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
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
Festivity of Saint Tryphon and the Kolo (chain dance) of Saint Tryphon, traditions of Croats from Boka Kotorska (Bay of Kotor) who live in the Republic of Croatia	Croatia
Lipizzan horse breeding traditions	Austria – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Croatia – Hungary – Italy – Romania – Slovakia – Slovenia
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Tocatì, a shared programme for the safeguarding of traditional games and sports	Italy – Belgium – Croatia – Cyprus – France
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
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
Međimurska popevka, a folksong from Međimurje	Croatia
2016
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Community project of safeguarding the living culture of Rovinj/Rovigno: the Batana Ecomuseum	Croatia
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Mediterranean diet	Cyprus – Croatia – Spain – Greece – Italy – Morocco – Portugal
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Klapa multipart singing of Dalmatia, southern Croatia	Croatia
2011
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Bećarac singing and playing from Eastern Croatia	Croatia
Nijemo Kolo, silent circle dance of the Dalmatian hinterland	Croatia
2010
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Ojkanje singing	Croatia
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Gingerbread craft from Northern Croatia	Croatia
Sinjska Alka, a knights’ tournament in Sinj	Croatia
2009
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Annual carnival bell ringers’ pageant from the Kastav area	Croatia
Festivity of Saint Blaise, the patron of Dubrovnik	Croatia
Lacemaking in Croatia	Croatia
Procession Za Krizen (‘following the cross’) on the island of Hvar	Croatia
Spring procession of Ljelje/Kraljice (queens) from Gorjani	Croatia
Traditional manufacturing of children’s wooden toys in Hrvatsko Zagorje	Croatia
Two-part singing and playing in the Istrian scale	Croatia