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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2023
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Sodai straw garden making in Lithuania	Lithuania
Traditional craft of Naga motif weaving in Lao communities	Lao People's Democratic Republic
2022
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Xhubleta, skills, craftsmanship and forms of usage	Albania
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Manual bell ringing	Spain
Sericulture and traditional production of silk for weaving	Afghanistan – Azerbaijan – Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Türkiye – Tajikistan – Turkmenistan – Uzbekistan
Social practices and knowledge related to the preparation and use of the traditional plum spirit – šljivovica	Serbia
Turkmen-style needlework art	Turkmenistan – Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2020
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Knowledge, know-how and practices pertaining to the production and consumption of couscous	Algeria – Mauritania – Morocco – Tunisia
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Sankirtana, ritual singing, drumming and dancing of Manipur	India
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Secret society of the Kôrêdugaw, the rite of wisdom in Mali	Mali
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Sericulture and silk craftsmanship of China	China
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Cultural space of Boysun District	Uzbekistan
Darangen epic of the Maranao people of Lake Lanao	Philippines
Gbofe of Afounkaha, the music of the transverse trumps of the Tagbana community	Côte d'Ivoire