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 : 23 elements corresponding to 5 regions and 39 countries

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2023
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Alpine pasture season	Switzerland
Knowledge, craft and skills of handmade glass production	Czechia – Finland – France – Germany – Hungary – Spain
Midwifery: knowledge, skills and practices	Colombia – Cyprus – Germany – Kyrgyzstan – Luxembourg – Nigeria – Slovenia – Togo
Traditional irrigation: knowledge, technique, and organization	Austria – Belgium – Germany – Italy – Luxembourg – Netherlands – Switzerland
Transhumance, the seasonal droving of livestock	Albania – Andorra – Austria – Croatia – France – Greece – Italy – Luxembourg – Romania – Spain
2022
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Lipizzan horse breeding traditions	Austria – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Croatia – Hungary – Italy – Romania – Slovakia – Slovenia
The practice of Modern Dance in Germany	Germany
Timber rafting	Austria – Czechia – Germany – Latvia – Poland – Spain
2021
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Falconry, a living human heritage	United Arab Emirates – Austria – Belgium – Croatia – Czechia – France – Germany – Hungary – Ireland – Italy – Kazakhstan – Republic of Korea – Kyrgyzstan – Mongolia – Morocco – Netherlands – Pakistan – Poland – Portugal – Qatar – Saudi Arabia – Slovakia – Spain – Syrian Arab Republic
2020
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Craftsmanship of mechanical watchmaking and art mechanics	Switzerland – France
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
2019
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Alpinism	France – Italy – Switzerland
Holy Week processions in Mendrisio	Switzerland
2018
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Art of dry stone walling, knowledge and techniques	Croatia – Cyprus – France – Greece – Italy – Slovenia – Spain – Switzerland
Avalanche risk management	Switzerland – Austria
Blaudruck/Modrotisk/Kékfestés/Modrotlač, resist block printing and indigo dyeing in Europe	Austria – Czechia – Germany – Hungary – Slovakia
2017
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Basel Carnival	Switzerland
Organ craftsmanship and music	Germany
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Idea and practice of organizing shared interests in cooperatives	Germany
Winegrowers’ Festival in Vevey	Switzerland
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Regional Centres for Craftsmanship: a strategy for safeguarding the cultural heritage of traditional handicraft	Austria
2015
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Classical horsemanship and the High School of the Spanish Riding School Vienna	Austria
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Schemenlaufen, the carnival of Imst, Austria	Austria