Intangible Cultural Heritage

Living traditions passed from generation to generation — oral histories, performing arts, social rituals, knowledge of nature, and traditional craftsmanship inscribed under the UNESCO 2003 Convention. Browse all 849 elements.

Intangible Cultural Heritage

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Wooden movable-type printing of China

Ojkanje singing

Quinchamalí and Santa Cruz de Cuca pottery

Chovqan, a traditional Karabakh horse-riding game in the Republic of Azerbaijan

Reog Ponorogo performing art

Boreendo, Bhorindo: ancient dying folk musical instrument, its melodies, knowledge, and skills

Construction processes of the quincha house and the junta de embarre / embarra

Xhubleta, skills, craftsmanship and forms of usage

Ñai'ũpo art, ancestral ceramic craftsmanship

Moliceiro boat: naval carpentry art of the Aveiro region

Art of crafting and playing Kobyz

The social and cultural traditions associated with landships in Barbados

Ala-kiyiz and Shyrdak, art of Kyrgyz traditional felt carpets

Moorish epic T’heydinn

Traditional Syrian glassblowing

Traditional knowledge and techniques associated with Pasto Varnish mopa-mopa of Putumayo and Nariño

Aboxan Musik ǀŌb ǂÂns tsî ǁKhasigu, ancestral musical sound knowledge and skills

Ingoma Ya Mapiko

Ancestral and traditional techniques for the elaboration of the 'Poncho Para'i de 60 Listas', from the city of Piribebuy, Republic of Paraguay

Isukuti dance of Isukha and Idakho communities of Western Kenya

Rituals and practices associated with Kit Mikayi shrine

Bisalhães black pottery manufacturing process

Ma'di bowl lyre music and dance

Enkipaata, Eunoto and Olng'esherr, three male rites of passage of the Maasai community

Coaxing ritual for camels

Koogere oral tradition of the Basongora, Banyabindi and Batooro peoples

Dikopelo folk music of Bakgatla ba Kgafela in Kgatleng District

Whistled language

Rite of the Kalyady Tsars (Christmas Tsars)

Cantu in paghjella, a secular and liturgical oral tradition of Corsica

Mongol Biyelgee, Mongolian traditional folk dance

Traditional music of the Tsuur

Culture of Ukrainian borscht cooking

Craft of making Đông Hồ Folk woodblock printings

Wosana ritual and associated practices

Traditional Ahlat stonework

Art of pottery-making of Chăm people

Mongolian calligraphy

Negliubka textile tradition of Vetka District Gomel Region

Empaako tradition of the Batooro, Banyoro, Batuku, Batagwenda and Banyabindi of western Uganda

Earthenware pottery-making skills in Botswana’s Kgatleng District

Bigwala, gourd trumpet music and dance of the Busoga Kingdom in Uganda

Saman dance

Naqqāli, Iranian dramatic story-telling

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

Folk long song performance technique of Limbe performances - circular breathing

Esuwa, Harakbut sung prayers of Peru’s Wachiperi people

Xeedho

Cultural practices and expressions linked to the 'M’Bolon', a traditional musical percussion instrument

Mek Mulung

Tais, traditional textile

Male-child cleansing ceremony of the Lango of central northern Uganda

Mapoyo oral tradition and its symbolic reference points within their ancestral territory

Seperu folkdance and associated practices

Yalli (Kochari, Tenzere), traditional group dances of Nakhchivan

Traditional Vallenato music of the Greater Magdalena region

Buklog, thanksgiving ritual system of the Subanen

Traditional hand puppetry

Spring rite of Juraŭski Karahod

Manufacture of cowbells

Glasoechko, male two-part singing in Dolni Polog

Mongolian traditional practices of worshipping the sacred sites

Taskiwin, martial dance of the western High Atlas

Al Azi, art of performing praise, pride and fortitude poetry

Traditions and practices associated with the Kayas in the sacred forests of the Mijikenda

Sanké mon, collective fishing rite of the Sanké

Meshrep

Watertight-bulkhead technology of Chinese junks

Mwazindika spiritual dance of the Daida community of Kenya

Nan Pa’ch ceremony

The practice of making Asin Tibuok, the artisanal sea salt of the Boholano of Bohol Island, Philippines

Art of playing, singing and making the lahuta

Noken multifunctional knotted or woven bag, handcraft of the people of Papua

Yaokwa, the Enawene Nawe people's ritual for the maintenance of social and cosmic order

Secret society of the Kôrêdugaw, the rite of wisdom in Mali

Traditional knowledge, methods and practices concerning olive cultivation

Building and use of expanded dugout boats in the Soomaa region

Handmade weaving in Upper Egypt (Sa'eed)