawe people's ritual for the maintenance of social and cosmic order	Brazil
2010
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Wayuu normative system, applied by the Pütchipü’üi (palabrero)	Colombia
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Traditional design and practices for building Chinese wooden arch bridges	China
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Daimokutate	Japan
Ijele masquerade	Nigeria
Manden Charter, proclaimed in Kurukan Fuga	Mali
Septennial re-roofing ceremony of the Kamablon, sacred house of Kangaba	Mali
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Gule Wamkulu	Malawi – Mozambique – Zambia