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 : 34 elements corresponding to 5 regions and 54 countries
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2022

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Lipizzan horse breeding traditionsAustria – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Croatia – Hungary – Italy – Romania – Slovakia – Slovenia
Pehlevanliq culture: traditional zorkhana games, sports and wrestlingAzerbaijan
Timber raftingAustria – Czechia – Germany – Latvia – Poland – Spain

Register of Good Safeguarding Practices

Tocatì, a shared programme for the safeguarding of traditional games and sportsItaly – Belgium – Croatia – Cyprus – France

2021

List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding

Building and use of expanded dugout boats in the Soomaa regionEstonia
Carolinian wayfinding and canoe makingMicronesia (Federated States of)

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Grand Festival of TarijaBolivia (Plurinational State of)
Nordic clinker boat traditionsDenmark – Finland – Iceland – Norway – Sweden

2019

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Ethiopian epiphanyEthiopia
SilatMalaysia
Traditions of Pencak SilatIndonesia

2018

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Chidaoba, wrestling in GeorgiaGeorgia
Traditional Korean wrestling (Ssirum/Ssireum)Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – Republic of Korea

2016

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Charrería, equestrian tradition in MexicoMexico
Kuresi in KazakhstanKazakhstan
Nawrouz, Novruz, Nowrouz, Nowrouz, Nawrouz, Nauryz, Nooruz, Nowruz, Navruz, Nevruz, Nowruz, NavruzAfghanistan – Azerbaijan – India – Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Iraq – Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan – Uzbekistan – Pakistan – Tajikistan – Turkmenistan – Türkiye

Register of Good Safeguarding Practices

Oselvar boat - reframing a traditional learning process of building and use to a modern contextNorway

2015

List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding

Coaxing ritual for camelsMongolia

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Filete porteño in Buenos Aires, a traditional painting techniqueArgentina

2014

List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding

Isukuti dance of Isukha and Idakho communities of Western KenyaKenya

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Capoeira circleBrazil

2013

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Celebrations of big shoulder-borne processional structuresItaly
Knowledge, skills and rituals related to the annual renewal of the Q’eswachaka bridgePeru
Mediterranean dietCyprus – Croatia – Spain – Greece – Italy – Morocco – Portugal

2012

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Cherry festival in SefrouMorocco

2011

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Taekkyeon, a traditional Korean martial artRepublic of Korea

Register of Good Safeguarding Practices

Programme of cultivating ludodiversity: safeguarding traditional games in FlandersBelgium

2010

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Naadam, Mongolian traditional festivalMongolia

2009

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Annual carnival bell ringers’ pageant from the Kastav areaCroatia
Dragon Boat festivalChina

2008

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Căluş ritualRomania
Carnival of BincheBelgium
Oxherding and oxcart traditions in Costa RicaCosta Rica
Palestinian HikayePalestine
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