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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2021
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Nordic clinker boat traditions	Denmark – Finland – Iceland – Norway – Sweden
Songket	Malaysia
Traditional craft skills and arts of Al-Naoor	Iraq
2020
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Craftsmanship of mechanical watchmaking and art mechanics	Switzerland – France
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
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
2018
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Avalanche risk management	Switzerland – Austria
Blaudruck/Modrotisk/Kékfestés/Modrotlač, resist block printing and indigo dyeing in Europe	Austria – Czechia – Germany – Hungary – Slovakia
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
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Idea and practice of organizing shared interests in cooperatives	Germany
2012
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional violin craftsmanship in Cremona	Italy
2010
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
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
Daemokjang, traditional wooden architecture	Republic of Korea
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Traditional design and practices for building Chinese wooden arch bridges	China
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Chinese traditional architectural craftsmanship for timber-framed structures	China
Scribing tradition in French timber framing	France
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Woodcrafting knowledge of the Zafimaniry	Madagascar