2021 |
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Al-Qudoud al-Halabiya | Syrian Arab Republic |    |
Arabic calligraphy: knowledge, skills and practices | Saudi Arabia – Algeria – Bahrain – Egypt – Iraq – Jordan – Kuwait – Lebanon – Mauritania – Morocco – Oman – Palestine – Sudan – Tunisia – United Arab Emirates – Yemen |    |
Art of Xòe dance of the Tai people in Viet Nam | Viet Nam |    |
Bakhshi art | Uzbekistan |    |
Ceebu Jën, a culinary art of Senegal | Senegal |    |
Community festivities in Campo Maior | Portugal |    |
Congolese rumba | Democratic Republic of the Congo – Congo |    |
Corso culture, flower and fruit parades in the Netherlands | Netherlands |    |
Cultural Heritage of Boka Navy Kotor: a festive representation of a memory and cultural identity | Montenegro |    |
Dances and expressions associated with the Corpus Christi Festivity | Panama |    |
Durga Puja in Kolkata | India |    |
Dutar making craftsmanship and traditional music performing art combined with singing | Turkmenistan |    |
Falak | Tajikistan |    |
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 |    |
Festive cycle around the devotion and worship towards Saint John the Baptist | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |    |
Fjiri | Bahrain |    |
Flower carpets tradition for Corpus Christi processions | Poland |    |
Gamelan | Indonesia |    |
Grand Festival of Tarija | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |    |
Hüsn-i Hat, traditional calligraphy in Islamic art in Turkey | Türkiye |    |
Inuit drum dancing and singing | Denmark |    |
Kaustinen fiddle playing and related practices and expressions | Finland |    |
L-Għana, a Maltese folksong tradition | Malta |    |
Malagasy Kabary, the Malagasy oratorical art | Madagascar |    |
Moutya | Seychelles |    |
Namur stilt jousting | Belgium |    |
Nora, dance drama in southern Thailand | Thailand |    |
Nordic clinker boat traditions | Denmark – Finland – Iceland – Norway – Sweden |    |
Ornek, a Crimean Tatar ornament and knowledge about it | Ukraine |    |
Pasillo, song and poetry | Ecuador |    |
Pottery-related values, knowledge, lore and practices of the Awajún people | Peru |    |
Songket | Malaysia |    |
Tbourida | Morocco |    |
The art of embroidery in Palestine, practices, skills, knowledge and rituals | Palestine |    |
Traditional craft skills and arts of Al-Naoor | Iraq |    |
Traditional craftsmanship of making Dumbara Ratā Kalāla | Sri Lanka |    |
Truffle hunting and extraction in Italy, traditional knowledge and practice | Italy |    |
Visoko multipart singing from Dolen and Satovcha, South-western Bulgaria | Bulgaria |    |
2020 |
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Al Aflaj, traditional irrigation network system in the UAE, oral traditions, knowledge and skills of construction, maintenance and equitable water distribution | United Arab Emirates |    |
Art of crafting and playing Mbira/Sansi, the finger-plucking traditional musical instrument in Malawi and Zimbabwe | Malawi – Zimbabwe |    |
Art of miniature | Azerbaijan – Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Türkiye – Uzbekistan |    |
Budima dance | Zambia |    |
Camel racing, a social practice and a festive heritage associated with camels | United Arab Emirates – Oman |    |
Chamamé | Argentina |    |
Charfia fishing in the Kerkennah Islands | Tunisia |    |
Craftsmanship of mechanical watchmaking and art mechanics | Switzerland – France |    |
Grass mowing competition custom in Kupres | Bosnia and Herzegovina |    |
Handmade production of Christmas tree decorations from blown glass beads | Czechia |    |
Hawker culture in Singapore, community dining and culinary practices in a multicultural urban context | Singapore |    |
Il-Ftira, culinary art and culture of flattened sourdough bread in Malta | Malta |    |
Knowledge, know-how and practices pertaining to the production and consumption of couscous | Algeria – Mauritania – Morocco – Tunisia |    |
Musical art of horn players, an instrumental technique linked to singing, breath control, vibrato, resonance of place and conviviality | France – Belgium – Luxembourg – Italy |    |
Nar Bayrami, traditional pomegranate festivity and culture | Azerbaijan |    |
Ong Chun/Wangchuan/Wangkang ceremony, rituals and related practices for maintaining the sustainable connection between man and the ocean | China – Malaysia |    |
Pantun | Indonesia – Malaysia |    |
Pilgrimage to the St. Thaddeus Apostle Monastery | Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Armenia |    |
Practices and traditional knowledge of Terere in the culture of Pohã Ñana, Guaraní ancestral drink in Paraguay | Paraguay |    |
Sauna culture in Finland | Finland |    |
Taijiquan | China |    |
The art of glass beads | Italy – France |    |
Traditional intelligence and strategy game: Togyzqumalaq, Toguz Korgool, Mangala/Göçürme | Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan – Türkiye |    |
Traditional skills, techniques and knowledge for the conservation and transmission of wooden architecture in Japan | Japan |    |
Traditional weaving of Al Sadu | Saudi Arabia – Kuwait |    |
Tree beekeeping culture | Poland – Belarus |    |
Wine Horses | Spain |    |
Yeondeunghoe, lantern lighting festival in the Republic of Korea | Republic of Korea |    |
Zlakusa pottery making, hand-wheel pottery making in the village of Zlakusa | Serbia |    |
2019 |
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'Ie Samoa, fine mat and its cultural value | Samoa |    |
‘Hatajo de Negritos’ and ‘Hatajo de Pallitas’ from the Peruvian south-central coastline | Peru |    |
Ak-kalpak craftsmanship, traditional knowledge and skills in making and wearing Kyrgyz men’s headwear | Kyrgyzstan |    |
Alpinism | France – Italy – Switzerland |    |
Armenian letter art and its cultural expressions | Armenia |    |
Artisanal talavera of Puebla and Tlaxcala (Mexico) and ceramics of Talavera de la Reina and El Puente del Arzobispo (Spain) making process | Mexico – Spain |    |
Byzantine chant | Cyprus – Greece |    |
Celestinian forgiveness celebration | Italy |    |
Cultural Complex of Bumba-meu-boi from Maranhão | Brazil |    |
Date palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices | Bahrain – Egypt – Iraq – Jordan – Kuwait – Mauritania – Morocco – Oman – Palestine – Saudi Arabia – Sudan – Tunisia – United Arab Emirates – Yemen |    |
Drotárstvo, wire craft and art | Slovakia |    |
Ethiopian epiphany | Ethiopia |    |
Gnawa | Morocco |    |
Holy Week processions in Mendrisio | Switzerland |    |
Irish harping | Ireland |    |
Khorazm dance, Lazgi | Uzbekistan |    |
Kwagh-Hir theatrical performance | Nigeria |    |
Morna, musical practice of Cabo Verde | Cabo Verde |    |
Music and dance of Dominican Bachata | Dominican Republic |    |
Nuad Thai, traditional Thai massage | Thailand |    |
Ommegang of Brussels, an annual historical procession and popular festival | Belgium |    |
Practice of traditional music and dance in Setesdal, playing, dancing and singing (stev/stevjing) | Norway |    |
Practices and craftsmanship associated with the Damascene rose in Al-Mrah | Syrian Arab Republic |    |
Practices of Then by Tày, Nùng and Thái ethnic groups in Viet Nam | Viet Nam |    |
Provision of services and hospitality during the Arba'in visitation | Iraq |    |
Silat | Malaysia |    |
The festival of the Santísima Trinidad del Señor Jesús del Gran Poder in the city of La Paz | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |    |
Tradition of Kosiv painted ceramics | Ukraine |    |
Traditional skills of crafting and playing Dotār | Iran (Islamic Republic of) |    |
Traditional technique of making Airag in Khokhuur and its associated customs | Mongolia |    |
Traditional Turkish archery | Türkiye |    |
Traditional turkmen carpet making art in Turkmenistan | Turkmenistan |    |
Traditions of Pencak Silat | Indonesia |    |
Transhumance, the seasonal droving of livestock along migratory routes in the Mediterranean and in the Alps | Austria – Greece – Italy |    |
Winter festivities, Carnival of Podence | Portugal |    |
2018 |
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Art of dry stone walling, knowledge and techniques | Croatia – Cyprus – France – Greece – Italy – Slovenia – Spain – Switzerland |    |
As-Samer in Jordan | Jordan |    |
Avalanche risk management | Switzerland – Austria |    |
Blaudruck/Modrotisk/Kékfestés/Modrotlač, resist block printing and indigo dyeing in Europe | Austria – Czechia – Germany – Hungary – Slovakia |    |
Bobbin lacemaking in Slovenia | Slovenia |    |
Celebration in honor of the Budslaŭ icon of Our Lady (Budslaŭ fest) | Belarus |    |
Chakan, embroidery art in the Republic of Tajikistan | Tajikistan |    |
Chidaoba, wrestling in Georgia | Georgia |    |
Dondang Sayang | Malaysia |    |
Festivity of Las Parrandas in the centre of Cuba | Cuba |    |
Heritage of Dede Qorqud/Korkyt Ata/Dede Korkut, epic culture, folk tales and music | Azerbaijan – Kazakhstan – Türkiye |    |
Horse and camel Ardhah | Oman |    |
Hurling | Ireland |    |
Khon, masked dance drama in Thailand | Thailand |    |
La Romería (the pilgrimage): ritual cycle of 'La llevada' (the carrying) of the Virgin of Zapopan | Mexico |    |
Lum medicinal bathing of Sowa Rigpa, knowledge and practices concerning life, health and illness prevention and treatment among the Tibetan people in China | China |    |
Međimurska popevka, a folksong from Međimurje | Croatia |    |
Mooba dance of the Lenje ethnic group of Central Province of Zambia | Zambia |    |
Mwinoghe, joyous dance | Malawi |    |
Nativity scene (szopka) tradition in Krakow | Poland |    |
Picking of iva grass on Ozren mountain | Bosnia and Herzegovina |    |
Pottery skills of the women of Sejnane | Tunisia |    |
Raiho-shin, ritual visits of deities in masks and costumes | Japan |    |
Reggae music of Jamaica | Jamaica |    |
Ritual and festive expressions of the Congo culture | Panama |    |
Rūkada Nātya, traditional string puppet drama in Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka |    |
Singing to the accompaniment of the Gusle | Serbia |    |
Tamboradas drum-playing rituals | Spain |    |
The skills related to perfume in Pays de Grasse: the cultivation of perfume plants, the knowledge and processing of natural raw materials, and the art of perfume composition | France |    |
Traditional Korean wrestling (Ssirum/Ssireum) | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – Republic of Korea |    |
Traditional spring festive rites of the Kazakh horse breeders | Kazakhstan |    |
2017 |
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Al-Qatt Al-Asiri, female traditional interior wall decoration in Asir, Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia |    |
Art of crafting and playing with Kamantcheh/Kamancha, a bowed string musical instrument | Azerbaijan – Iran (Islamic Republic of) |    |
Art of Neapolitan ‘Pizzaiuolo’ | Italy |    |
Artisanal processes and plant fibers techniques for talcos, crinejas and pintas weaving of the pinta’o hat | Panama |    |
Basel Carnival | Switzerland |    |
Chogān, a horse-riding game accompanied by music and storytelling | Iran (Islamic Republic of) |    |
Craft of the miller operating windmills and watermills | Netherlands |    |
Craftmanship of Estremoz clay figures | Portugal |    |
Cultural practices associated to the 1st of March | Bulgaria – North Macedonia – Republic of Moldova – Romania |    |
Dolma making and sharing tradition, a marker of cultural identity | Azerbaijan |    |
Door-to-door rounds of Kurenti | Slovenia |    |
Kazakh traditional Assyk games | Kazakhstan |    |
Khaen music of the Lao people | Lao People's Democratic Republic |    |
Kochari, traditional group dance | Armenia |    |
Kok boru, traditional horse game | Kyrgyzstan |    |
Kolo, traditional folk dance | Serbia |    |
Konjic woodcarving | Bosnia and Herzegovina |    |
Kumbh Mela | India |    |
Kushtdepdi rite of singing and dancing | Turkmenistan |    |
Multipart singing of Horehronie | Slovakia |    |
Nsima, culinary tradition of Malawi | Malawi |    |
Organ craftsmanship and music | Germany |    |
Pinisi, art of boatbuilding in South Sulawesi | Indonesia |    |
Punto | Cuba |    |
Rebetiko | Greece |    |
Ritual journeys in La Paz during Alasita | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |    |
Sega tambour of Rodrigues Island | Mauritius |    |
Spring celebration, Hıdrellez | North Macedonia – Türkiye |    |
The art of Bài Chòi in Central Viet Nam | Viet Nam |    |
Traditional art of Shital Pati weaving of Sylhet | Bangladesh |    |
Traditional system of Corongo’s water judges | Peru |    |
Uilleann piping | Ireland |    |
Xoan singing of Phú Thọ province, Viet Nam | Viet Nam |    |
Zaouli, popular music and dance of the Guro communities in Côte d’Ivoire | Côte d'Ivoire |    |
2016 |
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Almezmar, drumming and dancing with sticks | Saudi Arabia |    |
Argungu international fishing and cultural festival | Nigeria |    |
Beer culture in Belgium | Belgium |    |
Bhojpuri folk songs in Mauritius, Geet-Gawai | Mauritius |    |
Carnival of El Callao, a festive representation of a memory and cultural identity | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |    |
Carnival of Granville | France |    |
Charrería, equestrian tradition in Mexico | Mexico |    |
Culture of Jeju Haenyeo (women divers) | Republic of Korea |    |
Flatbread making and sharing culture: Lavash, Katyrma, Jupka, Yufka | Azerbaijan – Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan – Türkiye |    |
Gada system, an indigenous democratic socio-political system of the Oromo | Ethiopia |    |
Idea and practice of organizing shared interests in cooperatives | Germany |    |
Khidr Elias feast and its vows | Iraq |    |
Kuresi in Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan |    |
Living culture of three writing systems of the Georgian alphabet | Georgia |    |
Mangal Shobhajatra on Pahela Baishakh | Bangladesh |    |
Momoeria, New Year's celebration in eight villages of Kozani area, West Macedonia, Greece | Greece |    |
Music and dance of the merengue in the Dominican Republic | Dominican Republic |    |
Nawrouz, Novruz, Nowrouz, Nowrouz, Nawrouz, Nauryz, Nooruz, Nowruz, Navruz, Nevruz, Nowruz, Navruz | Afghanistan – Azerbaijan – India – Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Iraq – Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan – Uzbekistan – Pakistan – Tajikistan – Turkmenistan – Türkiye |    |
Oshi Palav, a traditional meal and its social and cultural contexts in Tajikistan | Tajikistan |    |
Palov culture and tradition | Uzbekistan |    |
Practices related to the Viet beliefs in the Mother Goddesses of Three Realms | Viet Nam |    |
Puppetry in Slovakia and Czechia | Slovakia – Czechia |    |
Rumba in Cuba, a festive combination of music and dances and all the practices associated | Cuba |    |
Škofja Loka passion play | Slovenia |    |
Tahteeb, stick game | Egypt |    |
The Twenty-Four Solar Terms, knowledge in China of time and practices developed through observation of the sun’s annual motion | China |    |
Traditional craftsmanship of Çini-making | Türkiye |    |
Traditional wall-carpet craftsmanship in Romania and the Republic of Moldova | Romania – Republic of Moldova |    |
Valencia Fallas festivity | Spain |    |
Winegrowers’ Festival in Vevey | Switzerland |    |
Yama, Hoko, Yatai, float festivals in Japan | Japan |    |
Yoga | India |    |
2015 |
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Aitysh/Aitys, art of improvisation | Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan |    |
Al-Razfa, a traditional performing art | United Arab Emirates – Oman |    |
Alardah Alnajdiyah, dance, drumming and poetry in Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia |    |
Arabic coffee, a symbol of generosity | United Arab Emirates – Saudi Arabia – Oman – Qatar |    |
Bagpipe culture | Slovakia |    |
Classical horsemanship and the High School of the Spanish Riding School Vienna | Austria |    |
Copper craftsmanship of Lahij | Azerbaijan |    |
Epic art of Gorogly | Turkmenistan |    |
Fichee-Chambalaalla, New Year festival of the Sidama people | Ethiopia |    |
Filete porteño in Buenos Aires, a traditional painting technique | Argentina |    |
Lad’s dances in Romania | Romania |    |
Majlis, a cultural and social space | United Arab Emirates – Saudi Arabia – Oman – Qatar |    |
Marimba music, traditional chants and dances from the Colombia South Pacific region and Esmeraldas Province of Ecuador | Colombia – Ecuador |    |
Oshituthi shomagongo, marula fruit festival | Namibia |    |
Sbuâ, annual pilgrimage to the zawiya of Sidi El Hadj Belkacem in Gourara | Algeria |    |
Summer solstice fire festivals in the Pyrenees | Andorra – Spain – France |    |
Surova folk feast in Pernik region | Bulgaria |    |
Three genres of traditional dance in Bali | Indonesia |    |
Tinian marble craftsmanship | Greece |    |
Tradition of kimchi-making in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea |    |
Traditional knowledge and technologies relating to the growing and processing of the curagua | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |    |
Tugging rituals and games | Cambodia – Philippines – Republic of Korea – Viet Nam |    |
Wititi dance of the Colca Valley | Peru |    |
2014 |
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Al-Ayyala, a traditional performing art of the Sultanate of Oman and the United Arab Emirates | Oman – United Arab Emirates |    |
Al-Zajal, recited or sung poetry | Lebanon |    |
Argan, practices and know-how concerning the argan tree | Morocco |    |
Arirang folk song in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea |    |
Askiya, the art of wit | Uzbekistan |    |
Baile Chino | Chile |    |
Cante Alentejano, polyphonic singing from Alentejo, southern Portugal | Portugal |    |
Capoeira circle | Brazil |    |
Coming forth of the masks and puppets in Markala | Mali |    |
Ebru, Turkish art of marbling | Türkiye |    |
Festivity of Virgen de la Candelaria of Puno | Peru |    |
Gwoka: music, song, dance and cultural practice representative of Guadeloupean identity | France |    |
Kazakh traditional art of Dombra Kuy | Kazakhstan |    |
Know-how of cultivating mastic on the island of Chios | Greece |    |
Kopachkata, a social dance from the village of Dramche, Pijanec | North Macedonia |    |
Lavash, the preparation, meaning and appearance of traditional bread as an expression of culture in Armenia | Armenia |    |
Mongolian knuckle-bone shooting | Mongolia |    |
Nongak, community band music, dance and rituals in the Republic of Korea | Republic of Korea |    |
Practices and expressions of joking relationships in Niger | Niger |    |
Pujllay and Ayarichi, music and dances of the Yampara culture | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |    |
Ritual and ceremonies of Sebeïba in the oasis of Djanet, Algeria | Algeria |    |
Ritual dance of the royal drum | Burundi |    |
Slava, celebration of family saint patron’s day | Serbia |    |
Smoke sauna tradition in Võromaa | Estonia |    |
Tchopa, sacrificial dance of the Lhomwe people of southern Malawi | Malawi |    |
The tradition of carpet-making in Chiprovtsi | Bulgaria |    |
Traditional agricultural practice of cultivating the ‘vite ad alberello’ (head-trained bush vines) of the community of Pantelleria | Italy |    |
Traditional art and symbolism of Kelaghayi, making and wearing women’s silk headscarves | Azerbaijan |    |
Traditional brass and copper craft of utensil making among the Thatheras of Jandiala Guru, Punjab, India | India |    |
Traditional knowledge and skills in making Kyrgyz and Kazakh yurts (Turkic nomadic dwellings) | Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan |    |
Traditional Mauritian Sega | Mauritius |    |
Ví and Giặm folk songs of Nghệ Tĩnh | Viet Nam |    |
Washi, craftsmanship of traditional Japanese hand-made paper | Japan |    |
Zmijanje embroidery | Bosnia and Herzegovina |    |
2013 |
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Ancient Georgian traditional Qvevri wine-making method | Georgia |    |
Annual pilgrimage to the mausoleum of Sidi ‘Abd el-Qader Ben Mohammed (Sidi Cheikh) | Algeria |    |
Art of Đờn ca tài tử music and song in southern Viet Nam | Viet Nam |    |
Celebrations of big shoulder-borne processional structures | Italy |    |
Chinese Zhusuan, knowledge and practices of mathematical calculation through the abacus | China |    |
Círio de Nazaré (The Taper of Our Lady of Nazareth) in the city of Belém, Pará | Brazil |    |
Commemoration feast of the finding of the True Holy Cross of Christ | Ethiopia |    |
Feast of the Holy Forty Martyrs in Štip | North Macedonia |    |
Kimjang, making and sharing kimchi in the Republic of Korea | Republic of Korea |    |
Knowledge, skills and rituals related to the annual renewal of the Q’eswachaka bridge | Peru |    |
Kyrgyz epic trilogy: Manas, Semetey, Seytek | Kyrgyzstan |    |
La Parranda de San Pedro de Guarenas y Guatire | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |    |
Limousin septennial ostensions | France |    |
Mediterranean diet | Cyprus – Croatia – Spain – Greece – Italy – Morocco – Portugal |    |
Men’s group Colindat, Christmas-time ritual | Republic of Moldova – Romania |    |
Music of Terchová | Slovakia |    |
Petrykivka decorative painting as a phenomenon of the Ukrainian ornamental folk art | Ukraine |    |
Practices and knowledge linked to the Imzad of the Tuareg communities of Algeria, Mali and Niger | Algeria – Mali – Niger |    |
Sankirtana, ritual singing, drumming and dancing of Manipur | India |    |
Shrimp fishing on horseback in Oostduinkerke | Belgium |    |
Traditional art of Jamdani weaving | Bangladesh |    |
Traditional craftsmanship of the Mongol Ger and its associated customs | Mongolia |    |
Turkish coffee culture and tradition | Türkiye |    |
Washoku, traditional dietary cultures of the Japanese, notably for the celebration of New Year | Japan |    |
Xooy, a divination ceremony among the Serer of Senegal | Senegal |    |
2012 |
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Al ‘azi, elegy, processional march and poetry | Oman |    |
Al-Taghrooda, traditional Bedouin chanted poetry in the United Arab Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman | United Arab Emirates – Oman |    |
Arirang, lyrical folk song in the Republic of Korea | Republic of Korea |    |
Buddhist chanting of Ladakh: recitation of sacred Buddhist texts in the trans-Himalayan Ladakh region, Jammu and Kashmir, India | India |    |
Cherry festival in Sefrou | Morocco |    |
Craftsmanship and performance art of the Tar, a long-necked string musical instrument | Azerbaijan |    |
Craftsmanship of Horezu ceramics | Romania |    |
Cultural practices and expressions linked to the balafon of the Senufo communities of Mali, Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire | Mali – Burkina Faso – Côte d'Ivoire |    |
Fest-Noz, festive gathering based on the collective practice of traditional dances of Brittany | France |    |
Festival of Saint Francis of Assisi, Quibdó | Colombia |    |
Fiesta of the patios in Cordova | Spain |    |
Folk art of the Matyó, embroidery of a traditional community | Hungary |    |
Frevo, performing arts of the Carnival of Recife | Brazil |    |
Ichapekene Piesta, the biggest festival of San Ignacio de Moxos | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |    |
Klapa multipart singing of Dalmatia, southern Croatia | Croatia |    |
Marches of Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse | Belgium |    |
Mesir Macunu festival | Türkiye |    |
Nachi no Dengaku, a religious performing art held at the Nachi fire festival | Japan |    |
Performance of the Armenian epic of 'Daredevils of Sassoun' or 'David of Sassoun' | Armenia |    |
Qālišuyān rituals of Mašhad-e Ardehāl in Kāšān | Iran (Islamic Republic of) |    |
Rites and craftsmanship associated with the wedding costume tradition of Tlemcen | Algeria |    |
Schemenlaufen, the carnival of Imst, Austria | Austria |    |
Traditional violin craftsmanship in Cremona | Italy |    |
Traditional weaving of the Ecuadorian toquilla straw hat | Ecuador |    |
Venezuela's Dancing Devils of Corpus Christi | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |    |
Worship of Hùng kings in Phú Thọ | Viet Nam |    |
2011 |
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Bećarac singing and playing from Eastern Croatia | Croatia |    |
Ceremonial Keşkek tradition | Türkiye |    |
Chinese shadow puppetry | China |    |
Equitation in the French tradition | France |    |
Fado, urban popular song of Portugal | Portugal |    |
Festivity of ‘la Mare de Déu de la Salut’ of Algemesí | Spain |    |
Jultagi, tightrope walking | Republic of Korea |    |
Leuven age set ritual repertoire | Belgium |    |
Mariachi, string music, song and trumpet | Mexico |    |
Mibu no Hana Taue, ritual of transplanting rice in Mibu, Hiroshima | Japan |    |
Nijemo Kolo, silent circle dance of the Dalmatian hinterland | Croatia |    |
Pilgrimage to the sanctuary of the Lord of Qoyllurit’i | Peru |    |
Ride of the Kings in the south-east of the Czech Republic | Czechia |    |
Sada Shin Noh, sacred dancing at Sada shrine, Shimane | Japan |    |
Taekkyeon, a traditional Korean martial art | Republic of Korea |    |
Traditional knowledge of the jaguar shamans of Yuruparí | Colombia |    |
Tsiattista poetic duelling | Cyprus |    |
Weaving of Mosi (fine ramie) in the Hansan region | Republic of Korea |    |
2010 |
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Acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine | China |    |
Al-Bar’ah, music and dance of Oman Dhofari valleys | Oman |    |
Armenian cross-stones art. Symbolism and craftsmanship of Khachkars | Armenia |    |
Chant of the Sybil on Majorca | Spain |    |
Chhau dance | India |    |
Compagnonnage, network for on-the-job transmission of knowledge and identities | France |    |
Craftsmanship of Alençon needle lace-making | France |    |
Daemokjang, traditional wooden architecture | Republic of Korea |    |
Flamenco | Spain |    |
Gagok, lyric song cycles accompanied by an orchestra | Republic of Korea |    |
Gastronomic meal of the French | France |    |
Gingerbread craft from Northern Croatia | Croatia |    |
Gióng festival of Phù Ðông and Sóc temples | Viet Nam |    |
Hopping procession of Echternach | Luxembourg |    |
Houtem Jaarmarkt, annual winter fair and livestock market at Sint-Lievens-Houtem | Belgium |    |
Huaconada, ritual dance of Mito | Peru |    |
Human towers | Spain |    |
Indonesian Angklung | Indonesia |    |
Kalbelia folk songs and dances of Rajasthan | India |    |
Kırkpınar oil wrestling festival | Türkiye |    |
Krakelingen and Tonnekensbrand, end-of-winter bread and fire feast at Geraardsbergen | Belgium |    |
Kumiodori, traditional Okinawan musical theatre | Japan |    |
Mongolian traditional art of Khöömei | Mongolia |    |
Mudiyettu, ritual theatre and dance drama of Kerala | India |    |
Music of the Bakhshis of Khorasan | Iran (Islamic Republic of) |    |
Naadam, Mongolian traditional festival | Mongolia |    |
Pahlevani and Zoorkhanei rituals | Iran (Islamic Republic of) |    |
Parachicos in the traditional January feast of Chiapa de Corzo | Mexico |    |
Peking opera | China |    |
Pirekua, traditional song of the P’urhépecha | Mexico |    |
Ritual dramatic art of Ta‘zīye | Iran (Islamic Republic of) |    |
Scissors dance | Peru |    |
Semah, Alevi-Bektaşi ritual | Türkiye |    |
Shrovetide door-to-door processions and masks in the villages of the Hlinecko area | Czechia |    |
Sinjska Alka, a knights’ tournament in Sinj | Croatia |    |
Sutartinės, Lithuanian multipart songs | Lithuania |    |
Traditional art of Azerbaijani carpet weaving in the Republic of Azerbaijan | Azerbaijan |    |
Traditional Mexican cuisine - ancestral, ongoing community culture, the Michoacán paradigm | Mexico |    |
Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Fars | Iran (Islamic Republic of) |    |
Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Kashan | Iran (Islamic Republic of) |    |
Traditional Sohbet meetings | Türkiye |    |
Wayuu normative system, applied by the Pütchipü’üi (palabrero) | Colombia |    |
Yuki-tsumugi, silk fabric production technique | Japan |    |
2009 |
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Akiu no Taue Odori | Japan |    |
Annual carnival bell ringers’ pageant from the Kastav area | Croatia |    |
Art of Azerbaijani Ashiq | Azerbaijan |    |
Art of Chinese seal engraving | China |    |
Âşıklık (minstrelsy) tradition | Türkiye |    |
Aubusson tapestry | France |    |
Busó festivities at Mohács: masked end-of-winter carnival custom | Hungary |    |
Candombe and its socio-cultural space: a community practice | Uruguay |    |
Carnaval de Negros y Blancos | Colombia |    |
Chakkirako | Japan |    |
Cheoyongmu | Republic of Korea |    |
China engraved block printing technique | China |    |
Chinese calligraphy | China |    |
Chinese paper-cut | China |    |
Chinese traditional architectural craftsmanship for timber-framed structures | China |    |
Craftsmanship of Nanjing Yunjin brocade | China |    |
Daimokutate | Japan |    |
Dainichido Bugaku | Japan |    |
Doina | Romania |    |
Dragon Boat festival | China |    |
Farmers’ dance of China’s Korean ethnic group | China |    |
Festivity of Saint Blaise, the patron of Dubrovnik | Croatia |    |
Gagaku | Japan |    |
Ganggangsullae | Republic of Korea |    |
Gesar epic tradition | China |    |
Grand song of the Dong ethnic group | China |    |
Hayachine Kagura | Japan |    |
Holy Week processions in Popayán | Colombia |    |
Hua’er | China |    |
Ijele masquerade | Nigeria |    |
Indonesian Batik | Indonesia |    |
Irrigators’ tribunals of the Spanish Mediterranean coast: the Council of Wise Men of the plain of Murcia and the Water Tribunal of the plain of Valencia | Spain |    |
Jeju Chilmeoridang Yeongdeunggut | Republic of Korea |    |
Karagöz | Türkiye |    |
Katta Ashula | Uzbekistan |    |
Lacemaking in Croatia | Croatia |    |
Lefkara laces or Lefkaritika | Cyprus |    |
Maloya | France |    |
Manas | China |    |
Manden Charter, proclaimed in Kurukan Fuga | Mali |    |
Mazu belief and customs | China |    |
Mongolian art of singing, Khoomei | China |    |
Namsadang Nori | Republic of Korea |    |
Nanyin | China |    |
Nestinarstvo, messages from the past: the Panagyr of Saints Constantine and Helena in the village of Bulgari | Bulgaria |    |
Ojiya-chijimi, Echigo-jofu: techniques of making ramie fabric in Uonuma region, Niigata Prefecture | Japan |    |
Oku-noto no Aenokoto | Japan |    |
Places of memory and living traditions of the Otomí-Chichimecas people of Tolimán: the Peña de Bernal, guardian of a sacred territory | Mexico |    |
Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges | Belgium |    |
Procession Za Krizen (‘following the cross’) on the island of Hvar | Croatia |    |
Quan Họ Bắc Ninh folk songs | Viet Nam |    |
Radif of Iranian music | Iran (Islamic Republic of) |    |
Ramman, religious festival and ritual theatre of the Garhwal Himalayas, India | India |    |
Regong arts | China |    |
Ritual ceremony of the Voladores | Mexico |    |
Scribing tradition in French timber framing | France |    |
Septennial re-roofing ceremony of the Kamablon, sacred house of Kangaba | Mali |    |
Sericulture and silk craftsmanship of China | China |    |
Seto Leelo, Seto polyphonic singing tradition | Estonia |    |
Spring procession of Ljelje/Kraljice (queens) from Gorjani | Croatia |    |
Tango | Argentina – Uruguay |    |
Tibetan opera | China |    |
Traditional Ainu dance | Japan |    |
Traditional firing technology of Longquan celadon | China |    |
Traditional handicrafts of making Xuan paper | China |    |
Traditional manufacturing of children’s wooden toys in Hrvatsko Zagorje | Croatia |    |
Two-part singing and playing in the Istrian scale | Croatia |    |
Whistled language of the island of La Gomera (Canary Islands), the Silbo Gomero | Spain |    |
Xi’an wind and percussion ensemble | China |    |
Yeongsanjae | Republic of Korea |    |
Yueju opera | China |    |
2008 |
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Ahellil of Gourara | Algeria |    |
Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah epic | Egypt |    |
Albanian folk iso-polyphony | Albania |    |
Andean cosmovision of the Kallawaya | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |    |
Art of Akyns, Kyrgyz epic tellers | Kyrgyzstan |    |
Arts of the Meddah, public storytellers | Türkiye |    |
Azerbaijani Mugham | Azerbaijan |    |
Baltic song and dance celebrations | Estonia – Latvia – Lithuania |    |
Barkcloth making in Uganda | Uganda |    |
Baul songs | Bangladesh |    |
Bistritsa Babi, archaic polyphony, dances and rituals from the Shoplouk region | Bulgaria |    |
Căluş ritual | Romania |    |
Canto a tenore, Sardinian pastoral songs | Italy |    |
Carnival of Barranquilla | Colombia |    |
Carnival of Binche | Belgium |    |
Carnival of Oruro | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |    |
Chopi Timbila | Mozambique |    |
Cocolo dance drama tradition | Dominican Republic |    |
Cross-crafting and its symbolism | Lithuania |    |
Cultural space and oral culture of the Semeiskie | Russian Federation |    |
Cultural space of Boysun District | Uzbekistan |    |
Cultural space of Jemaa el-Fna Square | Morocco |    |
Cultural space of Palenque de San Basilio | Colombia |    |
Cultural space of Sosso-Bala | Guinea |    |
Cultural space of the Bedu in Petra and Wadi Rum | Jordan |    |
Cultural space of the Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of the Congos of Villa Mella | Dominican Republic |    |
Cultural space of the Yaaral and Degal | Mali |    |
Darangen epic of the Maranao people of Lake Lanao | Philippines |    |
Duduk and its music | Armenia |    |
El Güegüense | Nicaragua |    |
Fujara and its music | Slovakia |    |
Gangneung Danoje festival | Republic of Korea |    |
Gbofe of Afounkaha, the music of the transverse trumps of the Tagbana community | Côte d'Ivoire |    |
Georgian polyphonic singing | Georgia |    |
Gule Wamkulu | Malawi – Mozambique – Zambia |    |
Guqin and its music | China |    |
Hudhud chants of the Ifugao | Philippines |    |
Ifa divination system | Nigeria |    |
Indigenous festivity dedicated to the dead | Mexico |    |
Indonesian Kris | Indonesia |    |
Iraqi Maqam | Iraq |    |
Kabuki theatre | Japan |    |
Kankurang, Manding initiatory rite | Gambia – Senegal |    |
Kihnu cultural space | Estonia |    |
Kun Qu opera | China |    |
Kutiyattam, Sanskrit theatre | India |    |
La Tumba Francesa | Cuba |    |
Lakalaka, dances and sung speeches of Tonga | Tonga |    |
Language, dance and music of the Garifuna | Belize – Guatemala – Honduras – Nicaragua |    |
Mak Yong theatre | Malaysia |    |
Makishi masquerade | Zambia |    |
Maroon heritage of Moore Town | Jamaica |    |
Mask dance of the drums from Drametse | Bhutan |    |
Mbende Jerusarema dance | Zimbabwe |    |
Mevlevi Sema ceremony | Türkiye |    |
Moussem of Tan-Tan | Morocco |    |
Mystery play of Elche | Spain |    |
Nha Nhac, Vietnamese court music | Viet Nam |    |
Ningyo Johruri Bunraku puppet theatre | Japan |    |
Nôgaku theatre | Japan |    |
Olonkho, Yakut heroic epos | Russian Federation |    |
Opera dei Pupi, Sicilian puppet theatre | Italy |    |
Oral and graphic expressions of the Wajapi | Brazil |    |
Oral heritage and cultural manifestations of the Zápara people | Ecuador – Peru |    |
Oral heritage of Gelede | Benin – Nigeria – Togo |    |
Oxherding and oxcart traditions in Costa Rica | Costa Rica |    |
Palestinian Hikaye | Palestine |    |
Pansori epic chant | Republic of Korea |    |
Patum of Berga | Spain |    |
Polyphonic singing of the Aka Pygmies of Central Africa | Central African Republic |    |
Processional giants and dragons in Belgium and France | Belgium – France |    |
Rabinal Achí dance drama tradition | Guatemala |    |
Ramlila, the traditional performance of the Ramayana | India |    |
Royal ancestral ritual in the Jongmyo shrine and its music | Republic of Korea |    |
Royal ballet of Cambodia | Cambodia |    |
Samba de Roda of the Recôncavo of Bahia | Brazil |    |
Sbek Thom, Khmer shadow theatre | Cambodia |    |
Shashmaqom music | Uzbekistan – Tajikistan |    |
Slovácko Verbuňk, recruit dances | Czechia |    |
Song of Sana’a | Yemen |    |
Space of gong culture | Viet Nam |    |
Taquile and its textile art | Peru |    |
Tradition of Vedic chanting | India |    |
Traditional music of the Morin Khuur | Mongolia |    |
Urtiin Duu, traditional folk long song | China – Mongolia |    |
Uyghur Muqam of Xinjiang | China |    |
Vanuatu sand drawings | Vanuatu |    |
Vimbuza healing dance | Malawi |    |
Wayang puppet theatre | Indonesia |    |
Woodcrafting knowledge of the Zafimaniry | Madagascar |    |