UNESCO established its Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage with the aim of ensuring better protection of important intangible cultural heritages worldwide and the awareness of their significance.[1] This list is published by the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, the members of which are elected by State Parties meeting in a General Assembly.[2] Through a compendium of the different oral and intangible treasures of humankind worldwide, the programme aims to draw attention to the importance of safeguarding intangible heritage, which UNESCO has identified as an essential component and as a repository of cultural diversity and of creative expression.[3] [4]
The list was established in 2008 when the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage took effect.
, the programme compiles three lists. The longer Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity comprises cultural "practices and expressions [that] help demonstrate the diversity of this heritage and raise awareness about its importance." The shorter List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding is composed of those cultural elements that concerned communities and countries consider to require urgent measures to keep them alive.[5] [6] The third list is the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices.
In 2013, four elements were inscribed on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, which helps States Parties mobilize international cooperation and assistance to ensure the transmission of this heritage with the participation of the concerned communities. The Urgent Safeguarding List now numbers 35 elements. The Intergovernmental Committee also inscribed 25 elements on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, which serves to raise awareness of intangible heritage and provide recognition to communities' traditions and know-how that reflect their cultural diversity. The list does not attribute or recognize any standard of excellence or exclusivity. All lists combined totalled 676 elements, corresponding to 140 countries .[7]
Elements inscribed in the lists are deemed significant manifestations of humanity's intangible heritage, the highest honour for intangible heritage on a global level.
The Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity contains intangible cultural heritage elements that "help demonstrate the diversity of cultural heritage and raise awareness about its importance".[8]
| Member state | Element | Year proclaimed | Year inscribed | Region | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan Azerbaijan India Iraq Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Pakistan Tajikistan Turkey Turkmenistan Uzbekistan | Nawrouz, Novruz, Nowrouz, Nowrouz, Nawrouz, Nauryz, Nooruz, Nowruz, Navruz, Nevruz, Nowruz, Navruz | 2016 | APA | [9] | ||
| Afghanistan Azerbaijan Turkey Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan | Sericulture and traditional production of silk for weaving | 2022 | APA | [10] | ||
| Afghanistan | Yaldā/Chella | 2022 | APA | [11] | ||
 Albania | Iso-Polyphony | 2005 | 2008 | ENA | [12] | |
Albania Andorra Austria Croatia France Greece Italy Luxembourg Romania Spain | Transhumance, the seasonal droving of livestock | 2023 | ENA | [13] | ||
 Algeria | Ritual and ceremonies of Sebiba in the oasis of Djanet, Algeria | 2014 | AST | [14] | ||
| Ahellil of Gourara | 2005 | 2008 | [15] | |||
| Rites and craftsmanship associated with the wedding costume tradition of Tlemcen | 2012 | [16] | ||||
| Annual pilgrimage to the mausoleum of Sidi 'Abd el-Qader Ben Mohammed (Sidi Cheikh) | 2017 | [17] | ||||
| Sbuâ, annual pilgrimage to the zawiya of Sidi El Hadj Belkacem in Gourara | 2015 | [18] | ||||
| Raï, popular folk song of Algeria | 2022 | [19] | ||||
Algeria Mali Niger | Practices and knowledge linked to the Imzad of the Tuareg communities of Algeria, Mali and Niger | 2013 | AFR, AST | [20] | ||
Algeria Mauritania Morocco Tunisia | Couscous, Maghrebi cuisine | 2020 | AFR, AST | [21] | ||
| Andorra France | Bear festivities in the Pyrenees | 2022 | ENA | [22] | ||
| Andorra France Spain | Summer solstice fire festivals in the Pyrenees | 2015 | ENA | [23] | ||
 Angola | Sona, drawings and geometric figures on sand | 2023 | AFR | [24] | ||
 Argentina | Filete porteño in Buenos Aires, a traditional painting technique | 2015 | LAC | [25] | ||
| Chamamé | 2020 | [26] | ||||
Argentina Uruguay | Tango | 2009 | LAC | [27] | ||
 Armenia | Duduk and its music | 2005 | 2008 | ENA | [28] | |
| Armenian cross-stones art. Symbolism and craftsmanship of Khachkars | 2010 | [29] | ||||
| Performance of the Armenian epic of 'Daredevils of Sassoun' or 'David of Sassoun' | 2012 | [30] | ||||
| Lavash, the preparation, meaning and appearance of traditional bread as an expression of culture in Armenia | 2014 | [31] | ||||
| Kochari, traditional group dance | 2017 | [32] | ||||
| Armenian letter art and its cultural expressions | 2019 | [33] | ||||
| Tradition of blacksmithing in Gyumri | 2023 | [34] | ||||
| Armenia | Pilgrimage to the St. Thaddeus Apostle Monastery, Saint Stepanos Monastery, Chapel of Dzordzor, Chapel of Chupan, Church of the Holy Mother of God, Darashamb. | 2020 | APA | [35] | ||
| Austria | Schemenlaufen, the carnival of Imst, Austria | 2012 | ENA | [36] | ||
| Classical horsemanship and the High School of the Spanish Riding School Vienna | 2015 | [37] | ||||
Austria Belgium Croatia Czech Republic France Germany Hungary Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Mongolia Netherlands Morocco Pakistan Poland Portugal Qatar Saudi Arabia Slovakia Spain United Arab Emirates | Falconry, a living human heritage | 2021 | AFR, APA, AST, ENA | [38] | ||
Austria Belgium Germany Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Switzerland | Traditional irrigation: knowledge, technique, and organization | 2023 | ENA | [39] | ||
Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Hungary Italy Romania Slovakia Slovenia | Lipizzan horse breeding traditions | 2022 | ENA | [40] | ||
| Austria Czech Republic Germany Hungary Slovakia | Blaudruck/Modrotisk/Kékfestés/Modrotlač, resist block printing and indigo dyeing in Europe | 2018 | ENA | [41] | ||
Austria Czech Republic Germany Latvia Poland Spain | Timber rafting | 2022 | ENA | [42] | ||
| Austria Greece Italy Romania | Transhumance, the seasonal droving of livestock along migratory routes in the Mediterranean and in the Alps | 2019 | ENA | [43] [44] | ||
| Austria Switzerland | Avalanche risk management | 2018 | ENA | [45] | ||
| Azerbaijan | Azerbaijani Mugham | 2003 | 2008 | APA | [46] | |
| Art of Azerbaijani Ashiq | 2009 | [47] | ||||
| Traditional art of Azerbaijani carpet weaving in the Republic of Azerbaijan | 2010 | [48] | ||||
| Craftsmanship and performance art of the Tar, a long-necked string musical instrument | 2012 | [49] | ||||
| Traditional art and symbolism of Kelaghayi, making and wearing women's silk headscarves | 2014 | [50] | ||||
| Copper craftsmanship of Lahij | 2015 | [51] | ||||
| Dolma making and sharing tradition, a marker of cultural identity | 2017 | [52] | ||||
| Nar Bayrami, traditional pomegranate festivity and culture | 2020 | [53] | ||||
| Pehlevanliq culture: traditional zorkhana games, sports and wrestling | 2022 | [54] | ||||
| Azerbaijan | Art of crafting and playing with Kamantcheh/Kamancha, a bowed string musical instrument | 2017 | APA | [55] | ||
| Art of illumination: Təzhib/Tazhib/Zarhalkori/Tezhip/Naqqoshlik | 2023 | APA | [56] | |||
| Art of miniature | 2020 | APA | [57] | |||
| Iftar/Eftari/Iftar/Iftor and its socio-cultural traditions | 2023 | [58] | ||||
| Flatbread making and sharing culture: Lavash, Katyrma, Jupka, Yufka | 2016 | APA | [59] | |||
| Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkey Turkmenistan Uzbekistan | Telling tradition of Nasreddin Hodja/ Molla Nesreddin/ Molla Ependi/ Apendi/ Afendi Kozhanasyr Anecdotes | 2022 | APA | [60] | ||
| Heritage of Dede Qorqud/Korkyt Ata/Dede Korkut, epic culture, folk tales and music | 2018 | APA | [61] | |||
| Culture of Çay (tea), a symbol of identity, hospitality and social interaction | 2022 | APA | [62] | |||
| Craftsmanship and performing art of balaban/mey | 2023 | [63] | ||||
| Craftsmanship of mother of pearl inlay | 2023 | [64] | ||||
 Bahamas | Junkanoo | 2023 | LAC | [65] | ||
 Bahrain | Fjiri | 2021 | ARB | [66] | ||
Bahrain Egypt Iraq Jordan Kuwait Mauritania Morocco Oman Saudi Arabia Sudan Tunisia United Arab Emirates Yemen | Date palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices | 2019 | ARB | [67] | ||
| 2022 | [68] | |||||
 Bangladesh | Baul songs | 2005 | 2008 | APA | [69] | |
| Traditional art of Jamdani weaving | 2013 | [70] | ||||
| Mangal Shobhajatra on Pahela Baishakh | 2016 | [71] | ||||
| Traditional art of Shital Pati weaving of Sylhet | 2017 | [72] | ||||
| Rickshaws & Rickshaw painting in Dhaka | 2023 | [73] | ||||
 Belarus | Annual celebration in honor of Our Lady of Budslau | 2018 | ENA | [74] | ||
| Straw weaving in Belarus, art, craft and skills | 2022 | [75] | ||||
| Belarus Poland | Tree beekeeping culture | 2020 | ENA | [76] | ||
| Belgium | Carnival of Binche | 2003 | 2008 | ENA | [77] | |
| Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges | 2009 | [78] | ||||
| Houtem Jaarmarkt, annual winter fair and livestock market at Sint-Lievens-Houtem | 2010 | [79] | ||||
| Krakelingen and Tonnekensbrand, end-of-winter bread and fire feast at Geraardsbergen | 2010 | [80] | ||||
| Leuven age set ritual repertoire | 2011 | [81] | ||||
| Marches of Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse | 2012 | [82] | ||||
| Shrimp fishing on horseback in Oostduinkerke | 2013 | [83] | ||||
| Beer culture in Belgium | 2016 | [84] | ||||
| Ommegang of Brussels, an annual historical procession and popular festival | 2019 | [85] | ||||
| Namur stilt jousting | 2021 | [86] | ||||
| Belgium France | Processional giants and dragons in Belgium and France | 2005 | 2008 | ENA | [87] | |
| Belgium France Italy Luxembourg | Musical art of horn players, an instrumental technique linked to singing, breath control, vibrato, resonance of place and conviviality | 2020 | ENA | [88] | ||
 Belize  Guatemala  Honduras  Nicaragua | Language, dance and music of the Garifuna | 2001 | 2008 | LAC | [89] | |
 Benin  Nigeria  Togo | Oral heritage of Gelede | 2001 | 2008 | AFR | [90] | |
 Bhutan | Mask dance of the drums from Drametse | 2005 | 2008 | APA | [91] | |
| Andean cosmovision of the Kallawaya | 2003 | 2008 | LAC | [92] | ||
| Carnival of Oruro | 2001 | 2008 | [93] | |||
| Ichapekene Piesta, the biggest festival of San Ignacio de Moxos | 2012 | [94] | ||||
| Pujllay and Ayarichi, music and dances of the Yampara culture | 2014 | [95] | ||||
| Ritual journeys in La Paz during Alasita | 2017 | [96] | ||||
| The festival of the Santísima Trinidad del Señor Jesús del Gran Poder in the city of La Paz | 2019 | [97] | ||||
| Grand Festival of Tarija | 2021 | [98] | ||||
| Ch'utillos, the Festival of San Bartolomé and San Ignacio de Loyola, the meeting of cultures in Potosí | 2023 | [99] | ||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Zmijanje embroidery | 2014 | ENA | [100] | ||
| Konjic woodcarving | 2017 | [101] | ||||
| Picking of iva grass on Ozren mountain | 2018 | [102] | ||||
| Grass mowing competition custom in Kupres | 2020 | [103] | ||||
 Brazil | Oral and graphic expressions of the Wajapi | 2003 | 2008 | LAC | [104] | |
| Samba de Roda of the Recôncavo of Bahia | 2005 | 2008 | [105] | |||
| Frevo, performing arts of the Carnival of Recife | 2012 | [106] | ||||
| Círio de Nazaré (The Taper of Our Lady of Nazareth) in the city of Belém, Pará | 2013 | [107] | ||||
| Capoeira circle | 2014 | [108] | ||||
| Cultural Complex of Bumba-meu-boi from Maranhão | 2019 | [109] | ||||
 Bulgaria | Bistritsa Babi, archaic polyphony, dances and rituals from the Shoplouk region | 2005 | 2008 | ENA | [110] | |
| Nestinarstvo, messages from the past: the Panagyr of Saints Constantine and Helena in the village of Bulgari | 2009 | [111] | ||||
| The tradition of carpet-making in Chiprovtsi | 2014 | [112] | ||||
| Surva folk feast in Pernik region | 2015 | [113] | ||||
| Visoko multipart singing from Dolen and Satovcha, South-western Bulgaria | 2021 | [114] | ||||
| Bulgaria Romania | Cultural practices associated with 1 March | 2017 | ENA | [115] | ||
 Burkina Faso Mali | Cultural practices and expressions linked to the balafon of the Senufo communities of Mali, Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire | 2012 | AFR | [116] | ||
 Burundi | Ritual dance of the royal drum | 2014 | AFR | [117] | ||
 Cape Verde | Morna, musical practice of Cabo Verde | 2019 | AFC | [118] | ||
 Cambodia | Royal ballet of Cambodia | 2003 | 2008 | APA | [119] | |
| Sbek Thom, Khmer shadow theatre | 2005 | 2008 | [120] | |||
| Kun Lbokator, traditional martial arts in Cambodia | 2022 | [121] | ||||
Cambodia Philippines | Tugging rituals and games | 2015 | APA | [122] | ||
 Cameroon | Nguon, rituals of governance and associated expressions in the Bamoun community | 2023 | AFR | [123] | ||
 Central African Republic | Polyphonic singing of the Aka Pygmies of Central Africa | 2003 | 2008 | AFR | [124] | |
 Chile | Baile Chino | 2014 | LAC | [125] | ||
 China | Kun Qu opera | 2001 | 2008 | APA | [126] | |
| Guqin and its music | 2003 | 2008 | [127] | |||
| Uyghur Muqam of Xinjiang | 2005 | 2008 | [128] | |||
| Art of Chinese seal engraving | 2009 | [129] | ||||
| China engraved block printing technique | 2009 | [130] | ||||
| Chinese calligraphy | 2009 | [131] | ||||
| Chinese paper-cut | 2009 | [132] | ||||
| Chinese traditional architectural craftsmanship for timber-framed structures | 2009 | [133] | ||||
| Craftsmanship of Nanjing yunjin brocade | 2009 | [134] | ||||
| Dragon Boat festival | 2009 | [135] | ||||
| Pungmul (Farmers' dance of China's Korean ethnic group) | 2009 | [136] | ||||
| Gesar epic tradition | 2009 | [137] | ||||
| Grand song of the Dong ethnic group | 2009 | [138] | ||||
| Hua'er | 2009 | [139] | ||||
| Manas | 2009 | [140] | ||||
| Mazu belief and customs | 2009 | [141] | ||||
| Nanyin | 2009 | [142] | ||||
| Regong arts | 2009 | [143] | ||||
| Sericulture and silk craftsmanship of China | 2009 | [144] | ||||
| Tibetan opera | 2009 | [145] | ||||
| Traditional firing technology of Longquan celadon | 2009 | [146] | ||||
| Traditional handicrafts of making Xuan paper | 2009 | [147] | ||||
| Xi'an wind and percussion ensemble | 2009 | [148] | ||||
| Yueju opera | 2009 | [149] | ||||
| Acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine | 2010 | [150] | ||||
| Peking opera | 2010 | [151] | ||||
| Chinese shadow puppetry | 2011 | [152] | ||||
| Chinese Zhusuan, knowledge and practices of mathematical calculation through the abacus | 2013 | [153] | ||||
| The Twenty-Four Solar Terms, knowledge of time and practices developed in China through observation of the sun's annual motion | 2016 | [154] | ||||
| Lum medicinal bathing of Sowa Rigpa, knowledge and practices concerning life, health and illness prevention and treatment among the Tibetan people in China | 2018 | [155] | ||||
| Taijiquan | 2020 | [156] | ||||
| Traditional tea processing techniques and associated social practices in China | 2022 | [157] | ||||
| China Mongolia | Mongolian Urtiin Duu – Traditional Folk Long Song | 2005 | 2008 | APA | [158] | |
China Malaysia | Ong Chun/Wangchuan/Wangkang ceremony, rituals and related practices for maintaining the sustainable connection between man and the ocean | 2020 | APA | [159] | ||
 Colombia | Carnival of Barranquilla | 2003 | 2008 | LAC | [160] | |
| Cultural space of Palenque de San Basilio | 2005 | 2008 | [161] | |||
| Carnaval de Negros y Blancos | 2009 | [162] | ||||
| Holy Week processions in Popayán | 2009 | [163] | ||||
| Wayuu normative system, applied by the Pütchipü'üi (palabrero) | 2010 | [164] | ||||
| Traditional knowledge of the jaguar shamans of Yuruparí | 2011 | [165] | ||||
| Festival of Saint Francis of Assisi, Quibdó | 2012 | [166] | ||||
| Ancestral system of knowledge of the four indigenous peoples, Arhuaco, Kankuamo, Kogui and Wiwa of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | 2022 | [167] | ||||
Colombia Cyprus Germany Kyrgyzstan Luxembourg Nigeria Slovenia Togo | Midwifery knowledge, skills and practices | 2023 | LAC, ENA, AST, AFR | [168] | ||
Colombia Ecuador | Marimba music, traditional chants and dances from the Colombia South Pacific region and Esmeraldas Province of Ecuador | 2015 | LAC | [169] | ||
 Costa Rica | Oxherding and oxcart traditions in Costa Rica | 2005 | 2008 | LAC | [170] | |
| Gbofe of Afounkaha, the music of the transverse trumps of the Tagbana community | 2001 | 2008 | AFR | [171] | ||
| Zaouli, popular music and dance of the Guro communities in Côte d'Ivoire | 2017 | [172] | ||||
| Traditional skills of loincloth weaving in Côte d’Ivoire | 2023 | [173] | ||||
| Croatia | Zvončari, annual carnival bell ringers' pageant from the Kastav area | 2009 | ENA | [174] | ||
| Festivity of Saint Blaise, the patron of Dubrovnik | 2009 | [175] | ||||
| Lacemaking in Croatia | 2009 | [176] | ||||
| Procession Za Krizen ('following the cross') on the island of Hvar | 2009 | [177] | ||||
| Spring procession of Ljelje/Kraljice (queens) from Gorjani | 2009 | [178] | ||||
| Traditional manufacturing of children's wooden toys in Hrvatsko Zagorje | 2009 | [179] | ||||
| Two-part singing and playing in the Istrian scale | 2009 | [180] | ||||
| Gingerbread craft from Northern Croatia | 2010 | [181] | ||||
| Sinjska alka, a knights' tournament in Sinj | 2010 | [182] | ||||
| Bećarac singing and playing from Eastern Croatia | 2011 | [183] | ||||
| Nijemo Kolo, silent circle dance of the Dalmatian hinterland | 2011 | [184] | ||||
| Klapa multipart singing of Dalmatia, southern Croatia | 2012 | [185] | ||||
| Međimurska popevka, a folksong from Međimurje | 2018 | [186] | ||||
| Festivity of Saint Tryphon and the Kolo (chain dance) of Saint Tryphon, traditions of Croats from Boka Kotorska (Bay of Kotor) who live in the Republic of Croatia | 2022 | [187] | ||||
| Croatia Cyprus France Greece Italy Slovenia Spain Switzerland | Art of dry stone walling, knowledge and techniques | 2018 | ENA | [188] | ||
| Croatia Cyprus Greece Italy Morocco Portugal Spain | Mediterranean diet(In 2010, Italy, Spain, Greece and Morocco were the first to be recognised, but on 4 December 2013, Portugal, Cyprus and Croatia were also recognised by UNESCO.) | 2013 | ENA, AFR | [189] | ||
 Cuba | La Tumba Francesa, a secular Afro-Cuban genre of dance, song, and drumming | 2003 | 2008 | LAC | [190] | |
| Rumba in Cuba, a festive combination of music and dances and all the practices associated | 2016 | [191] | ||||
| Punto | 2017 | [192] | ||||
| Festivity of Las Parrandas in the centre of Cuba | 2018 | [193] | ||||
| Knowledge of the light rum masters | 2022 | [194] | ||||
| Bolero identity, emotion and poetry turned into song | 2023 | LAC | [195] | |||
| Cyprus | Lefkara laces or Lefkaritika | 2009 | ENA | [196] | ||
| Tsiattista poetic duelling | 2011 | [197] | ||||
| Cyprus Greece | Byzantine chant | 2019 | ENA | [198] | ||
| Czech Republic | Slovácko Verbuňk, recruit dances | 2005 | 2008 | ENA | [199] | |
| Shrovetide door-to-door processions and masks in the villages of the Hlinecko area | 2010 | [200] | ||||
| Ride of the Kings in the south-east of the Czech Republic | 2011 | [201] | ||||
| Handmade production of Christmas tree decorations from blown glass beads in Poniklá, Giant Mountains area | 2020 | [202] | ||||
Czech Republic Finland France Germany Hungary Spain | Knowledge, craft and skills of handmade glass production | 2023 | ENA | [203] | ||
| Czech Republic Slovakia | Puppetry in Slovakia and Czechia | 2016 | ENA | [204] | ||
 Congo | Congolese rumba | 2021 | AFR | [205] | ||
 Denmark | Inuit drum dancing and singing | 2021 | ENA | [206] | ||
Denmark Finland Iceland Norway Sweden | Nordic clinker boat traditions | 2021 | ENA | [207] | ||
 Dominican Republic | Cultural Space of the Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of the Congos of Villa Mella | 2001 | 2008 | LAC | [208] | |
| Cocolo Dance Drama Tradition | 2005 | 2008 | [209] | |||
| Music and dance of the merengue | 2016 | [210] | ||||
| Music and dance of Bachata | 2019 | [211] | ||||
| Ecuador | Traditional weaving of the Ecuadorian toquilla straw hat | 2012 | LAC | [212] | ||
| Pasillo, song and poetry | 2021 | [213] | ||||
Ecuador Peru | Oral heritage and cultural manifestations of the Zápara people | 2001 | 2008 | LAC | [214] | |
| Egypt | The Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah Epic | 2003 | 2008 | AST | [215] | |
| Tahteeb, stick game | 2016 | [216] | ||||
| Festivals related to the Journey of the Holy family in Egypt | 2022 | [217] | ||||
 Estonia | Kihnu cultural space | 2003 | 2008 | ENA | [218] | |
| Seto Leelo, Seto polyphonic singing tradition | 2009 | [219] | ||||
| Smoke sauna tradition in Võromaa | 2014 | [220] | ||||
Estonia Latvia  Lithuania | Baltic (Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian) song and dance celebrations | 2003 | 2008 | ENA | [221] | |
 Ethiopia | Commemoration feast of the finding of the True Holy Cross of Christ | 2013 | AFR | [222] | ||
| Fichee-Chambalaalla, New Year festival of the Sidama people | 2015 | [223] | ||||
| Gada system, an indigenous democratic socio-political system of the Oromo | 2016 | [224] | ||||
| Ethiopian epiphany | 2019 | [225] | ||||
| Shuwalid festival | 2023 | [226] | ||||
| Finland | Sauna culture in Finland | 2020 | ENA | [227] | ||
| Kaustinen fiddle playing and related practices and expressions | 2021 | [228] | ||||
| France | Aubusson tapestry | 2009 | ENA | [229] | ||
| Maloya | 2009 | [230] | ||||
| Scribing tradition in French timber framing | 2009 | [231] | ||||
| Compagnonnage, network for on-the-job transmission of knowledge and identities | 2010 | [232] | ||||
| Craftsmanship of Alençon needle lace-making | 2010 | [233] | ||||
| Gastronomic meal of the French | 2010 | [234] | ||||
| Equitation in the French tradition | 2011 | [235] | ||||
| Fest-Noz, festive gathering based on the collective practice of traditional dances of Brittany | 2012 | [236] | ||||
| Limousin septennial ostensions | 2013 | [237] | ||||
| Gwoka music, song, dance and cultural practice representative of Guadeloupean identity | 2014 | [238] | ||||
| Carnival of Granville | 2016 | [239] | ||||
| 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 | 2018 | [240] | ||||
| Artisanal know-how and culture of baguette bread | 2022 | [241] | ||||
| France Italy | The art of glass beads | 2020 | ENA | [242] | ||
| France Italy Switzerland | Alpinism | 2019 | ENA | [243] | ||
| France Switzerland | Craftsmanship of mechanical watchmaking and art mechanics | 2020 | ENA | [244] | ||
 Gambia Senegal | Kankurang, Manding initiatory rite | 2005 | 2008 | AFR | [245] | |
 Georgia | Georgian polyphonic singing | 2001 | 2008 | ENA | [246] | |
| Ancient Georgian traditional Qvevri wine-making method | 2013 | [247] | ||||
| Living culture of three writing systems of the Georgian alphabet | 2016 | [248] | ||||
| Chidaoba, wrestling in Georgia | 2018 | [249] | ||||
| Germany | Idea and practice of organizing shared interests in cooperatives | 2016 | ENA | [250] | ||
| Organ craftsmanship and music | 2017 | [251] | ||||
| The practice of Modern Dance in Germany | 2022 | [252] | ||||
| Greece | Know-how of cultivating mastic on the island of Chios | 2014 | ENA | [253] | ||
| Tinian marble craftsmanship | 2015 | [254] | ||||
| Momoeria, New Year's celebration in eight villages of Kozani area, West Macedonia, Greece | 2016 | [255] | ||||
| Rebetiko | 2017 | [256] | ||||
| August 15th (Dekapentavgoustos) festivities in two Highland Communities of Northern Greece: Tranos Choros (Grand Dance) in Vlasti and Syrrako Festival | 2022 | [257] | ||||
 Grenada | Traditional wooden boatbuilding in Carriacou and Petite Martinique | 2023 | LAC | [258] | ||
| Guatemala | Rabinal Achí dance drama tradition | 2005 | 2008 | LAC | [259] | |
| Holy Week in Guatemala | 2022 | [260] | ||||
 Guinea | Cultural space of Sosso-Bala | 2001 | 2008 | AFR | [261] | |
 Haiti | Joumou soup | 2021 | LAC | [262] | ||
| Hungary | Busó festivities at Mohács masked end-of-winter carnival custom | 2009 | ENA | [263] | ||
| Folk art of the Matyó, embroidery of a traditional community | 2012 | [264] | ||||
| Hungarian string band tradition | 2022 | [265] | ||||
| India | Koodiyattam a Sanskrit theatre of Kerala | 2001 | 2008 | APA | [266] | |
| Vedic chanting recitation of sacred Hindu texts | 2003 | 2008 | [267] | |||
| Ramlila the traditional performance of the Ramayana | 2005 | 2008 | [268] | |||
| Ramman a religious festival and ritual theatre of Garhwal, Uttarakhand | 2009 | [269] | ||||
| Chhau dance a classical dance form of West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha. | 2010 | [270] | ||||
| Kalbelia folk songs and dances of Rajasthan | 2010 | [271] | ||||
| Mudiyett a ritual theatre and dance drama of Kerala | 2010 | [272] | ||||
| Ladakh Buddhist chantings | 2012 | [273] | ||||
| Manipuri Sankirtana a ritual singing, drumming and dancing of Manipur | 2013 | [274] | ||||
| Traditional brass and copper craft of utensil making among the Thatheras of Jandiala Guru, Punjab | 2014 | [275] | ||||
| Yoga ancient Indian physical, mental and spiritual practices | 2016 | [276] | ||||
| Kumbh Mela mass Hindu pilgrimage held at Haridwar of Uttarakhand, Nashik of Maharashtra, Prayagraj of Uttar Pradesh and Ujjain of Madhya Pradesh | 2017 | [277] | ||||
| Durga Puja in Kolkata a religious festival of Hindu Goddess Durga in Kolkata, West Bengal | 2021 | [278] | ||||
| Garba of Gujarat | 2023 | [279] | ||||
 Indonesia | Wayang puppet theatre | 2003 | 2008 | APA | [280] | |
| Kris | 2005 | 2008 | [281] | |||
| Batik | 2009 | [282] | ||||
| Angklung | 2010 | [283] | ||||
| Three genres of traditional dance in Bali | 2015 | [284] | ||||
| Pinisi, art of boatbuilding in South Sulawesi | 2017 | [285] | ||||
| Traditions of Pencak Silat | 2019 | [286] | ||||
| Gamelan | 2021 | [287] | ||||
| Jamu wellness culture | 2023 | [288] | ||||
| Indonesia Malaysia | Pantun | 2020 | APA | [289] | ||
| Radif of Iranian music | 2009 | APA | [290] | |||
| Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Kashan | 2010 | [291] | ||||
| Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Fars | 2010 | [292] | ||||
| Ritual dramatic art of Ta'zīye | 2010 | [293] | ||||
| Pahlevani and Zoorkhanei rituals | 2010 | [294] | ||||
| Music of the Bakhshis of Khorasan | 2010 | [295] | ||||
| Qālišuyān rituals of Mašhad-e Ardehāl in Kāšān | 2012 | [296] | ||||
| Chogān, a horse-riding game accompanied by music and storytelling | 2017 | [297] | ||||
| Traditional skills of crafting and playing Dotār | 2019 | [298] | ||||
| Crafting and playing the Oud | 2022 | APA, ARB | [299] | |||
| Sadeh/Sada celebration | 2023 | APA | [300] | |||
| Iraq | The Iraqi Maqam | 2003 | 2008 | AST | [301] | |
| Provision of services and hospitality during the Arba'een visitation | 2019 | [302] | ||||
| Traditional craft skills and arts of Al-Naoor | 2021 | [303] | ||||
| Traditional craft skills and arts of Al-Mudhif building | 2023 | [304] | ||||
| Arts, skills and practices associated with engraving on metals (gold, silver and copper) | 2023 | AST, ARB | [305] | |||
| Ireland | Uilleann piping | 2017 | ENA | [306] | ||
| Camogie | 2018 | [307] | ||||
| Hurling | 2018 | |||||
| Irish harping | 2019 | [308] | ||||
| Italy | Opera dei Pupi, Sicilian Puppet Theatre | 2001 | 2008 | ENA | [309] | |
| Canto a tenore, Sardinian Pastoral Songs | 2005 | 2008 | [310] | |||
| Traditional violin craftsmanship in Cremona | 2012 | [311] | ||||
| Celebrations of big shoulder-borne processional structures | 2013 | [312] | ||||
| Traditional agricultural practice of cultivating the "vite ad alberello" (head-trained bush vines) of the community of Pantelleria | 2014 | [313] | ||||
| Art of Neapolitan 'Pizzaiuolo' | 2017 | [314] | ||||
| Celestinian forgiveness celebration | 2019 | [315] | ||||
| Truffle hunting and extraction in Italy, traditional knowledge and practice | 2021 | [316] | ||||
| The practice of opera singing in Italy | 2023 | [317] | ||||
 Jamaica | The Maroon Heritage of Moore Town | 2003 | 2008 | LAC | [318] | |
| Reggae music of Jamaica | 2018 | [319] | ||||
 Japan | Nôgaku Theatre | 2001 | 2008 | APA | [320] | |
| Ningyo Johruri Bunraku Puppet Theatre | 2003 | 2008 | [321] | |||
| Kabuki Theatre | 2005 | 2008 | [322] | |||
| Akiu no Taue Odori | 2009 | [323] | ||||
| Chakkirako | 2009 | [324] | ||||
| Daimokutate | 2009 | [325] | ||||
| Dainichido Bugaku | 2009 | [326] | ||||
| Gagaku | 2009 | [327] | ||||
| Hayachine Kagura | 2009 | [328] | ||||
| Ojiya-chijimi, Echigo-jofu: techniques of making ramie fabric in Uonuma region, Niigata Prefecture | 2009 | [329] | ||||
| Oku-noto no Aenokoto | 2009 | [330] | ||||
| Traditional Ainu dance | 2009 | [331] | ||||
| Kumiodori, traditional Okinawan musical theatre | 2010 | [332] | ||||
| Yuki tsumugi, silk fabric production technique | 2010 | [333] | ||||
| Mibu no Hana Taue, ritual of transplanting rice in Mibu, Hiroshima | 2011 | [334] | ||||
| Sada Shin Noh, sacred dancing at Sada shrine, Shimane | 2011 | [335] | ||||
| Nachi no Dengaku, a religious performing art held at the Nachi fire festival | 2012 | [336] | ||||
| Washoku, traditional dietary cultures of the Japanese, notably for the celebration of New Year | 2013 | [337] | ||||
| Washi, craftsmanship of traditional Japanese hand-made paper[338] | 2014 | [339] | ||||
| Yama, Hoko, Yatai, float festivals | 2016 | [340] | ||||
| Raiho-shin, ritual visits of deities in masks and costumes | 2018 | [341] | ||||
| Traditional skills, techniques and knowledge for the conservation and transmission of wooden architecture in Japan | 2020 | [342] | ||||
| Furyu-odori, ritual dances imbued with people's hopes and prayers | 2022 | [343] | ||||
| Jordan | The Cultural Space of the Bedu in Petra and Wadi Rum | 2005 | 2008 | AST | [344] | |
| As-Samer in Jordan | 2018 | [345] | ||||
| Al-Mansaf in Jordan, a festive banquet and its social and cultural meanings | 2022 | [346] | ||||
| Kazakhstan | Kazakh traditional art of Dombra Kuy | 2014 | APA | [347] | ||
| Kazakh traditional Assyk games | 2017 | [348] | ||||
| Traditional spring festive rites of the Kazakh horse breeders | 2018 | [349] | ||||
| Orteke, traditional performing art in Kazakhstan: dance, puppet and music | 2022 | [350] | ||||
| Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan | Traditional knowledge and skills in making Kyrgyz and Kazakh yurts | 2014 | APA | [351] | ||
| Aitysh/Aitys, art of improvisation | 2015 | APA | [352] | |||
| Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Turkey | Traditional intelligence and strategy game: Togyzqumalaq, Toguz Korgool, Mangala/Göçürme | 2020 | APA | [353] | ||
| Kuwait Saudi Arabia | Traditional weaving of Al Sadu | 2020 | ARB | [354] | ||
| Kyrgyzstan | The Art of Akyns, Kyrgyz Epic Tellers | 2003 | 2008 | APA | [355] | |
| Kyrgyz epic trilogy: Manas, Semetey, Seytek | 2013 | [356] | ||||
| Kok boru, traditional horse game | 2017 | [357] | ||||
| Ak-kalpak craftsmanship, traditional knowledge and skills in making and wearing Kyrgyz men's headwear | 2019 | [358] | ||||
| Elechek, Kyrgyz female headwear: traditional knowledge and rituals | 2023 | [359] | ||||
| Khaen music of the Lao people | 2017 | APA | [360] | |||
| Traditional craft of Naga motif weaving in Lao communities | 2023 | [361] | ||||
 Lebanon | Zajal, recited or sung poetry | 2003 | 2014 | APA | [362] | |
| Al-Man’ouché, an emblematic culinary practice in Lebanon | 2022 | 2023 | [363] | |||
| Lithuania | Cross crafting and its symbolism | 2001 | 2008 | ENA | [364] | |
| Sutartinės, Lithuanian multipart songs | 2010 | [365] | ||||
| Sodai straw garden making in Lithuania | 2023 | [366] | ||||
| Luxembourg | Hopping procession of Echternach | 2010 | ENA | [367] | ||
 Madagascar | The Woodcrafting Knowledge of the Zafimaniry | 2003 | 2008 | AFR | [368] | |
| Malagasy Kabary, the Malagasy oratorical art | 2021 | [369] | ||||
| Hiragasy, a performing art of the Central Highlands of Madagascar | 2023 | [370] | ||||
 Malawi | The Vimbuza Healing Dance | 2005 | 2008 | AFR | [371] | |
| Tchopa, sacrificial dance of the Lhomwe people of southern Malawi | 2014 | [372] | ||||
| Nsima, culinary tradition of Malawi | 2017 | [373] | ||||
| Mwinoghe, joyous dance | 2018 | [374] | ||||
Malawi  Mozambique  Zambia | The Gule Wamkulu | 2005 | 2008 | AFR | [375] | |
Malawi  Zimbabwe | Art of crafting and playing Mbira/Sansi, the finger-plucking traditional musical instrument in Malawi and Zimbabwe | 2020 | AFR | [376] | ||
| Malaysia | Mak Yong Theatre | 2005 | 2008 | APA | [377] | |
| Dondang Sayang | 2018 | [378] | ||||
| Silat | 2019 | [379] | ||||
| Songket | 2021 | [380] | ||||
| Mali | The Cultural Space of the Yaaral and Degal | 2003 | 2008 | AFR | [381] | |
| The Manden Charter, proclaimed in Kurukan Fuga | 2009 | [382] | ||||
| The septennial re-roofing ceremony of the Kamablon, sacred house of Kangaba | 2009 | [383] | ||||
| Coming forth of the masks and puppets in Markala | 2014 | [384] | ||||
 Malta | Il-Ftira, culinary art and culture of flattened sourdough bread in Malta | 2020 | ENA | [385] | ||
| L-Għana, a Maltese folksong tradition | 2021 | [386] | ||||
| Maltese Village Festa, an annual community celebration | 2023 | [387] | ||||
| Mauritania | Mahadra, a community system for transmission of traditional knowledge and oral expressions | 2023 | AFR | [388] | ||
 Mauritius | Traditional Mauritian Sega | 2014 | AFR | [389] | ||
| Bhojpuri folk songs in Mauritius, Geet-Gawai | 2016 | [390] | ||||
| Sega tambour of Rodrigues Island | 2017 | [391] | ||||
 Mexico | The Indigenous Festivity dedicated to the Dead | 2003 | 2008 | LAC | [392] | |
| Places of memory and living traditions of the Otomí-Chichimecas people of Tolimán: the Peña de Bernal, guardian of a sacred territory | 2009 | [393] | ||||
| Ritual ceremony of the Voladores: Papantla, El Tajín | 2009 | [394] | ||||
| Traditional Mexican cuisine – ancestral, ongoing community culture, the Michoacán paradigm | 2010 | [395] | ||||
| Parachicos in the traditional January feast of Chiapa de Corzo | 2010 | [396] | ||||
| Pirekua, traditional song of the Purépecha | 2010 | [397] | ||||
| Mariachi, string music, song and trumpet | 2011 | [398] | ||||
| Charrería, equestrian tradition in Mexico | 2016 | [399] | ||||
| La Romería ritual cycle of 'La llevada' of the Virgin of Zapopan | 2018 | [400] | ||||
| Mexico Spain | Artisanal talavera of Puebla and Tlaxcala (Mexico) and ceramics of Talavera de la Reina and El Puente del Arzobispo (Spain) making process | 2019 | LAC ENA | [401] | ||
| Romania | The Christmas carols in masculine horde | 2013 | ENA | [402] | ||
| Traditional wall-carpet craftsmanship in Romania and the Republic of Moldova | 2016 | [403] | ||||
| The art of the traditional blouse with embroidery on the shoulder (altiţă) — an element of cultural identity in Romania and the Republic of Moldova | 2022 | [404] | ||||
| Mongolia | The Traditional Music of the Morin Khuur | 2003 | 2008 | APA | [405] | |
| Mongolian art of singing: Khoomei | 2010 | [406] | ||||
| The Traditional Naadam festival | 2010 | [407] | ||||
| Traditional craftsmanship of the Mongol Ger and its associated customs | 2013 | [408] | ||||
| Mongolian knuckle-bone shooting | 2014 | [409] | ||||
| Traditional technique of making Airag in Khokhuur and its associated customs | 2019 | [410] | ||||
 Montenegro | Cultural Heritage of Boka Navy Kotor: a festive representation of a memory and cultural identity | 2021 | ENA | [411] | ||
| Morocco | The Cultural Space of Jemaa el-Fna Square | 2001 | 2008 | AFR, AST | [412] | |
| The Moussem of Tan-Tan | 2005 | 2008 | [413] | |||
| Cherry festival in Sefrou | 2012 | [414] | ||||
| Argan, practices and know-how concerning the argan tree | 2014 | [415] | ||||
| Taskiwin, martial dance of the western High Atlas | 2017 | [416] | ||||
| Gnawa | 2019 | [417] | ||||
| Tbourida | 2021 | [418] | ||||
| Malhun, a popular poetic and musical art | 2023 | [419] | ||||
| Mozambique | The Chopi Timbila | 2005 | 2008 | AFR | [420] | |
 Namibia | Oshituthi shomagongo, marula fruit festival | 2015 | AFR | [421] | ||
| Netherlands | Craft of the miller operating windmills and watermills | 2017 | ENA | [422] | ||
| Corso culture, flower and fruit parades in the Netherlands | 2021 | [423] | ||||
| Rotterdam Summer Carnival | 2023 | [424] | ||||
| Nicaragua | El Güegüense | 2005 | 2008 | LAC | [425] | |
| Niger | Practices and expressions of joking relationships in Niger | 2014 | AFR | |||
| Nigeria | The Ifá Divination System | 2005 | 2008 | AFR | [426] | |
| Ijele masquerade | 2009 | [427] | ||||
| The Argungu Fishing Festival | 2016 | [428] | ||||
| Kwagh-Hir theatrical performance | 2019 | [429] | ||||
| Sango Festival, Oyo | 2023 | [430] | ||||
| Arirang folk song in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 2014 | APA | [431] | |||
| Tradition of kimchi-making in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 2015 | [432] | ||||
| Pyongyang Raengmyon custom | 2022 | [433] | ||||
| Traditional Korean wrestling (Ssirum/Ssireum) | 2018 | APA | [434] | |||
| Feast of the Holy Forty Martyrs in Štip | 2013 | ENA | [435] | |||
| Kopachkata, a social dance from the village of Dramche, Pijanec | 2014 | [436] | ||||
| Turkey | Spring celebration, Hıdrellez | 2017 | ENA | [437] | ||
| Norway | Practice of traditional music and dance in Setesdal, playing, dancing and singing (stev/stevjing) | 2019 | ENA | [438] | ||
| Oman | Al-Bar’ah, music and dance of Oman Dhofari valleys | 2010 | ARB | [439] | ||
| Al 'azi, elegy, processional march and poetry | 2012 | [440] | ||||
| Horse and camel Ardhah | 2018 | [441] | ||||
| Al-Khanjar, craft skills and social practices | 2022 | [442] | ||||
| Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates | Majlis, a cultural and social space | 2015 | ARB | [443] | ||
| Arabic coffee, a symbol of generosity | 2015 | [444] | ||||
| Oman Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates | Alheda'a, oral traditions of calling camel flocks | 2022 | ARB | [445] | ||
| Oman United Arab Emirates | Al-Ayyala, a traditional performing art of the Sultanate of Oman and the United Arab Emirates | 2014 | ARB | [446] | ||
| Al-Taghrooda, traditional Bedouin chanted poetry | 2012 | [447] | ||||
| Al-Razfa, a traditional performing art | 2015 | [448] | ||||
| Camel racing, a social practice and a festive heritage associated with camels | 2020 | [449] | ||||
| The Palestinian hikaye | 2005 | 2008 | AST | [450] | ||
| The art of embroidery in Palestine, practices, skills, knowledge and rituals | 2021 | [451] | ||||
| Dabkeh, traditional dance in Palestine | 2023 | [452] | ||||
 Panama | Artisanal processes and plant fibers techniques for talcos, crinejas and pintas weaving of the pinta'o hat | 2017 | LAC | [453] | ||
| Ritual and festive expressions of the Congo culture | 2018 | [454] | ||||
| Dances and expressions associated with the Corpus Christi Festivity | 2021 | [455] | ||||
 Paraguay | Practices and traditional knowledge of Terere in the culture of Pohã Ñana, Guaraní ancestral drink in Paraguay | 2020 | LAC | [456] | ||
| Peru | Taquile and its Textile Art | 2005 | 2008 | LAC | [457] | |
| Huaconada, ritual dance of Mito | 2010 | [458] | ||||
| The scissors dance | 2010 | [459] | ||||
| Pilgrimage to the sanctuary of the Lord of Qoyllurit'i | 2011 | [460] | ||||
| Knowledge, skills and rituals related to the annual renewal of the Q'eswachaka bridge | 2013 | [461] | ||||
| Virgen de la Candelaria, Harákmbut sung prayers of Peru's Huachipaire people | 2014 | [462] | ||||
| Wititi dance of the Colca Valley | 2015 | [463] | ||||
| Traditional system of Corongo's water judges | 2017 | [464] | ||||
| 'Hatajo de Negritos' and 'Hatajo de Pallitas' from the Peruvian south-central coastline | 2019 | [465] | ||||
| Pottery-related values, knowledge, lore and practices of the Awajún people | 2021 | [466] | ||||
| Practices and meanings associated with the preparation and consumption of ceviche, an expression of Peruvian traditional cuisine | 2023 | 2023 | [467] | |||
| Philippines | The Hudhud Chants of the Ifugao | 2001 | 2008 | APA | [468] | |
| The Darangen Epic of the Maranao People of Lake Lanao | 2005 | 2008 | [469] | |||
| Aklan piña handloom weaving | 2023 | [470] | ||||
| Poland | Nativity scene tradition in Kraków | 2018 | ENA | [471] | ||
| Flower carpets tradition for Corpus Christi processions | 2021 | [472] | ||||
| Polonaise, traditional Polish dance | 2023 | [473] | ||||
| Portugal | The Fado, urban popular song of Portugal, performance genre incorporating music and poetry widely practised in the country and among emigrant communities | 2011 | ENA | [474] | ||
| The Cante Alentejano, polyphonic singing from Alentejo, southern Portugal | 2014 | [475] | ||||
| Craftmanship of Estremoz clay figures | 2017 | [476] | ||||
| Winter festivities, Carnival of Podence | 2019 | [477] | ||||
| Community festivities in Campo Maior | 2021 | [478] | ||||
| Romania | The Căluș tradition | 2005 | 2008 | ENA | [479] | |
| Doina | 2009 | [480] | ||||
| The Horezu ceramics | 2012 | [481] | ||||
| Lad's dances | 2015 | [482] | ||||
| The Cultural Space and Oral Culture of the Semeiskie | 2001 | 2008 | ENA | [483] | ||
| The Olonkho, Yakut Heroic Epos | 2005 | 2008 | [484] | |||
 Samoa | 'Ie Samoa, fine mat and its cultural value | 2019 | APA | [485] | ||
| Saudi Arabia | Alardah Alnajdiyah, dance, drumming and poetry in Saudi Arabia | 2015 | ARB | [486] | ||
| Almezmar, drumming and dancing with sticks | 2016 | [487] | ||||
| Al-Qatt Al-Asiri, female traditional interior wall decoration in Asir, Saudi Arabia | 2017 | [488] | ||||
| Knowledge and practices related to cultivating Khawlani coffee beans | 2022 | [489] | ||||
| Saudi Arabia Algeria Bahrain Egypt Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Mauritania Morocco Oman Sudan Tunisia United Arab Emirates Yemen | Arabic calligraphy knowledge, skills and practices | 2021 | ARB | [490] | ||
| Senegal | Xooy, a divination ceremony among the Serer of Senegal | 2013 | AFR | [491] | ||
| Ceebu Jën, a culinary art of Senegal | 2021 | [492] | ||||
 Serbia | Slava, celebration of family saint patron's day | 2014 | ENA | [493] | ||
| Kolo, traditional folk dance | 2017 | [494] | ||||
| Singing to the accompaniment of the gusle | 2018 | [495] | ||||
| Zlakusa pottery | 2020 | [496] | ||||
| Social practices and knowledge related to the preparation and use of the traditional plum spirit – šljivovica | 2022 | [497] | ||||
 Seychelles | Moutya | 2021 | AFR | [498] | ||
 Singapore | Hawker culture | 2020 | APA | [499] | ||
| Slovakia | Fujara and its music | 2005 | 2008 | ENA | [500] | |
| Music of Terchová | 2013 | [501] | ||||
| Bagpipe culture | 2015 | [502] | ||||
| Multipart singing of Horehronie | 2017 | [503] | ||||
| Drotárstvo, wire craft and art | 2019 | [504] | ||||
| Slovenia | Škofja Loka passion play | 2016 | ENA | [505] | ||
| Door-to-door rounds of Kurenti | 2017 | [506] | ||||
| Bobbin lacemaking in Slovenia | 2018 | [507] | ||||
| Beekeeping in Slovenia, a way of life | 2022 | [508] | ||||
| Royal Ancestral Ritual in the Jongmyo Shrine and its Music | 2001 | 2008 | APA | [509] | ||
| Pansori singing | 2003 | 2008 | [510] | |||
| Gangneung Danoje | 2005 | 2008 | [511] | |||
| Cheoyongmu | 2009 | [512] | ||||
| Ganggangsullae | 2009 | [513] | ||||
| Jeju Chilmeoridang Yeongdeunggut | 2009 | [514] | ||||
| Namsadang Nori | 2009 | [515] | ||||
| Yeongsanjae | 2009 | [516] | ||||
| Daemokjang, traditional wooden architecture | 2010 | [517] | ||||
| Gagok, lyric song cycles accompanied by an orchestra | 2010 | [518] | ||||
| Jultagi, tightrope walking | 2011 | [519] | ||||
| Taekkyeon, a traditional Korean martial art | 2011 | [520] | ||||
| Weaving of Mosi (fine ramie) in the Hansan region | 2011 | [521] | ||||
| Arirang, lyrical folk song in the Republic of Korea | 2012 | [522] | ||||
| Kimjang, making and sharing Kimchi in the Republic of Korea | 2013 | [523] | ||||
| Nongak, community band music, dance and rituals in the Republic of Korea | 2014 | [524] | ||||
| Culture of Jeju Haenyeo (women divers) | 2016 | [525] | ||||
| Yeondeunghoe, lantern lighting festival in the Republic of Korea | 2020 | [526] | ||||
| Talchum, mask dance drama in the Republic of Korea | 2022 | [527] | ||||
| Spain | The Mystery Play of Elche | 2001 | 2008 | ENA | [528] | |
| The Patum of Berga | 2005 | 2008 | [529] | |||
| 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 | 2009 | [530] | ||||
| Whistled language of the island of La Gomera | 2009 | |||||
| Human towers | 2010 | [531] | ||||
| Flamenco | 2010 | [532] | ||||
| Chant of the Sybil on Majorca | 2010 | [533] | ||||
| Festivity of 'la Mare de Déu de la Salut' of Algemesí | 2011 | [534] | ||||
| Fiesta of the patios in Cordoba | 2012 | [535] | ||||
| Valencia Fallas festivity | 2016 | [536] | ||||
| Tamboradas drum-playing rituals | 2018 | [537] | ||||
| Wine Horses | 2020 | [538] | ||||
| Manual bell ringing | 2022 | [539] | ||||
 Sri Lanka | Rūkada Nātya, traditional string puppet drama in Sri Lanka | 2018 | APA | [540] | ||
| Traditional craftsmanship of making Dumbara Ratā Kalāla | 2021 | [541] | ||||
| Sudan | Procession and celebrations of Prophet Mohammed's birthday in Sudan | 2023 | AFR | [542] | ||
| Switzerland | Winegrowers' Festival in Vevey (Fête des Vignerons) | 2016 | ENA | [543] | ||
| Basel Carnival | 2017 | [544] | ||||
| Holy Week processions in Mendrisio | 2019 | [545] | ||||
| Alpine pasture season | 2023 | [546] | ||||
| Practices and craftsmanship associated with the Damascene rose in Al-Mrah | 2019 | ARB | [547] | |||
| Al-Qudoud al-Halabiya | 2021 | [548] | ||||
| Tajikistan | Oshi Palav, a traditional meal and its social and cultural contexts | 2016 | APA | [549] | ||
| Chakan, embroidery art | 2018 | [550] | ||||
| Falak | 2021 | [551] | ||||
| Traditional knowledge and skills of production of the atlas and adras fabrics | 2023 | [552] | ||||
| Tajikistan Uzbekistan | Shashmaqom Music | 2003 | 2008 | APA | [553] | |
 Thailand | Khon, masked dance drama in Thailand | 2018 | APA | [554] | ||
| Nuad Thai, traditional Thai massage | 2019 | [555] | ||||
| Nora, dance drama in southern Thailand | 2021 | [556] | ||||
| Songkran in Thailand, traditional Thai New Year festival | 2023 | [557] | ||||
 Tonga | The Lakalaka, Dances and Sung Speeches of Tonga | 2003 | 2008 | APA | [558] | |
| Tunisia | Pottery skills of the women of Sejnane | 2018 | AST | [559] | ||
| Charfia fishing in the Kerkennah Islands | 2020 | [560] | ||||
| Harissa, knowledge, skills and culinary and social practices | 2022 | [561] | ||||
| Turkey | The Arts of the Meddah, Public Storytellers | 2003 | 2008 | ENA | [562] | |
| The Mevlevi Sema Ceremony | 2005 | 2008 | [563] | |||
| Karagöz and Hacivat | 2009 | [564] | ||||
| Âşıklık tradition | 2009 | [565] | ||||
| Traditional Sohbet meetings | 2010 | [566] | ||||
| Kırkpınar oil wrestling festival | 2010 | [567] | ||||
| Semah, Alevi-Bektaşi ritual | 2010 | [568] | ||||
| Ceremonial Keşkek tradition | 2011 | [569] | ||||
| Mesir Macunu festival | 2012 | [570] | ||||
| Turkish coffee culture and tradition | 2013 | [571] | ||||
| Ebru, Turkish art of marbling | 2014 | [572] | ||||
| Traditional craftsmanship of Çini-making | 2016 | [573] | ||||
| Traditional Turkish archery | 2019 | [574] | ||||
| Hüsn-i Hat, traditional calligraphy in Islamic art in Turkey | 2021 | [575] | ||||
| Turkmenistan | Epic art of Gorogly | 2015 | APA | [576] | ||
| Kushtdepdi rite of singing and dancing | 2017 | [577] | ||||
| Traditional Turkmen carpet making art in Turkmenistan | 2019 | [578] | ||||
| Dutar making craftsmanship and traditional music performing art combined with singing | 2021 | [579] | ||||
| Art of Akhal-Teke horse breeding and traditions of horses' decoration | 2023 | [580] | ||||
| Turkmenistan | Turkmen-style needlework art | 2022 | APA | [581] | ||
 Uganda | Barkcloth Making in Uganda | 2005 | 2008 | AFR | [582] | |
 Ukraine | Petrykivka decorative painting as a phenomenon of the Ukrainian ornamental folk art | 2013 | ENA | [583] | ||
| Tradition of Kosiv painted ceramics | 2019 | [584] | ||||
| Ornek, a Crimean Tatar ornament and knowledge about it | 2021 | [585] | ||||
| United Arab Emirates | Al Aflaj, traditional irrigation network system in the UAE, oral traditions, knowledge and skills of construction, maintenance and equitable water distribution | 2020 | ARB | [586] | ||
| Al Talli, traditional embroidery skills in the United Arab Emirates | 2022 | [587] | ||||
| United Arab Emirates Oman Saudi Arabia | Harees dish: know-how, skills and practices | 2023 | ARB | [588] | ||
| Uruguay | The Candombe and its socio-cultural space: a community practice | 2009 | LAC | [589] | ||
| Uzbekistan | The Cultural Space of the Boysun District | 2001 | 2008 | APA | [590] | |
| Katta Ashula | 2009 | [591] | ||||
| Askiya, the art of wit | 2014 | [592] | ||||
| Palov culture and tradition | 2016 | [593] | ||||
| Khorazm dance, Lazgi | 2019 | [594] | ||||
| Bakhshi art | 2021 | [595] | ||||
| Ceramic arts in Uzbekistan | 2023 | [596] | ||||
 Vanuatu | Vanuatu Sand Drawings | 2003 | 2008 | APA | [597] | |
| Dancing Devils of Corpus Christi | 2012 | LAC | [598] | |||
| La Parranda de San Pedro de Guarenas y Guatire | 2013 | [599] | ||||
| Traditional knowledge and technologies relating to the growing and processing of the curagua | 2015 | [600] | ||||
| Carnival of El Callao, a festive representation of a memory and cultural identity | 2016 | [601] | ||||
| Festive cycle around the devotion and worship towards Saint John the Baptist | 2021 | [602] | ||||
| Space of gong culture | 2005 | 2008 | APA | [603] | ||
| Nhã nhạc, Vietnamese court music | 2003 | 2008 | [604] | |||
| Quan Họ Bắc Ninh folk songs | 2009 | [605] | ||||
| Gióng Festival of Phù Đổng and Sóc Temples | 2010 | [606] | ||||
| Worship of Hùng Kings in Phú Thọ | 2012 | [607] | ||||
| Art of Đờn ca tài tử music and song in southern Việt Nam | 2013 | [608] | ||||
| Ví and Giặm folk songs of Nghệ Tĩnh | 2014 | [609] | ||||
| Practices related to the Viet beliefs in the Mother Goddesses of Three Realms | 2016 | [610] | ||||
| Xoan singing of Phú Thọ province, Viet Nam | 2017 | [611] | ||||
| The art of Bài chòi in Central Viet Nam | 2017 | [612] | ||||
| Practices of Then by Tày, Nùng and Thái ethnic groups in Viet Nam | 2019 | [613] | ||||
| Art of Xòe dance of the Tai people in Viet Nam | 2021 | [614] | ||||
| Yemen | Song of Sana'a | 2003 | 2008 | AST | [615] | |
| Zambia | The Makishi Masquerade | 2005 | 2008 | AFR | [616] | |
| Mooba dance of the Lenje ethnic group | 2018 | [617] | ||||
| Budima dance | 2020 | [618] | ||||
| Kalela dance | 2022 | [619] | ||||
| Zimbabwe | The Mbende Jerusarema Dance | 2005 | 2008 | AFR | [620] |
The List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding contains intangible cultural heritage elements "that concerned communities and States Parties consider require urgent measures to keep them alive".[8]
| Member state | Element | Year inscribed | Region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | Xhubleta, skills, craftsmanship and forms of usage | 2022 | ENA | [621] |
| Algeria | Knowledge and skills of the water measurers of the foggaras or water bailiffs of Touat and Tidikelt | 2018 | AST | [622] |
| Azerbaijan | Chovqan, a traditional Karabakh horse-riding game | 2013 | ENA | [623] |
| Yalli (Kochari, Tenzere), traditional group dances of Nakhchivan | 2018 | |||
| Belarus | Rite of the Kalyady Tsars (Christmas Tsars) | 2009 | ENA | [624] |
| Spring rite of Juraŭski Karahod | 2019 | ENA | [625] | |
 Botswana | Earthenware pottery-making skills in Botswana's Kgatleng District | 2012 | AFR | [626] |
| Dikopelo folk music of Bakgatla ba Kgafela in Kgatleng District | 2017 | AFR | [627] | |
| Seperu folkdance and associated practices | 2019 | AFR | [628] | |
| Brazil | Yaokwa, the Enawene Nawe people's ritual for the maintenance of social and cosmic order | 2011 | LAC | [629] |
| Cambodia | Chapei dang veng | 2016 | APA | [630] |
| Lkhon Khol Wat Svay Andet | 2018 | APA | [631] | |
| Quinchamalí and Santa Cruz de Cuca pottery | 2022 | LAC | [632] | |
| China | Traditional design and practices for building Chinese wooden arch bridges | 2009 | APA | [633] |
| Traditional Li textile techniques: spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidering | 2009 | APA | [634] | |
| Qiang New Year festival | 2009 | APA | [635] | |
| Meshrep | 2010 | APA | [636] | |
| Watertight-bulkhead technology of Chinese junks | 2010 | APA | [637] | |
| Wooden movable-type printing of China | 2010 | APA | [638] | |
| Hezhen Yimakan storytelling | 2011 | APA | [639] | |
| Colombia | Traditional Vallenato music of the Greater Magdalena region | 2015 | LAC | [640] |
| Traditional knowledge and techniques associated with Pasto Varnish mopa-mopa of Putumayo and Nariño | 2020 | LAC | [641] | |
| Colombia | Colombian-Venezuelan llano work songs | 2017 | LAC | [642] |
| Croatia | Ojkanje singing | 2010 | ENA | [643] |
| Egypt | Traditional Hand Puppetry—Al-Aragoz | 2018 | AST | |
| Handmade weaving in Upper Egypt (Sa'eed) | 2020 | AST | [644] | |
| Estonia | Building and use of expanded dugout boats in the Soomaa region | 2021 | ENA | [645] |
| France | Cantu in paghjella, a secular and liturgical oral tradition of Corsica | 2009 | ENA | [646] |
| Carolinian wayfinding and canoe making | 2021 | APA | [647] | |
| Guatemala | Nan Pa'ch ceremony | 2013 | LAC | [648] |
| Indonesia | Saman dance | 2011 | APA | [649] |
| Noken multifunctional knotted or woven bag, handcraft of the people of Papua | 2012 | APA | [650] | |
| Naqqāli, Iranian dramatic story-telling | 2011 | APA | [651] | |
| Traditional skills of building and sailing Iranian Lenj boats in the Persian Gulf | 2011 | APA | [652] | |
 Kenya | Traditions and practices associated with the Kayas in the sacred forests of the Mijikenda | 2009 | AFR | [653] |
| Isukuti dance of Isukha and Idakho communities of Western Kenya | 2014 | AFR | [654] | |
| Rituals and practices associated with Kit Mikayi shrine | 2019 | AFR | [655] | |
| Enkipaata, Eunoto and Olng'esherr, three male rites of passage of the Maasai community | 2018 | AFR | ||
| Kuwait | Al Sadu traditional weaving skills in Kuwait. | 2020 | AST | [656] |
| Kyrgyzstan | Ala-kiyiz and Shyrdak, art of Kyrgyz traditional felt carpets | 2012 | APA | [657] |
| Latvia | Suiti cultural space | 2009 | ENA | [658] |
| Mali | Sanké mon, collective fishing rite of the Sanké | 2009 | AFR | [659] |
| Secret society of the Kôrêdugaw, the rite of wisdom in Mali | 2011 | AFR | [660] | |
| Cultural practices and expressions linked to the 'M'Bolon', a traditional musical percussion instrument | 2021 | AST | [661] | |
| Mauritania | Moorish epic T'heydinn | 2011 | AST | [662] |
| Sega Tambour Chagos | 2019 | AFR | [663] | |
| Mongolia | Mongol Biyelgee, Mongolian traditional folk dance | 2009 | APA | [664] |
| Tsuur end-blown flute | 2009 | APA | ||
| Mongol Tuuli, Mongolian epic | 2009 | APA | [665] | |
| Folk long song performance technique of Limbe performances - circular breathing | 2011 | APA | [666] | |
| Mongolian calligraphy | 2013 | APA | [667] | |
| Coaxing ritual for camels | 2015 | APA | [668] | |
| Mongolian traditional practices of worshipping the sacred sites | 2017 | APA | [669] | |
| Namibia | Aixan/Gana/Ob#ANS TSI //Khasigu, ancestral musical sound knowledge and skills | 2020 | AFR | [670] |
| Glasoechko, male two-part singing in Dolni Polog | 2015 | ENA | [671] | |
| Pakistan | Suri Jagek (observing the sun) | 2018 | APA | |
| Philippines | Buklog, thanksgiving ritual system of the Subanen | 2019 | APA | [672] |
| Peru | Eshuva, Harákmbut sung prayers of Peru's Huachipaire people | 2011 | LAC | [673] |
| Portugal | Manufacture of cowbells | 2015 | ENA | [674] |
| Bisalhães black pottery manufacturing process | 2016 | ENA | [675] | |
| Shadow play | 2018 | AST | [676] | |
| Tais, traditional textile | 2021 | APA | [677] | |
| Turkey | Whistled language, Turkish bird language | 2017 | ENA | [678] |
| Traditional Ahlat stonework | 2022 | ENA | [679] | |
| Uganda | Bigwala, gourd trumpet music and dance of the Busoga Kingdom in Uganda | 2012 | AFR | [680] |
| Empaako of the Batooro, Banyoro, Batuku, Batagwenda and Banyabindi of western Uganda | 2013 | AFR | [681] | |
| Male-child cleansing ceremony of the Lango of central northern Uganda | 2014 | AFR | [682] | |
| Koogere oral tradition of the Basongora, Banyabindi and Batooro peoples | 2015 | AFR | [683] | |
| Ma'di bowl lyre music and dance | 2016 | AFR | [684] | |
| Ukraine | Cossack's songs of Dnipropetrovsk Region | 2016 | ENA | [685] |
| Culture of Ukrainian borscht cooking | 2022 | ENA | [686] | |
| United Arab Emirates | Al Sadu traditional weaving skills in the United Arab Emirates | 2011 | AST | [687] |
| Al Azi, art of performing praise, pride and fortitude poetry | 2017 | AST | [688] | |
| Mapoyo oral tradition and its symbolic reference points within their ancestral territory | 2014 | LAC | [689] | |
 Viet Nam | Ca trù singing | 2009 | APA | [690] |
| Art of pottery-making of Chăm people | 2022 | APA | [691] | |
The Register for Good Safeguarding Practices allows States Parties, communities and other stakeholders to "share successful safeguarding experiences and examples of how they surmounted challenges faced in the transmission of their living heritage, its practice and knowledge to the future generation."[692]
| Member state | Projects and Activities | Year Inscribed | Region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | Regional Centres for Craftsmanship: a strategy for safeguarding the cultural heritage of traditional handicraft (see "Werkraum Bregenzerwald" (Vorarlberg), "Textiles Zentrum Haslach" (Upper Austria), "Hand.Werk.Haus Salzkammergut" (Upper Austria)) | 2016 | ENA | [693] |
| Austria | Craft techniques and customary practices of cathedral workshops, or Bauhütten, in Europe, know-how, transmission, development of knowledge and innovation | 2020 | ENA | [694] |
| Belgium | Programme of cultivating ludodiversity: safeguarding traditional games in Flanders | 2011 | ENA | [695] |
| Safeguarding the carillon culture: preservation, transmission, exchange and awareness-raising | 2014 | ENA | [696] | |
| Belgium Croatia Cyprus France Italy | Tocatì, a shared programme for the safeguarding of traditional games and sports | 2022 | ENA | [697] |
| Chile Peru | Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage of Aymara communities in Bolivia, Chile and Peru | 2009 | LAC | [698] |
| Brazil | Call for projects of the National Programme of Intangible Heritage | 2011 | LAC | [699] |
| Fandango's Living Museum | 2011 | LAC | [700] | |
| Bulgaria | Festival of folklore in Koprivshtitsa: a system of practices for heritage presentation and transmission | 2016 | ENA | [701] |
| Bulgarian Chitalishte (Community Cultural Centre): practical experience in safeguarding the vitality of the Intangible Cultural Heritage | 2017 | ENA | [702] | |
| China | Strategy for training coming generations of Fujian puppetry practitioners | 2012 | APA | [703] |
| Colombia | Safeguarding strategy of traditional crafts for peace building | 2019 | LAC | [704] |
| Croatia | Community project of safeguarding the living culture of Rovinj/Rovigno: the Batana Ecomuseum | 2016 | ENA | [705] |
| The Martinique yole, from construction to sailing practices, a model for heritage safeguarding | 2020 | ENA | [706] | |
| Greece | Polyphonic Caravan, researching, safeguarding and promoting the Epirus polyphonic song | 2020 | ENA | [707] |
| Hungary | Táncház method: a Hungarian model for the transmission of intangible cultural heritage | 2011 | ENA | [708] |
| Safeguarding of the folk music heritage by the Kodály concept | 2016 | ENA | [709] | |
| Indonesia | Education and training in Indonesian Batik intangible cultural heritage for elementary, junior, senior, vocational school and polytechnic students, in collaboration with the Batik Museum in Pekalongan | 2009 | APA | [710] |
| National programme to safeguard the traditional art of calligraphy in Iran | 2021 | APA | [711] | |
| Kenya | Success story of promoting traditional foods and safeguarding traditional foodways in Kenya | 2021 | AFR | [712] |
| Kyrgyzstan | Nomad games, rediscovering heritage, celebrating diversity | 2021 | APA | [713] |
| Mexico | Xtaxkgakget Makgkaxtlawana: the Centre for Indigenous Arts and its contribution to safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage of the Totonac people of Veracruz, Mexico | 2012 | LAC | [714] |
| Norway | Oselvar boat - reframing a traditional learning process of building and use to a modern context | 2016 | ENA | [715] |
| Philippines | The School of Living Traditions (SLT) | 2021 | APA | [716] |
| Portugal Spain | Portuguese-Galician border ICH: a safeguarding model created by Ponte...nas ondas! | 2022 | ENA | [717] |
| Spain | Centre for traditional culture – school museum of Pusol pedagogic project | 2009 | ENA | [718] |
| Revitalization of the traditional craftsmanship of lime-making in Morón de la Frontera, Seville, Andalusia | 2011 | ENA | [719] | |
| Methodology for inventorying intangible cultural heritage in biosphere reserves: the experience of Montseny | 2013 | ENA | [720] | |
| Land-of-Legends programme, for promoting and revitalizing the art of storytelling in Kronoberg Region (South-Sweden) | 2018 | ENA | [721] | |
| Margilan Crafts Development Centre, safeguarding of the atlas and adras making traditional technologies | 2017 | APA | [722] | |
| Biocultural programme for the safeguarding of the tradition of the Blessed Palm in Venezuela | 2019 | LAC | [723] | |
The Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage were established in 2008, when the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage took effect.[724] Prior to this, a project known as the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity has already been active in recognizing the value of intangibles such as tradition, custom, and cultural spaces and the local actors who sustain these forms of cultural expressions through a Proclamation.[3] Identification of the Masterpieces also entails the commitment of states to promote and safeguard these treasures, while UNESCO finances plans for their conservation.[3] Started in 2001 and held biennially until 2005, a total of three Proclamations occurred, encompassing 90 forms of intangible heritage around the world.[4]
The 90 previously proclaimed Masterpieces have been incorporated into the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity as its first entries, to be known as elements.[1] [725] Subsequent elements will be added following the assessment of nominations submitted by national governments acceding to the UNESCO Convention, termed as member states, who are each allowed to submit a single candidature file, in addition to multi-national candidatures. A panel of experts in intangible heritage and an appointed body, known as the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, then examine each of the nominations before officially inscribing the candidates as elements on the List.[726]
A. Names and spellings used for the elements were based on the official List as published.
B. A total of three Proclamations of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity were made in 2001, 2003, and 2005. The proclamation was superseded in 2008 when the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity was established.[727]
C. The 90 elements that were previously proclaimed as Masterpieces have been inscribed onto the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity as per the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
D. Grouping of member states by region is based on the official List as published. Abbreviations were used for convenience:
E. The Transcaucasian States of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, and Russian Federation are included in the Europe and North America Region.