Oman - UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage

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Establishment of the UNESCO–Sultan Haitham Prize for Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding

23 April 2026

Establishment of the UNESCO–Sultan Haitham Prize for Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding

Twenty elements added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

2 December 2015

Twenty elements added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Arab States spearhead reflection on policy development

6 May 2014

Arab States spearhead reflection on policy development

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On the implementation of the Convention

15/12/2011 (submitted in 2012)
15/12/2017 (submitted on time)
15/12/2022 (submitted on time)
15/12/2022 (submitted)
15/12/2028

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Key references

Ratification of the Convention on

4 August 2005

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Committee Member

Committee Member

Oman (2008 - 2012)

Contact

Listing of ICH and Register

Al-Khanjar, craft skills and social practices

Al-Khanjar, craft skills and social practices (2022, RL)

18 elements inscribed

2025: Arabic Kohl (RL)
2025: Bisht (men's Abaa): skills and practices (RL)
2024: Henna: rituals, aesthetic and social practices (RL)
2024: Arabic coffee, a symbol of generosity (RL)
2024: Oman Youth Sail Training Ship (Safinat Shabab Oman) programme for peace and sustainable cultural dialogue (Art18)
2023: Harees dish: know-how, skills and practices (RL)
2022: Date palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices (RL)
2022: Al-Khanjar, craft skills and social practices (RL)
2022: Alheda'a, oral traditions of calling camel flocks (RL)
2021: Arabic calligraphy: knowledge, skills and practices (RL)
2020: Camel racing, a social practice and a festive heritage associated with camels (RL)
2018: Horse and camel Ardhah (RL)
2015: Al-Razfa, a traditional performing art (RL)
2015: Majlis, a cultural and social space (RL)
2014: Al-Ayyala, a traditional performing art of the Sultanate of Oman and the United Arab Emirates (RL)
2012: Al ‘azi, elegy, processional march and poetry (RL)
2012: Al-Taghrooda, traditional Bedouin chanted poetry in the United Arab Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman (RL)
2010: Al-Bar’ah, music and dance of Oman Dhofari valleys (RL)

On-going nomination(s)

2026: Al-Razha (RL)
2026: Oud instrument: practices, skills and performing arts (RL)
2026: Al Saafiyat and plant fibers: craft and social traditions (RL)
2026: Harees dish: know-how, skills and practices (RL)
2026: Henna: rituals, aesthetic and social practices (RL)

Files pending priority (0) / priority (ii) treatment

Omani Halwa: its associated skills and social practices (RL)
Arabian horses: breeding traditions and associated arts (RL)
Al sanbouk sailing boat: the craft and social traditions (RL)
Sea rules and customs (Sunan Albahr) (RL)

Legislation

Ministerial Decision regarding the organizational list of religious recital groups

2010

Decree of the Sultan on the adoption of the UNESCO Convention of Safeguarding of the Intangible Heritage

2005

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