World Intangible Heritage List

 

 

Afghanistan (with Azerbaijan, India, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and Turkey)

Novruz

 

Albania

Albanian Folk Iso-Polyphony

 

Algeria

The Ahellil of Gourara

 

Argentina

The Tango

 

Armenia

The Duduk and its Music

 

Armenia

Armenian cross-stones art. Symbolism and craftsmanship of Khachkars

 

Austria

Viennese Coffee House Culture

 

Azerbaijan

The Azerbaijani Mugham

 

Azerbaijan

The Azerbaijani Carpet and its weaving traditions

 

Azerbaijan (with Afghanistan, India, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and Turkey)

Novruz

 

Azerbaijan

The art of Azerbaijani Ashiq

 

Bangladesh

Baul Songs

 

Belarus

Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Spain, Morocco, Mongolia, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Slovak Republic, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates

 

Belgium

Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges

 

Belgium

Leuven age set ritual repertoire

 

Belgium & France

Processional Giants and Dragons in Belgium and France

 

Belize, Guatemala, Honduras & Nicaragua

Language, Dance and Music of the Garifuna

 

Benin, Nigeria & Togo

The Oral Heritage of Gelede

 

Bhutan

The Mask Dance of the Drums from Drametse

 

Bolivia

The Carnival of Oruro

 

Bolivia

The Andean Cosmovision of the Kallawaya

 

Brazil

Oral and Graphic Expressions of the Wajapi

 

Brazil

The Samba de Roda of Recôncavo of Bahia

 

Bulgaria

The Bistritsa Babi – Archaic Polyphony, Dances and Rituals from the Shoplouk Region

 

Bulgaria

The Nestinarstvo – a Panagyr ritual – fire-dancing rite, on the feast days of Saints Constantine and Helena

 

Cambodia

The Royal Ballet of Cambodia

 

Cambodia

Sbek Thom, Khmer Shadow Theatre

 

Central African Republic

The Polyphonic Singing of the Aka Pygmies of Central Africa

 

China

Kunqu opera

 

China

The Guqin and its music

 

China

The Uyghur Muqam of Xinjiang

 

China

China engraved block printing technique

 

China

Chinese calligraphy

 

China

Chinese paper-cut

 

China

Chinese traditional architectural craftsmanship for timber-framed structures

 

China 

Farmers dance of China’s Korean ethnic group

 

China

Gesar epic tradition

 

China 

Grand song of the Dong ethnic group

 

China

Hua’er

 

China

Manas

 

China

Mongolian art of singing: Khoomei

 

China

Nanyin

 

China

Regong arts

 

China

Sericulture and silk craftsmanship of China

 

China

The Dragon Boat Festival

 

China

The Mazu belief and customs

 

China

The art of Chinese seal engraving

 

China

The craftsmanship of Nanjing Yunjin brocade

 

China

The traditional firing technology of Longquan celadon

 

China

The traditional handicrafts of making Xuan paper

 

China

Tibetan opera

 

China

Xi’an wind and percussion ensemble

 

China

Yueju opera

 

China

Beijing opera

 

China

Acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine

 

China

Meshrep

 

China

The technique of leak-proof partitions of Chinese junks

 

China

Chinese printing with wooden movable type

 

China

Chinese shadow puppetry

 

Colombia

The Carnival of Barranquilla

 

Colombia

The Cultural Space of Palenque de San Basilio

 

Colombia

Carnaval de Negros y Blancos

 

Colombia       

Holy Week processions in Popayán

 

Colombia

The Wayuu normative system, applied by the Pütchipü’üi

 

Colombia

Marimba music and traditional chants from Colombia’s South Pacific region

 

Costa Rica

Oxherding and Oxcart Traditions in Costa Rica

 

Côte d’Ivoire

The Gbofe of Afounkaha – the Music of the Transverse Trumps of the Tagbana Community

 

Croatia

Annual carnival bell ringers’ pageant from the Kastav area

 

Croatia

Gingerbread craft from northern Croatia (Licitar)

 

Croatia

Ojkanje singing

 

Croatia

Lacemaking in Croatia

 

Croatia

Procession Za Križen on the island of Hvar

 

Croatia

The Sinjska alka, a knights’ tournament in Sinj

 

Croatia

Spring procession of Ljelje/Kraljice (queens) from Gorjani

 

Croatia

The festivity of Saint Blaise, the patron of Dubrovnik

 

Croatia

Traditional manufacturing of children’s wooden toys in Hrvatsko Zagorje

 

Croatia

Two-part singing and playing in the Istrian scale

 

Croatia

Bećarac singing and playing from Eastern Croatia

 

Croatia

Nijemo Kolo, silent circle dance of the Dalmatian hinterland

 

Cuba

La Tumba Francesa

 

Cyprus

Lefkara laces or Lefkaritika

 

Czech Republic

Slovácko Verbuňk, Dance of Recruits

 

Dominican Republic

The Cultural Space of the Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of the Congos of Villa Mella

 

Dominican Republic

The Cocolo Dance Drama Tradition

 

Egypt

The Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah Epic

 

Estonia

The Kihnu Cultural Space

Estonia, Latvia, & Lithuania

The Baltic Song and Dance Celebrations

 

France

Aubusson tapestry

 

France

Maloya

 

France

The scribing tradition in French timber framing

 

Georgia

Georgian Polyphonic Singing

 

Greece, Italy, Spain, Morocco

The Mediterranean diet

 

Guatemala

The Rabinal Achí Dance Drama Tradition

 

Guinea

The Cultural Space of Sosso-Bala

 

Hungary

Busó festivities at Mohács: masked end-of-winter carnival custom

 

Hungary

Táncház method: a model of teaching folk dance and music

 

India

Kutiyattam, Sanskrit Theatre

 

India

The Tradition of Vedic Chanting

 

India

Ramlila – the Traditional Performance of the Ramayana

 

India

Ramman: religious festival and ritual theatre of the Garhwal Himalayas

 

India

Mudiyett: a ritual theatre of Kerala

 

India

Kalbelia: folk songs and dances of Rajasthan

 

India

Chhau dance: a tradition from eastern India

 

India (with Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and Turkey)

Novruz,

 

Indonesia

The Wayang Puppet Theatre

 

Indonesia

The Indonesian Kris

 

Indonesia

The Indonesian Batik

 

Indonesia       

The Indonesian Angklung

 

Indonesia

Saman (Dance)

 

Iran

Radif of Iranian music

 

Iran (with Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, India, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and Turkey)

Novruz,

 

Iran    

Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Kashan

 

Iran    

Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Fars

 

Iran

Ritual dramatic art of Ta‘zīye

 

Iran

Pahlevani and Zoorkhanei rituals

 

Iran

Music of the Bakhshis of Khorasan

 

Iran

Naqqāli, Iranian dramatic story-telling

 

Iran

Traditional skills of building and sailing Iranian Lenj boats in the Persian Gulf

 

Iraq

The Iraqi Maqam

 

Italy

Opera dei Pupi, Sicilian Puppet Theatre

 

Italy

Canto a tenore, Sardinian Pastoral Songs

 

Jamaica

The Maroon Heritage of Moore Town

 

Japan

Nôgaku Theatre

 

Japan 

Ningyo Johruri Bunraku Puppet Theatre

 

Japan

Kabuki Theatre

 

Japan

Akiu no Taue Odori

 

Japan

Chakkirako

 

Japan

Daimokutate

 

Japan

Dainichido Bugaku

 

Japan

Gagaku

 

Japan

Hayachine Kagura

 

Japan

Hitachi Furyumono

 

Japan

Koshikijima no Toshidon

 

Japan

Ojiya-chijimi, Echigo-jofu: techniques of making ramie fabric in Uonuma region, Niigata Prefecture

 

Japan 

Oku-noto no Aenokoto

 

Japan

Sekishu-Banshi: papermaking in the Iwami region of Shimane Prefecture

 

Japan

Traditional Ainu dance

 

Japan

Yamahoko, the float ceremony of the Kyoto Gion festival

 

Japan

Kumiodori, traditional Okinawan musical theatre

 

Japan

Yuki tsumugi, silk fabric production technique

 

Japan

Mibu no Hana Taue, ritual of transplanting rice in Mibu, Hiroshima

 

Japan 

Sada Shin Noh, sacred dancing at Sada shrine, Shimane

 

Jordan

The Cultural Space of the Bedu in Petra and Wadi Rum

 

Kyrgyzstan

The Art of Akyns, Kyrgyz Epic Tellers

 

Kyrgyzstan (with Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, India, Iran, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and Turkey)

Novruz,

 

Latvia

Suiti cultural space in Alsunga

 

Lithuania

Cross-crafting and its Symbolism

 

Lithuania

Sutartinės, Lithuanian multipart songs

 

Madagascar

The Woodcrafting Knowledge of the Zafimaniry

 

Malawi

The Vimbuza Healing Dance

 

Malawi, Mozambique & Zambia

The Gule Wamkulu

 

Malaysia

Mak Yong Theatre

 

Mali

The Cultural Space of the Yaaral and Degal

 

Mali

The Manden Charter, proclaimed in Kurukan Fuga

 

Mali

The septennial re-roofing ceremony of the Kamablon, sacred house of Kangaba

 

Mexico

The Indigenous Festivity dedicated to the Dead

 

Mexico

Places of memory and living traditions of the Otomí-Chichimecas people of Tolimán: the Peña de Bernal, guardian of a sacred territory

 

Mexico

Ritual ceremony of the Voladores: Papantla, El Tajín

 

Mexico

Traditional Mexican cuisine – ancestral, ongoing community culture, the Michoacán paradigm

 

Mexico

Parachicos in the traditional January feast of Chiapa de Corzo

 

Mexico

Pirekua, traditional song of the P’urhépecha

 

Mongolia

The Traditional Music of the Morin Khuur

 

Mongolia

The Traditional Naadam festival

 

Mongolia & China

Urtiin Duu – Traditional Folk Long Song

 

Morocco

The Cultural Space of Jemaa el-Fna Square

 

Morocco

The Moussem of Tan-Tan

 

Mozambique

The Chopi Timbila

 

Nicaragua

El Güegüense

 

Nigeria

The Ifá Divination System

 

Nigeria

Ijele masquerade

 

Palestinian Territories

The Palestinian Hikaye

 

Peru – Ecuador

The Oral Heritage and Cultural Manifestations of the Záparo People

 

Peru

Taquile and its Textile Art

 

Peru

Huaconada, ritual dance of Mito

 

Peru

The scissors dance

 

Peru

Eshuva, Harákmbut sung prayers of Peru’s Huachipaire people

 

Peru

Pilgrimage to the sanctuary of the Lord of Qoyllurit’i

 

Philippines

The Hudhud Chants of the Ifugao

 

Philippines

The Darangen Epic of the Maranao People of Lake Lanao

 

Portugal

The Fado, urban popular song of Portugal, performance genre incorporating music and poetry widely practised by various communities in the country

 

Republic of Korea

The Royal Ancestral Ritual in the Jongmyo Shrine and its Music

 

Republic of Korea

The Pansori Epic Chant

 

Republic of Korea

The Gangneung Danoje Festival

 

Republic of Korea

Cheoyongmu

 

Republic of Korea

Ganggangsullae

           

Republic of Korea

Jeju Chilmeoridang Yeongdeunggut

 

Republic of Korea

Namsadang Nori

 

Republic of Korea

Yeongsanjae

 

Republic of Korea

Daemokjang, traditional wooden architecture

 

Republic of Korea

Gagok, lyric song cycles accompanied by an orchestra

 

Republic of Korea

Jultagi, tightrope walking

 

Republic of Korea

Taekkyeon, a traditional Korean martial art

 

Republic of Korea

Weaving of Mosi (fine ramie) in the Hansan region

 

Romania

The Căluş Tradition

 

Romania

Doina

 

Russian Federation

The Cultural Space and Oral Culture of the Semeiskie

 

Russian Federation

The Olonkho, Yakut Heroic Epos

 

Senegal & Gambia

The Kankurang, Manding Initiatory Rite

 

Slovakia

The Fujara and its Music

 

Spain

The Mystery Play of Elche

 

Spain

The Patum of Berga

 

Spain

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

Spain   Whistled language of the island of La Gomera

 

Spain

Human towers

 

Spain  Flamenco

 

Spain  The chant of the Sybil on Majorca

 

Spain  Festivity of ‘la Mare de Déu de la Salut’ of Algemesí

 

Tonga

The Lakalaka, Dances and Sung Speeches of Tonga

 

Turkey

The Arts of the Meddah, Public Storytellers

 

Turkey

The Mevlevi Sema Ceremony

 

Turkey

Hacivat’la Karagöz

 

Turkey

Âşıklık tradition

 

Uganda

Barkcloth Making in Uganda

 

Uruguay

The Candombe and its socio-cultural space: a community practice

 

Uruguay

The Tango

 

Uzbekistan

The Cultural Space of the Boysun District

 

Uzbekistan

Shashmaqom Music

 

Uzbekistan

Katta Ashula

 

Vanuatu

Vanuatu Sand Drawings

 

Viet Nam

Nha Nhac, Vietnamese Court Music

 

Viet Nam

The Space of Gong Culture

 

Viet Nam

The Quan ho folk songs

 

Viet Nam

The Ca tru singing

 

Viet Nam

The Giong Festival at Phu Dong and Soc temples, Hanoi

 

Viet Nam

The Xoan singing of Phu Tho province, Vietnam

 

Yemen

The Song of Sana’a

 

Zambia

The Makishi Masquerade

 

Zimbabwe