UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
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.
Africa
Algeria
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Ahellil of Gourara | Representative | 2008 | ||
Rites and craftsmanship associated with the wedding costume tradition of Tlemcen | Tlemcen | Representative | 2012 |
Benin
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Oral heritage of Gelede | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Nigeria and Togo |
Botswana
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Earthenware pottery-making skills in Botswana’s Kgatleng District | Safeguarding | 2012 |
Burkina Faso
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Central African Republic
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Polyphonic singing of the Aka Pygmies of Central Africa | Representative | 2008 |
Côte d'Ivoire
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Egypt
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah epic | Representative | 2008 |
Gambia
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Kankurang, Manding initiatory rite | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Senegal |
Guinea
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Cultural space of Sosso-Bala | Representative | 2008 |
Kenya
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Traditions and practices associated with the Kayas in the sacred forests of the Mijikenda | Safeguarding | 2009 |
Madagascar
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Woodcrafting knowledge of the Zafimaniry | Representative | 2008 |
Malawi
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Gule Wamkulu | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Mozambique and Zambia | |
Vimbuza healing dance | Representative | 2008 |
Mali
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Mauritania
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Moorish epic T’heydinn | Safeguarding | 2011 |
Morocco
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Mozambique
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Chopi Timbila | Representative | 2008 | ||
Gule Wamkulu | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Malawi and Zambia |
Nigeria
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Ijele masquerade | Representative | 2009 | ||
Ifa divination system | Representative | 2008 | ||
Oral heritage of Gelede | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Benin and Togo |
Senegal
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Kankurang, Manding initiatory rite | Representative | 2008 | Shared with the Gambia |
Togo
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Oral heritage of Gelede | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Benin and Nigeria |
Uganda
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Bigwala, gourd trumpet music and dance of the Busoga Kingdom in Uganda | Safeguarding | 2012 | ||
Barkcloth making in Uganda | Representative | 2008 |
Zambia
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Gule Wamkulu | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Malawi and Mozambique | |
Makishi masquerade | Representative | 2008 |
Zimbabwe
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Mbende Jerusarema dance | Representative | 2008 |
Asia
Bangladesh
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Baul songs | Shrine of Lalon Akhra, Kushtia District | Representative | 2008 | |
Traditional art of Shital Pati weaving | Sylhet | Representative | 2017 |
Bhutan
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Mask dance of the drums from Drametse | Representative | 2008 |
Cambodia
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Royal ballet of Cambodia | Representative | 2008 | ||
Sbek Thom, Khmer shadow theatre | Representative | 2008 |
China
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
India
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Indonesia
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Iran
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Iraq
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Iraqi Maqam | Representative | 2008 |
Japan
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Jordan
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Cultural space of the Bedu in Petra and Wadi Rum | Representative | 2008 |
Kyrgyzstan
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Malaysia
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Mak Yong theatre | Representative | 2008 |
Mongolia
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Oman
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Pakistan
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz | Representative | 2009 | Shared with Azerbaijan, Iran, India, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey and Uzbekistan |
Palestinian territories
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Palestinian Hikaye | Representative | 2008 |
Philippines
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Darangen epic of the Maranao people of Lake Lanao | Representative | 2008 | ||
Hudhud chants of the Ifugao | Representative | 2008 |
Qatar
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Saudi Arabia
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
South Korea
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Syria
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Tajikistan
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Shashmaqom music | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Uzbekistan |
United Arab Emirates
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Uzbekistan
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Vietnam
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Yemen
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Song of Sana’a | Representative | 2008 |
Europe
Albania
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Albanian folk iso-polyphony | Representative | 2008 |
Armenia
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Austria
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Azerbaijan
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Belarus
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Rite of the Kalyady Tsars (Christmas Tsars) | Safeguarding | 2009 |
Belgium
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Bulgaria
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Croatia
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Cyprus
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Tsiattista poetic duelling | Representative | 2011 | ||
Lefkara laces or Lefkaritika | Representative | 2009 |
Czech Republic
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 |
Estonia
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Finland
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
France
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 |
Georgia
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Georgian polyphonic singing | Representative | 2008 |
Greece
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Mediterranean diet | Representative | 2010 | Shared with Spain, Italy and Morocco |
Hungary
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 |
Italy
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Latvia
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 |
Lithuania
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Luxembourg
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Hopping procession of Echternach | Representative | 2010 |
Portugal
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Fado, urban popular song of Portugal | Lisbon, Coimbra | Representative | 2011 |
Romania
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Craftsmanship of Horezu ceramics | Representative | 2012 | ||
Doina | Representative | 2009 | ||
Căluş ritual | Representative | 2008 |
Russia
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Cultural space and oral culture of the Semeiskie | Representative | 2008 | ||
Olonkho, Yakut heroic epos | Representative | 2008 |
Slovakia
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fujara and its music | Representative | 2008 |
Spain
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 |
Turkey
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Ukraine
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Culture of Ukrainian borscht cooking | Safeguarding | 2022 |
North America
Belize
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Language, dance and music of the Garifuna | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua |
Costa Rica
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Oxherding and oxcart traditions in Costa Rica | Representative | 2008 |
Cuba
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
La Tumba Francesa | Representative | 2008 |
Dominican Republic
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 |
Guatemala
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 |
Honduras
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Language, dance and music of the Garifuna | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Belize, Guatemala and Nicaragua |
Jamaica
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Maroon heritage of Moore Town | Representative | 2008 |
Mexico
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 |
Oceania
Tonga
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lakalaka, dances and sung speeches of Tonga | Representative | 2008 |
Vanuatu
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Vanuatu sand drawings | Representative | 2008 |
South America
Argentina
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tango | Representative | 2009 | Shared with Uruguay |
Bolivia
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 |
Brazil
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 |
Chile
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 |
Colombia
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Ecuador
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Traditional weaving of the Ecuadorian toquilla straw hat | Representative | 2012 | ||
Oral heritage and cultural manifestations of the Zápara people | Representative | 2008 | Shared with Peru |
Peru
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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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 |
Uruguay
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 |
Venezuela
Official name | Location(s) | List | Year inscribed | Notes |
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Venezuela's Dancing Devils of Corpus Christi | Representative | 2012 |
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