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 : 14 elements corresponding to 5 regions and 17 countries
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2021

List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding

Carolinian wayfinding and canoe makingMicronesia (Federated States of)

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Nordic clinker boat traditionsDenmark – Finland – Iceland – Norway – Sweden
Traditional craft skills and arts of Al-NaoorIraq

2020

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Charfia fishing in the Kerkennah IslandsTunisia
Grass mowing competition custom in KupresBosnia and Herzegovina
Sauna culture in FinlandFinland
Wine HorsesSpain
Zlakusa pottery making, hand-wheel pottery making in the village of ZlakusaSerbia

2017

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Craft of the miller operating windmills and watermillsNetherlands
Pinisi, art of boatbuilding in South SulawesiIndonesia

2013

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Shrimp fishing on horseback in OostduinkerkeBelgium

2011

List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding

Traditional skills of building and sailing Iranian Lenj boats in the Persian GulfIran (Islamic Republic of)

2010

List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding

Watertight-bulkhead technology of Chinese junksChina

2008

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Oxherding and oxcart traditions in Costa RicaCosta Rica
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