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
Aklan piña handloom weaving	Philippines
Craftsmanship and performing art of balaban/mey	Azerbaijan – Türkiye
2022
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Al Talli, traditional embroidery skills in the United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates
Alheda'a, oral traditions of calling camel flocks	Saudi Arabia – Oman – United Arab Emirates
Beekeeping in Slovenia, a way of life	Slovenia
Culture of Çay (tea), a symbol of identity, hospitality and social interaction	Azerbaijan – Türkiye
Knowledge of the light rum masters	Cuba
Kun Lbokator, traditional martial arts in Cambodia	Cambodia
Lipizzan horse breeding traditions	Austria – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Croatia – Hungary – Italy – Romania – Slovakia – Slovenia
Social practices and knowledge related to the preparation and use of the traditional plum spirit – šljivovica	Serbia
The art of the traditional blouse with embroidery on the shoulder (altiţă) — an element of cultural identity in Romania and the Republic of Moldova	Romania – Republic of Moldova
2020
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Al Aflaj, traditional irrigation network system in the UAE, oral traditions, knowledge and skills of construction, maintenance and equitable water distribution	United Arab Emirates
Craftsmanship of mechanical watchmaking and art mechanics	Switzerland – France
Handmade production of Christmas tree decorations from blown glass beads	Czechia
Traditional skills, techniques and knowledge for the conservation and transmission of wooden architecture in Japan	Japan
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Craft techniques and customary practices of cathedral workshops, or Bauhütten, in Europe, know-how, transmission, development of knowledge and innovation	Germany – Austria – France – Norway – Switzerland
The Martinique yole, from construction to sailing practices, a model for heritage safeguarding	France
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)
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Revitalization of the traditional craftsmanship of lime-making in Morón de la Frontera, Seville, Andalusia	Spain
2010
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Ojkanje singing	Croatia
Watertight-bulkhead technology of Chinese junks	China
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Compagnonnage, network for on-the-job transmission of knowledge and identities	France
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Craftsmanship of Nanjing Yunjin brocade	China
Scribing tradition in French timber framing	France
Septennial re-roofing ceremony of the Kamablon, sacred house of Kangaba	Mali
Traditional handicrafts of making Xuan paper	China
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Indonesian Kris	Indonesia
Kutiyattam, Sanskrit theatre	India
Makishi masquerade	Zambia
Opera dei Pupi, Sicilian puppet theatre	Italy
Oral and graphic expressions of the Wajapi	Brazil
Polyphonic singing of the Aka Pygmies of Central Africa	Central African Republic
Sbek Thom, Khmer shadow theatre	Cambodia
Space of gong culture	Viet Nam
Vanuatu sand drawings	Vanuatu
Wayang puppet theatre	Indonesia