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
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
Oral heritage of Gelede		Representative	2008	Shared with Nigeria and Togo

Botswana

Official name	Location(s)	List	Year inscribed	Notes
Earthenware pottery-making skills in Botswana’s Kgatleng District		Safeguarding	2012

Burkina Faso

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

Central African Republic

Official name	Location(s)	List	Year inscribed	Notes
Polyphonic singing of the Aka Pygmies of Central Africa		Representative	2008

Côte d'Ivoire

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

Egypt

Official name	Location(s)	List	Year inscribed	Notes
Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah epic		Representative	2008

Gambia

Official name	Location(s)	List	Year inscribed	Notes
Kankurang, Manding initiatory rite		Representative	2008	Shared with Senegal

Guinea

Official name	Location(s)	List	Year inscribed	Notes
Cultural space of Sosso-Bala		Representative	2008

Kenya

Official name	Location(s)	List	Year inscribed	Notes
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
Woodcrafting knowledge of the Zafimaniry		Representative	2008

Malawi

Official name	Location(s)	List	Year inscribed	Notes
Gule Wamkulu		Representative	2008	Shared with Mozambique and Zambia
Vimbuza healing dance		Representative	2008

Mali

Official name	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

Mauritania

Official name	Location(s)	List	Year inscribed	Notes
Moorish epic T’heydinn		Safeguarding	2011

Morocco

Official name	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

Mozambique

Official name	Location(s)	List	Year inscribed	Notes
Chopi Timbila		Representative	2008
Gule Wamkulu		Representative	2008	Shared with Malawi and Zambia

Nigeria

Official name	List	Year inscribed	Notes
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
Kankurang, Manding initiatory rite		Representative	2008	Shared with the Gambia

Togo

Official name	Location(s)	List	Year inscribed	Notes
Oral heritage of Gelede		Representative	2008	Shared with Benin and Nigeria

Uganda

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

Zambia

Official name	Location(s)	List	Year inscribed	Notes
Gule Wamkulu		Representative	2008	Shared with Malawi and Mozambique
Makishi masquerade		Representative	2008

Zimbabwe

Official name	Location(s)	List	Year inscribed	Notes
Mbende Jerusarema dance		Representative	2008

Asia

Bangladesh

Official name	Location(s)	List	Year inscribed	Notes
Baul songs	Shrine of Lalon Akhra, Kushtia District	Representative	2008

Bhutan

Official name	Location(s)	List	Year inscribed	Notes
Mask dance of the drums from Drametse		Representative	2008

Cambodia

Official name	Location(s)	List	Year inscribed	Notes
Royal ballet of Cambodia		Representative	2008
Sbek Thom, Khmer shadow theatre		Representative	2008

China

Official name	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

India

Official name	Location(s)	List	Year inscribed	Notes
Buddhist chanting of Ladakh: recitation of sacred Buddhist texts in the trans-Himalayan Ladakh region, Jammu and Kashmir, India	Ladakh	Representative	2012
Chhau dance		Representative	2010
Kalbelia folk songs and dances of Rajasthan	Rajasthan	Representative	2010
Mudiyettu, ritual theatre and dance drama of Kerala	Kerala	Representative	2010
Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz		Representative	2009	Shared with Azerbaijan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan
Ramman, religious festival and ritual theatre of the Garhwal Himalayas, India		Representative	2009
Kutiyattam, Sanskrit theatre		Representative	2008
Ramlila, the traditional performance of the Ramayana		Representative	2008
Tradition of Vedic chanting		Representative	2008

Indonesia

Official name	List	Year inscribed
Noken multifunctional knotted or woven bag, handcraft of the people of Papua	Safeguarding	2012
Saman dance	Safeguarding	2011
Indonesian Angklung	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	Representative	2009
Indonesian Batik	Representative	2009
Indonesian Kris	Representative	2008
Wayang puppet theatre	Representative	2008

Iran

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

Iraq

Official name	Location(s)	List	Year inscribed	Notes
Iraqi Maqam		Representative	2008

Japan

Official name	List	Year inscribed
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
Cultural space of the Bedu in Petra and Wadi Rum		Representative	2008

Kyrgyzstan

Official name	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

Malaysia

Official name	Location(s)	List	Year inscribed	Notes
Mak Yong theatre		Representative	2008

Mongolia

Official name	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

Oman

Official name	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

Pakistan

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

Palestine

Official name	Location(s)	List	Year inscribed	Notes
Palestinian Hikaye		Representative	2008

Philippines

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

Qatar

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

Saudi Arabia

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

South Korea

Official name	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

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, Mongolia, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Spain

Tajikistan

Official name	Location(s)	List	Year inscribed	Notes
Shashmaqom music		Representative	2008	Shared with Uzbekistan

United Arab Emirates

Official name	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

Uzbekistan

Official name	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

Vietnam

Official name	List	Year inscribed
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
Song of Sana’a		Representative	2008

Europe

Albania

Official name	Location(s)	List	Year inscribed	Notes
Albanian folk iso-polyphony		Representative	2008

Armenia

Official name	List	Year inscribed
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
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	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

Belarus

Official name	Location(s)	List	Year inscribed	Notes
Rite of the Kalyady Tsars (Christmas Tsars)		Safeguarding	2009

Belgium

Official name	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

Bulgaria

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

Croatia

Official name	List	Year inscribed
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
Tsiattista poetic duelling		Representative	2011
Lefkara laces or Lefkaritika		Representative	2009

Czech Republic

Official name	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	List	Year inscribed	Notes
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

France

Official name	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
Georgian polyphonic singing		Representative	2008

Greece

Official name	Location(s)	List	Year inscribed	Notes
Mediterranean diet		Representative	2010	Shared with Spain, Italy and Morocco

Hungary

Official name	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	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

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	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

Luxembourg

Official name	Location(s)	List	Year inscribed	Notes
Hopping procession of Echternach		Representative	2010

Portugal

Official name	Location(s)	List	Year inscribed	Notes
Fado, urban popular song of Portugal		Representative	2011

Romania

Official name	List	Year inscribed
Craftsmanship of Horezu ceramics	Representative	2012
Doina	Representative	2009
Căluş ritual	Representative	2008

Russia

Official name	Location(s)	List	Year inscribed	Notes
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	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	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	Representative	2010
Flamenco	Representative	2010
Human towers	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	Representative	2009
Mystery play of Elche	Representative	2008
Patum of Berga	Representative	2008

Turkey

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		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		Representative	2008

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

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	List	Year inscribed
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	Representative	2011
Parachicos in the traditional January feast of Chiapa de Corzo	Representative	2010
Pirekua, traditional song of the P’urhépecha	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	Representative	2009
Ritual ceremony of the Voladores	Representative	2009
Indigenous festivity dedicated to the dead	Representative	2008

Nicaragua

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

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	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	List	Year inscribed
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	List	Year inscribed
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
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	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

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
Venezuela's Dancing Devils of Corpus Christi		Representative	2012

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