Intangible Cultural Heritage is a UNESCO program initiated in 2001 to recognise and protect various cultures and practices that, unlike items on the UNESCO World Heritage List, cannot be touched.
Intangible cultural heritage includes song, music, drama, skills, crafts, and the other parts of culture that can be recorded but cannot be touched and interacted with, without a vehicle for the culture. These cultural vehicles are called "Human Treasures" by the UN.
UNESCO divides the list into three different categories:
- The representative list comprises cultural "practices and expressions that help demonstrate the diversity of this heritage and raise awareness about its importance."
- The safeguarding list is composed of cultural elements that are threatened and in need of urgent measures to keep them alive.
- The best practice list is comprised of the best examples by communities and governments of the protection and recognition of intangible cultural heritage.
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahellil of Gourara | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Rites and craftsmanship associated with the wedding costume tradition of Tlemcen | Tlemcen | Representative | 2012 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral heritage of Gelede | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Nigeria and Togo |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earthenware pottery-making skills in Botswana’s Kgatleng District | Safeguarding | 2012 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural practices and expressions linked to the balafon of the Senufo communities of Mali, Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire | Representative | 2012 | Shared with Mali and Côte d'Ivoire |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polyphonic singing of the Aka Pygmies of Central Africa | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural practices and expressions linked to the balafon of the Senufo communities of Mali, Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire | Representative | 2012 | Shared with Mali and Burkina Faso | |
| Gbofe of Afounkaha, the music of the transverse trumps of the Tagbana community | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah epic | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kankurang, Manding initiatory rite | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Senegal |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural space of Sosso-Bala | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditions and practices associated with the Kayas in the sacred forests of the Mijikenda | Safeguarding | 2009 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodcrafting knowledge of the Zafimaniry | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gule Wamkulu | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Mozambique and Zambia | |
| Vimbuza healing dance | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural practices and expressions linked to the balafon of the Senufo communities of Mali, Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire | Representative | 2012 | Shared with Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire | |
| Secret society of the Kôrêdugaw, the rite of wisdom in Mali | Safeguarding | 2011 | ||
| Manden Charter, proclaimed in Kurukan Fuga | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Sanké mon, collective fishing rite of the Sanké | Safeguarding | 2009 | ||
| Septennial re-roofing ceremony of the Kamablon, sacred house of Kangaba | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Cultural space of the Yaaral and Degal | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moorish epic T’heydinn | Safeguarding | 2011 |
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| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry festival in Sefrou | Representative | 2012 | ||
| Falconry, a living human heritage | Representative | 2012 | Shared with United Arab Emirates, Austria, Czech Republic, Belgium, Hungary, South Korea, Mongolia, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Syria | |
| Mediterranean diet | Representative | 2010 | Shared with Spain, Italy and Greece | |
| Cultural space of Jemaa el-Fna Square | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Moussem of Tan-Tan | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chopi Timbila | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Gule Wamkulu | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Malawi and Zambia |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ijele masquerade | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Ifa divination system | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Oral heritage of Gelede | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Benin and Togo |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kankurang, Manding initiatory rite | Representative | 2008 | Shared with the Gambia |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral heritage of Gelede | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Benin and Nigeria |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bigwala, gourd trumpet music and dance of the Busoga Kingdom in Uganda | Safeguarding | 2012 | ||
| Barkcloth making in Uganda | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gule Wamkulu | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Malawi and Mozambique | |
| Makishi masquerade | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mbende Jerusarema dance | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baul songs | Shrine of Lalon Akhra, Kushtia District | Representative | 2008 | |
| Traditional art of Shital Pati weaving | Sylhet | Representative | 2017 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mask dance of the drums from Drametse | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal ballet of Cambodia | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Sbek Thom, Khmer shadow theatre | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategy for training coming generations of Fujian puppetry practitioners | Best practice | 2012 | ||
| Chinese shadow puppetry | Representative | 2011 | ||
| Hezhen Yimakan storytelling | Safeguarding | 2011 | ||
| Acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Meshrep | Safeguarding | 2010 | ||
| Peking opera | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Watertight-bulkhead technology of Chinese junks | Safeguarding | 2010 | ||
| Wooden movable-type printing of China | Safeguarding | 2010 | ||
| Art of Chinese seal engraving | Representative | 2009 | ||
| China engraved block printing technique | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Chinese calligraphy | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Chinese paper-cut | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Chinese traditional architectural craftsmanship for timber-framed structures | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Craftsmanship of Nanjing Yunjin brocade | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Dragon Boat festival | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Farmers’ dance of China’s Korean ethnic group | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Gesar epic tradition | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Grand song of the Dong ethnic group | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Hua’er | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Manas | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Mazu belief and customs | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Mongolian art of singing, Khoomei | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Nanyin | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Qiang New Year festival | Safeguarding | 2009 | ||
| Regong arts | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Sericulture and silk craftsmanship of China | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Tibetan opera | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Traditional design and practices for building Chinese wooden arch bridges | Safeguarding | 2009 | ||
| Traditional firing technology of Longquan celadon | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Traditional handicrafts of making Xuan paper | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Traditional Li textile techniques: spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidering | Safeguarding | 2009 | ||
| Xi’an wind and percussion ensemble | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Yueju opera | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Guqin and its music | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Kun Qu opera | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Urtiin Duu, traditional folk long song | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Mongolia | |
| Uyghur Muqam of Xinjiang | Representative | 2008 |
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| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durga Puja in Kolkata: a religious festival of Hindu Goddess Durga in Kolkata, West Bengal | Kolkata | Representative | 2021 | |
| Kumbh Mela: mass Hindu pilgrimage held at Haridwar of Uttarakhand, Nashik of Maharashtra, Prayagraj of Uttar Pradesh and Ujjain of Madhya Pradesh | Haridwar, Nashik, Prayagraj, Ujjain | Representative | 2017 | |
| Yoga: ancient Indian physical, mental and spiritual practices | Representative | 2016 | ||
| Nawrouz, Novruz, Nowrouz, Nowrouz, Nawrouz, Nauryz, Nooruz, Nowruz, Navruz, Nevruz, Nowruz, Navruz | Representative | 2016 | Shared with Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan | |
| Traditional brass and copper craft of utensil making among the Thatheras of Jandiala Guru, Punjab | Punjab | Representative | 2014 | |
| Manipuri Sankirtana: a ritual singing, drumming and dancing of Manipur | Manipur | Representative | 2013 | |
| Ladakh Buddhist chantings: recitation of sacred Buddhist texts in Ladakh | Ladakh | Representative | 2012 | |
| Chhau dance: a classical dance form of Odisha and West Bengal | Odisha, West Bengal | Representative | 2010 | |
| Kalbelia: folk songs and dances of Rajasthan | Rajasthan | Representative | 2010 | |
| Mudiyett: a ritual theatre and dance drama of Kerala | Kerala | Representative | 2010 | |
| Ramman: a religious festival and ritual theatre of Garhwal, Uttarakhand | Garhwal | Representative | 2009 | |
| Koodiyattam: a Sanskrit theatre of Kerala | Kerala | Representative | 2008 | |
| Vedic chanting: recitation of sacred Hindu texts | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Ramlila: the traditional performance of the Ramayana | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditions of Pencak Silat | West Sumatra, Western Java | Representative | 2019 | |
| Pinisi, art of boatbuilding in South Sulawesi | Southern Sulawesi | Representative | 2017 | |
| Three genres of traditional dance in Bali | Bali | Representative | 2015 | |
| Noken multifunctional knotted or woven bag, handcraft of the people of Papua | Papua | Safeguarding | 2012 | |
| Saman dance | Aceh | Safeguarding | 2011 | |
| Indonesian Angklung | Western Java | Representative | 2010 | |
| 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 | Best practice | 2009 | ||
| Indonesian Batik | Pekalongan, Yogyakarta, Solo | Representative | 2009 | |
| Indonesian Kris | Java | Representative | 2008 | |
| Wayang puppet theatre | Java | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qālišuyān rituals of Mašhad-e Ardehāl in Kāšān | Representative | 2012 | ||
| Naqqāli, Iranian dramatic story-telling | Safeguarding | 2011 | ||
| Traditional skills of building and sailing Iranian Lenj boats in the Persian Gulf | Safeguarding | 2011 | ||
| Music of the Bakhshis of Khorasan | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Pahlevani and Zoorkhanei rituals | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Ritual dramatic art of Ta‘zīye | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Fars | Fars | Representative | 2010 | |
| Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Kashan | Kashan | Representative | 2010 | |
| Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz | Representative | 2009 | Shared with Azerbaijan, India, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan | |
| Radif of Iranian music | Representative | 2009 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iraqi Maqam | Representative | 2008 |
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| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nachi no Dengaku, a religious performing art held at the Nachi fire festival | Representative | 2012 | ||
| Mibu no Hana Taue, ritual of transplanting rice in Mibu, Hiroshima | Representative | 2011 | ||
| Sada Shin Noh, sacred dancing at Sada shrine, Shimane | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Kumiodori, traditional Okinawan musical theatre | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Yuki-tsumugi, silk fabric production technique | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Akiu no Taue Odori | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Chakkirako | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Daimokutate | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Dainichido Bugaku | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Gagaku | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Hayachine Kagura | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Hitachi Furyumono | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Koshikijima no Toshidon | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Ojiya-chijimi, Echigo-jofu: techniques of making ramie fabric in Uonuma region, Niigata Prefecture | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Oku-noto no Aenokoto | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Sekishu-Banshi, papermaking in the Iwami region of Shimane Prefecture | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Traditional Ainu dance | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Yamahoko, the float ceremony of the Kyoto Gion festival | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Kabuki theatre | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Ningyo Johruri Bunraku puppet theatre | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Nôgaku theatre | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural space of the Bedu in Petra and Wadi Rum | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ala-kiyiz and Shyrdak, art of Kyrgyz traditional felt carpets | Safeguarding | 2012 | ||
| Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz | Representative | 2009 | Shared with Azerbaijan, Iran, India, Pakistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan | |
| Art of Akyns, Kyrgyz epic tellers | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mak Yong theatre | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falconry, a living human heritage | Representative | 2012 | Shared with United Arab Emirates, Austria, Czech Republic, Belgium, Hungary, South Korea, France, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Syria | |
| Folk long song performance technique of Limbe performances - circular breathing | Safeguarding | 2011 | ||
| Mongolian traditional art of Khöömei | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Naadam, Mongolian traditional festival | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Mongol Biyelgee, Mongolian traditional folk dance | Safeguarding | 2009 | ||
| Mongol Tuuli, Mongolian epic | Safeguarding | 2009 | ||
| Traditional music of the Tsuur | Safeguarding | 2009 | ||
| Traditional music of the Morin Khuur | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Urtiin Duu, traditional folk long song | Representative | 2008 | Shared with China |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al ‘azi, elegy, processional march and poetry | Representative | 2012 | ||
| Al-Taghrooda, traditional Bedouin chanted poetry in the United Arab Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman | Representative | 2010 | Shared with the United Arab Emirates | |
| Al-Bar’ah, music and dance of Oman Dhofari valleys | Representative | 2010 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz | Representative | 2009 | Shared with Azerbaijan, Iran, India, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey and Uzbekistan |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palestinian Hikaye | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darangen epic of the Maranao people of Lake Lanao | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Hudhud chants of the Ifugao | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falconry, a living human heritage | Representative | 2012 | Shared with United Arab Emirates, Austria, Czech Republic, Belgium, Hungary, South Korea, France, Morocco, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Syria |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falconry, a living human heritage | Representative | 2012 | Shared with United Arab Emirates, Austria, Czech Republic, Belgium, Hungary, South Korea, France, Morocco, Mongolia, Qatar, Spain and Syria |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arirang, lyrical folk song in the Republic of Korea | Representative | 2012 | ||
| Falconry, a living human heritage | Representative | 2012 | Shared with United Arab Emirates, Austria, Czech Republic, Belgium, Hungary, Qatar, France, Morocco, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Syria | |
| Jultagi, tightrope walking | Representative | 2011 | ||
| Taekkyeon, a traditional Korean martial art | Representative | 2011 | ||
| Weaving of Mosi (fine ramie) in the Hansan region | Representative | 2011 | ||
| Daemokjang, traditional wooden architecture | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Gagok, lyric song cycles accompanied by an orchestra | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Cheoyongmu | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Ganggangsullae | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Jeju Chilmeoridang Yeongdeunggut | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Namsadang Nori | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Yeongsanjae | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Gangneung Danoje festival | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Pansori epic chant | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Royal ancestral ritual in the Jongmyo shrine and its music | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falconry, a living human heritage | Representative | 2012 | Shared with United Arab Emirates, Austria, Czech Republic, Belgium, Hungary, South Korea, Mongolia, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Spain |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shashmaqom music | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Uzbekistan |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Taghrooda, traditional Bedouin chanted poetry in the United Arab Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman | Representative | 2012 | Shared with Oman | |
| Falconry, a living human heritage | Representative | 2012 | Shared with Syria, Austria, Czech Republic, Belgium, Hungary, South Korea, Mongolia, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Spain | |
| Al Sadu, traditional weaving skills in the United Arab Emirates | Safeguarding | 2011 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katta Ashula | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz | Representative | 2009 | Shared with Azerbaijan, Iran, India, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey and Pakistan | |
| Cultural space of Boysun District | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Shashmaqom music | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Tajikistan |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worship of Hùng kings in Phú Thọ | Representative | 2012 | ||
| Xoan singing of Phú Thọ Province, Viet Nam | Safeguarding | 2011 | ||
| Gióng festival of Phù Ðông and Sóc temples | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Ca trù singing | Safeguarding | 2009 | ||
| Quan Họ Bắc Ninh folk songs | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Nha Nhac, Vietnamese court music | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Space of gong culture | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song of Sana’a | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian folk iso-polyphony | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armenian cross-stones art. Symbolism and craftsmanship of Khachkars | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Duduk and its music | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Performance of the Armenian epic of 'Daredevils of Sassoun' or 'David of Sassoun' | Representative | 2012 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falconry, a living human heritage | Representative | 2012 | Shared with United Arab Emirates, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, South Korea, Mongolia, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Syria | |
| Schemenlaufen, the carnival of Imst, Austria | Representative | 2012 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art of Azerbaijani Ashiq | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Azerbaijani Mugham | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Craftsmanship and performance art of the Tar, a long-necked string musical instrument | Representative | 2012 | ||
| Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz | Representative | 2009 | Shared with India, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan | |
| Traditional art of Azerbaijani carpet weaving in the Republic of Azerbaijan | Representative | 2010 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rite of the Kalyady Tsars (Christmas Tsars) | Safeguarding | 2009 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aalst carnival | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Carnival of Binche | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Falconry, a living human heritage | Representative | 2012 | Shared with United Arab Emirates, Austria, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, South Korea, Mongolia, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Syria | |
| Houtem Jaarmarkt, annual winter fair and livestock market at Sint-Lievens-Houtem | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Krakelingen and Tonnekensbrand, end-of-winter bread and fire feast at Geraardsbergen | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Leuven age set ritual repertoire | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Marches of Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Processional giants and dragons in Belgium and France | Representative | 2008 | Shared with France | |
| Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Programme of cultivating ludodiversity: safeguarding traditional games in Flanders | Best practice | 2011 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bistritsa Babi, archaic polyphony, dances and rituals from the Shoplouk region | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Nestinarstvo, messages from the past: the Panagyr of Saints Constantine and Helena in the village of Bulgari | Representative | 2009 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klapa multipart singing of Dalmatia, southern Croatia | Representative | 2012 | ||
| Bećarac singing and playing from Eastern Croatia | Representative | 2011 | ||
| Nijemo Kolo, silent circle dance of the Dalmatian hinterland | Representative | 2011 | ||
| Gingerbread craft from Northern Croatia | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Ojkanje singing | Safeguarding | 2010 | ||
| Sinjska Alka, a knights’ tournament in Sinj | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Annual carnival bell ringers’ pageant from the Kastav area | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Festivity of Saint Blaise, the patron of Dubrovnik | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Lacemaking in Croatia | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Procession Za Krizen (‘following the cross’) on the island of Hvar | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Spring procession of Ljelje/Kraljice (queens) from Gorjani | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Traditional manufacturing of children’s wooden toys in Hrvatsko Zagorje | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Two-part singing and playing in the Istrian scale | Representative | 2009 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tsiattista poetic duelling | Representative | 2011 | ||
| Lefkara laces or Lefkaritika | Representative | 2009 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falconry, a living human heritage | Representative | 2012 | Shared with United Arab Emirates, Austria, Belgium, France, Hungary, South Korea, Mongolia, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Syria | |
| Ride of the Kings in the south-east of the Czech Republic | Representative | 2011 | ||
| Shrovetide door-to-door processions and masks in the villages of the Hlinecko area | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Slovácko Verbuňk, recruit dances | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building and use of expanded dugout boats in the Soomaa region | Endangered | 2021 | ||
| Seto Leelo, Seto polyphonic singing tradition | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Baltic song and dance celebrations | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Latvia and Lithuania | |
| Kihnu cultural space | Representative | 2008 |
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| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gustaf Erikson Shipping Company archives in the Åland Islands from the era of the last Windjammers in global trade 1913–1949 | Mariehamn | 2023 | ||
| Sauna culture in Finland | Representative | 2020 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falconry, a living human heritage | Representative | 2012 | Shared with United Arab Emirates, Austria, Czech Republic, Belgium, Hungary, South Korea, Mongolia, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Syria | |
| Fest-Noz, festive gathering based on the collective practice of traditional dances of Brittany | Representative | 2012 | ||
| Equitation in the French tradition | Representative | 2011 | ||
| Compagnonnage, network for on-the-job transmission of knowledge and identities | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Craftsmanship of Alençon needle lace-making | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Gastronomic meal of the French | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Aubusson tapestry | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Cantu in paghjella, a secular and liturgical oral tradition of Corsica | Safeguarding | 2009 | ||
| Maloya | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Scribing tradition in French timber framing | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Processional giants and dragons in Belgium and France | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Belgium |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgian polyphonic singing | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mediterranean diet | Representative | 2010 | Shared with Spain, Italy and Morocco |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falconry, a living human heritage | Representative | 2012 | Shared with United Arab Emirates, Austria, Czech Republic, Belgium, France, South Korea, Mongolia, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Syria | |
| Folk art of the Matyó, embroidery of a traditional community | Representative | 2012 | ||
| Táncház method: a Hungarian model for the transmission of intangible cultural heritage | Best practice | 2011 | ||
| Busó festivities at Mohács: masked end-of-winter carnival custom | Representative | 2009 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional violin craftsmanship in Cremona | Representative | 2012 | ||
| Mediterranean diet | Representative | 2010 | Shared with Spain, Greece and Morocco | |
| Canto a tenore, Sardinian pastoral songs | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Opera dei Pupi, Sicilian puppet theatre | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suiti cultural space | Safeguarding | 2009 | ||
| Baltic song and dance celebrations | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Estonia and Lithuania |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutartinės, Lithuanian multipart songs | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Baltic song and dance celebrations | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Estonia and Latvia | |
| Cross-crafting and its symbolism | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hopping procession of Echternach | Representative | 2010 |
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| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fado, urban popular song of Portugal | Lisbon, Coimbra | Representative | 2011 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craftsmanship of Horezu ceramics | Representative | 2012 | ||
| Doina | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Căluş ritual | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural space and oral culture of the Semeiskie | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Olonkho, Yakut heroic epos | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fujara and its music | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falconry, a living human heritage | Representative | 2012 | Shared with United Arab Emirates, Austria, Czech Republic, Belgium, Hungary, South Korea, Mongolia, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Syria | |
| Fiesta of the patios in Cordova | Córdoba | Representative | 2012 | |
| Festivity of ‘la Mare de Déu de la Salut’ of Algemesí | Representative | 2011 | ||
| Revitalization of the traditional craftsmanship of lime-making in Morón de la Frontera, Seville, Andalusia | Best practice | 2011 | ||
| Chant of the Sybil on Majorca | Mallorca | Representative | 2010 | |
| Flamenco | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Human towers | Catalonia | Representative | 2010 | |
| Mediterranean diet | Representative | 2010 | Shared with Greece, Italy and Morocco | |
| Centre for traditional culture – school museum of Pusol pedagogic project | Best practice | 2009 | ||
| 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 | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Whistled language of the island of La Gomera (Canary Islands), the Silbo Gomero | La Gomera | Representative | 2009 | |
| Mystery play of Elche | Elche | Representative | 2008 | |
| Patum of Berga | Catalonia | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mesir Macunu festival | Manisa | Representative | 2012 | |
| Ceremonial Keşkek tradition | Representative | 2011 | ||
| Kırkpınar oil wrestling festival | Edirne | Representative | 2010 | |
| Semah, Alevi-Bektaşi ritual | The Alevi ceremonies in rural locations are often not open to public. In the large cities, it is best to check out the cem evis, which double as houses of worship and cultural centres for the Alevis, if you can partake. In August, an annual and open-to-all semah is held in Hacıbektaş, the site of the shrine of Hacı Bektaş Veli, a major Alevi/Bektaşi saint. | Representative | 2010 | |
| Traditional Sohbet meetings | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Âşıklık (minstrelsy) tradition | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Karagöz | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz | Representative | 2009 | Shared with Azerbaijan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, India and Uzbekistan | |
| Arts of the Meddah, public storytellers | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Mevlevi Sema ceremony | The dervish lodges, mevlevihanes, across the country regularly hold Semas. The largest ceremony is annually held in Konya, where Rumi lived and taught, on the night of Şeb-i Arus ("the wedding night", Dec 17), to commemorate the death of Rumi, or according to the Sufi view, his reunion with the God. The weekly ceremonies held in the Galata Dervish Lodge in Istanbul may provide an easier rendezvous. | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culture of Ukrainian borscht cooking | Safeguarding | 2022 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language, dance and music of the Garifuna | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxherding and oxcart traditions in Costa Rica | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Tumba Francesa | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cocolo dance drama tradition | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Cultural space of the Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of the Congos of Villa Mella | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Music and Dance of the Merengue in the Dominican Republic | Representative | 2016 | ||
| Music and Dance of Dominican Bachata | Representative | 2019 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language, dance and music of the Garifuna | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Belize, Honduras and Nicaragua | |
| Rabinal Achí dance drama tradition | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language, dance and music of the Garifuna | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Belize, Guatemala and Nicaragua |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maroon heritage of Moore Town | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xtaxkgakget Makgkaxtlawana: the Centre for Indigenous Arts and its contribution to safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage of the Totonac people of Veracruz, Mexico | Best practice | 2012 | ||
| Mariachi, string music, song and trumpet | Plaza Garibaldi, Guadalajara, Plaza Garibaldi Mexico City/Centro | Representative | 2011 | |
| Parachicos in the traditional January feast of Chiapa de Corzo | Chiapa de Corzo | Representative | 2010 | |
| Pirekua, traditional song of the P’urhépecha | Michoacan | Representative | 2010 | |
| Traditional Mexican cuisine - ancestral, ongoing community culture, the Michoacán paradigm | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Places of memory and living traditions of the Otomí-Chichimecas people of Tolimán: the Peña de Bernal, guardian of a sacred territory | Bernal | Representative | 2009 | |
| Ritual ceremony of the Voladores | El Tajin | Representative | 2009 | |
| Indigenous festivity dedicated to the dead | Day of the Dead | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Güegüense | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Language, dance and music of the Garifuna | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Belize, Guatemala and Honduras |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakalaka, dances and sung speeches of Tonga | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanuatu sand drawings | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tango | Representative | 2009 | Shared with Uruguay |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andean cosmovision of the Kallawaya | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Carnival of Oruro | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Ichapekene Piesta, the biggest festival of San Ignacio de Moxos | Representative | 2012 | ||
| Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage of Aymara communities in Bolivia, Chile and Peru | Best practice | 2009 | Shared with Chile and Peru |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Call for projects of the National Programme of Intangible Heritage | Best practice | 2011 | ||
| Fandango's Living Museum | Best practice | 2011 | ||
| Frevo, performing arts of the Carnival of Recife | Representative | 2012 | ||
| Oral and graphic expressions of the Wajapi | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Samba de Roda of the Recôncavo of Bahia | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Yaokwa, the Enawene Nawe people's ritual for the maintenance of social and cosmic order | Safeguarding | 2011 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage of Aymara communities in Bolivia, Chile and Peru | Best practice | 2009 | Shared with Bolivia and Peru |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Festival of Saint Francis of Assisi, Quibdó | Representative | 2012 | ||
| Traditional knowledge of the jaguar shamans of Yuruparí | Representative | 2011 | ||
| Marimba music and traditional chants from Colombia’s South Pacific region | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Wayuu normative system, applied by the Pütchipü’üi (palabrero) | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Carnaval de Negros y Blancos | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Holy Week processions in Popayán | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Carnival of Barranquilla | Representative | 2008 | ||
| Cultural space of Palenque de San Basilio | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional weaving of the Ecuadorian toquilla straw hat | Representative | 2012 | ||
| Oral heritage and cultural manifestations of the Zápara people | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Peru |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eshuva, Harákmbut sung prayers of Peru’s Huachipaire people | Safeguarding | 2011 | ||
| Pilgrimage to the sanctuary of the Lord of Qoyllurit’i | Representative | 2011 | ||
| Huaconada, ritual dance of Mito | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Scissors dance | Representative | 2010 | ||
| Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage of Aymara communities in Bolivia, Chile and Peru | Best practice | 2009 | Shared with Bolivia and Chile | |
| Oral heritage and cultural manifestations of the Zápara people | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Ecuador | |
| Taquile and its textile art | Representative | 2008 |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candombe and its socio-cultural space: a community practice | Representative | 2009 | ||
| Tango | Representative | 2009 | Shared with Argentina |
| Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela's Dancing Devils of Corpus Christi | Representative | 2012 |