Albania |
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2008 |
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| Albanian folk iso-polyphony | Albania | Representative List |    |
Algeria |
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2014 |
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| Ritual and ceremonies of Sebeïba in the oasis of Djanet, Algeria | Algeria | Representative List |    |
2013 |
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| Annual pilgrimage to the mausoleum of Sidi ‘Abd el-Qader Ben Mohammed (Sidi Cheikh) | Algeria | Representative List |    |
| Practices and knowledge linked to the Imzad of the Tuareg communities of Algeria, Mali and Niger | Algeria – Mali – Niger | Representative List |    |
2012 |
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| Rites and craftsmanship associated with the wedding costume tradition of Tlemcen | Algeria | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Ahellil of Gourara | Algeria | Representative List |    |
Argentina |
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2009 |
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| Tango | Argentina – Uruguay | Representative List |    |
Armenia |
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2014 |
|---|
| Lavash, the preparation, meaning and appearance of traditional bread as an expression of culture in Armenia | Armenia | Representative List |    |
2012 |
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| Performance of the Armenian epic of 'Daredevils of Sassoun' or 'David of Sassoun' | Armenia | Representative List |    |
2010 |
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| Armenian cross-stones art. Symbolism and craftsmanship of Khachkars | Armenia | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Duduk and its music | Armenia | Representative List |    |
Austria |
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2012 |
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| Falconry, a living human heritage | United Arab Emirates – Austria – Belgium – Czech Republic – France – Hungary – Republic of Korea – Mongolia – Morocco – Qatar – Saudi Arabia – Spain – Syrian Arab Republic | Representative List |    |
| Schemenlaufen, the carnival of Imst, Austria | Austria | Representative List |    |
Azerbaijan |
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2014 |
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| Traditional art and symbolism of Kelaghayi, making and wearing women’s silk headscarves | Azerbaijan | Representative List |    |
2013 |
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| Chovqan, a traditional Karabakh horse-riding game in the Republic of Azerbaijan | Azerbaijan | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
2012 |
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| Craftsmanship and performance art of the Tar, a long-necked string musical instrument | Azerbaijan | Representative List |    |
2010 |
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| Traditional art of Azerbaijani carpet weaving in the Republic of Azerbaijan | Azerbaijan | Representative List |    |
2009 |
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| Art of Azerbaijani Ashiq | Azerbaijan | Representative List |    |
| Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz | Azerbaijan – India – Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Kyrgyzstan – Pakistan – Turkey – Uzbekistan | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Azerbaijani Mugham | Azerbaijan | Representative List |    |
Bangladesh |
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2013 |
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| Traditional art of Jamdani weaving | Bangladesh | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Baul songs | Bangladesh | Representative List |    |
Belarus |
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2009 |
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| Rite of the Kalyady Tsars (Christmas Tsars) | Belarus | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
Belgium |
|---|
2014 |
|---|
| Safeguarding the carillon culture: preservation, transmission, exchange and awareness-raising | Belgium | Register of best safeguarding practices |    |
2013 |
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| Shrimp fishing on horseback in Oostduinkerke | Belgium | Representative List |    |
2012 |
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| Falconry, a living human heritage | United Arab Emirates – Austria – Belgium – Czech Republic – France – Hungary – Republic of Korea – Mongolia – Morocco – Qatar – Saudi Arabia – Spain – Syrian Arab Republic | Representative List |    |
| Marches of Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse | Belgium | Representative List |    |
2011 |
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| Leuven age set ritual repertoire | Belgium | Representative List |    |
| Programme of cultivating ludodiversity: safeguarding traditional games in Flanders | Belgium | Register of best safeguarding practices |    |
2010 |
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| Aalst carnival | Belgium | Representative List |    |
| Houtem Jaarmarkt, annual winter fair and livestock market at Sint-Lievens-Houtem | Belgium | Representative List |    |
| Krakelingen and Tonnekensbrand, end-of-winter bread and fire feast at Geraardsbergen | Belgium | Representative List |    |
2009 |
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| Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges | Belgium | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Carnival of Binche | Belgium | Representative List |    |
| Processional giants and dragons in Belgium and France | Belgium – France | Representative List |    |
Belize |
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2008 |
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| Language, dance and music of the Garifuna | Belize – Guatemala – Honduras – Nicaragua | Representative List |    |
Benin |
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2008 |
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| Oral heritage of Gelede | Benin – Nigeria – Togo | Representative List |    |
Bhutan |
|---|
2008 |
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| Mask dance of the drums from Drametse | Bhutan | Representative List |    |
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |
|---|
2014 |
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| Pujllay and Ayarichi, music and dances of the Yampara culture | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Representative List |    |
2012 |
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| Ichapekene Piesta, the biggest festival of San Ignacio de Moxos | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Representative List |    |
2009 |
|---|
| Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage of Aymara communities in Bolivia, Chile and Peru | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) – Chile – Peru | Register of best safeguarding practices |    |
2008 |
|---|
| Andean cosmovision of the Kallawaya | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Representative List |    |
| Carnival of Oruro | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Representative List |    |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
|---|
2014 |
|---|
| Zmijanje embroidery | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Representative List |    |
Botswana |
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2012 |
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| Earthenware pottery-making skills in Botswana’s Kgatleng District | Botswana | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
Brazil |
|---|
2014 |
|---|
| Capoeira circle | Brazil | Representative List |    |
2013 |
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| Círio de Nazaré (The Taper of Our Lady of Nazareth) in the city of Belém, Pará | Brazil | Representative List |    |
2012 |
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| Frevo, performing arts of the Carnival of Recife | Brazil | Representative List |    |
2011 |
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| Call for projects of the National Programme of Intangible Heritage | Brazil | Register of best safeguarding practices |    |
| Fandango's Living Museum | Brazil | Register of best safeguarding practices |    |
| Yaokwa, the Enawene Nawe people's ritual for the maintenance of social and cosmic order | Brazil | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
2008 |
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| Oral and graphic expressions of the Wajapi | Brazil | Representative List |    |
| Samba de Roda of the Recôncavo of Bahia | Brazil | Representative List |    |
Bulgaria |
|---|
2014 |
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| The tradition of carpet-making in Chiprovtsi | Bulgaria | Representative List |    |
2009 |
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| Nestinarstvo, messages from the past: the Panagyr of Saints Constantine and Helena in the village of Bulgari | Bulgaria | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Bistritsa Babi, archaic polyphony, dances and rituals from the Shoplouk region | Bulgaria | Representative List |    |
Burkina Faso |
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2012 |
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| Cultural practices and expressions linked to the balafon of the Senufo communities of Mali, Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire | Mali – Burkina Faso – Côte d'Ivoire | Representative List |    |
Burundi |
|---|
2014 |
|---|
| Ritual dance of the royal drum | Burundi | Representative List |    |
Cambodia |
|---|
2008 |
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| Royal ballet of Cambodia | Cambodia | Representative List |    |
| Sbek Thom, Khmer shadow theatre | Cambodia | Representative List |    |
Central African Republic |
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2008 |
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| Polyphonic singing of the Aka Pygmies of Central Africa | Central African Republic | Representative List |    |
Chile |
|---|
2014 |
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| Baile Chino | Chile | Representative List |    |
2009 |
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| Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage of Aymara communities in Bolivia, Chile and Peru | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) – Chile – Peru | Register of best safeguarding practices |    |
China |
|---|
2013 |
|---|
| Chinese Zhusuan, knowledge and practices of mathematical calculation through the abacus | China | Representative List |    |
2012 |
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| Strategy for training coming generations of Fujian puppetry practitioners | China | Register of best safeguarding practices |    |
2011 |
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| Chinese shadow puppetry | China | Representative List |    |
| Hezhen Yimakan storytelling | China | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
2010 |
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| Acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine | China | Representative List |    |
| Meshrep | China | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
| Peking opera | China | Representative List |    |
| Watertight-bulkhead technology of Chinese junks | China | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
| Wooden movable-type printing of China | China | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
2009 |
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| Art of Chinese seal engraving | China | Representative List |    |
| China engraved block printing technique | China | Representative List |    |
| Chinese calligraphy | China | Representative List |    |
| Chinese paper-cut | China | Representative List |    |
| Chinese traditional architectural craftsmanship for timber-framed structures | China | Representative List |    |
| Craftsmanship of Nanjing Yunjin brocade | China | Representative List |    |
| Dragon Boat festival | China | Representative List |    |
| Farmers’ dance of China’s Korean ethnic group | China | Representative List |    |
| Gesar epic tradition | China | Representative List |    |
| Grand song of the Dong ethnic group | China | Representative List |    |
| Hua’er | China | Representative List |    |
| Manas | China | Representative List |    |
| Mazu belief and customs | China | Representative List |    |
| Mongolian art of singing, Khoomei | China | Representative List |    |
| Nanyin | China | Representative List |    |
| Qiang New Year festival | China | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
| Regong arts | China | Representative List |    |
| Sericulture and silk craftsmanship of China | China | Representative List |    |
| Tibetan opera | China | Representative List |    |
| Traditional design and practices for building Chinese wooden arch bridges | China | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
| Traditional firing technology of Longquan celadon | China | Representative List |    |
| Traditional handicrafts of making Xuan paper | China | Representative List |    |
| Traditional Li textile techniques: spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidering | China | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
| Xi’an wind and percussion ensemble | China | Representative List |    |
| Yueju opera | China | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Guqin and its music | China | Representative List |    |
| Kun Qu opera | China | Representative List |    |
| Urtiin Duu, traditional folk long song | Mongolia – China | Representative List |    |
| Uyghur Muqam of Xinjiang | China | Representative List |    |
Colombia |
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2012 |
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| Festival of Saint Francis of Assisi, Quibdó | Colombia | Representative List |    |
2011 |
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| Traditional knowledge of the jaguar shamans of Yuruparí | Colombia | Representative List |    |
2010 |
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| Marimba music and traditional chants from Colombia’s South Pacific region | Colombia | Representative List |    |
| Wayuu normative system, applied by the Pütchipü’üi (palabrero) | Colombia | Representative List |    |
2009 |
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| Carnaval de Negros y Blancos | Colombia | Representative List |    |
| Holy Week processions in Popayán | Colombia | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Carnival of Barranquilla | Colombia | Representative List |    |
| Cultural space of Palenque de San Basilio | Colombia | Representative List |    |
Costa Rica |
|---|
2008 |
|---|
| Oxherding and oxcart traditions in Costa Rica | Costa Rica | Representative List |    |
Côte d'Ivoire |
|---|
2012 |
|---|
| Cultural practices and expressions linked to the balafon of the Senufo communities of Mali, Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire | Mali – Burkina Faso – Côte d'Ivoire | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Gbofe of Afounkaha, the music of the transverse trumps of the Tagbana community | Côte d'Ivoire | Representative List |    |
Croatia |
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2013 |
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| Mediterranean diet | Cyprus – Croatia – Spain – Greece – Italy – Morocco – Portugal | Representative List |    |
2012 |
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| Klapa multipart singing of Dalmatia, southern Croatia | Croatia | Representative List |    |
2011 |
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| Bećarac singing and playing from Eastern Croatia | Croatia | Representative List |    |
| Nijemo Kolo, silent circle dance of the Dalmatian hinterland | Croatia | Representative List |    |
2010 |
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| Gingerbread craft from Northern Croatia | Croatia | Representative List |    |
| Ojkanje singing | Croatia | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
| Sinjska Alka, a knights’ tournament in Sinj | Croatia | Representative List |    |
2009 |
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| Annual carnival bell ringers’ pageant from the Kastav area | Croatia | Representative List |    |
| Festivity of Saint Blaise, the patron of Dubrovnik | Croatia | Representative List |    |
| Lacemaking in Croatia | Croatia | Representative List |    |
| Procession Za Krizen (‘following the cross’) on the island of Hvar | Croatia | Representative List |    |
| Spring procession of Ljelje/Kraljice (queens) from Gorjani | Croatia | Representative List |    |
| Traditional manufacturing of children’s wooden toys in Hrvatsko Zagorje | Croatia | Representative List |    |
| Two-part singing and playing in the Istrian scale | Croatia | Representative List |    |
Cuba |
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2008 |
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| La Tumba Francesa | Cuba | Representative List |    |
Cyprus |
|---|
2013 |
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| Mediterranean diet | Cyprus – Croatia – Spain – Greece – Italy – Morocco – Portugal | Representative List |    |
2011 |
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| Tsiattista poetic duelling | Cyprus | Representative List |    |
2009 |
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| Lefkara laces or Lefkaritika | Cyprus | Representative List |    |
Czech Republic |
|---|
2012 |
|---|
| Falconry, a living human heritage | United Arab Emirates – Austria – Belgium – Czech Republic – France – Hungary – Republic of Korea – Mongolia – Morocco – Qatar – Saudi Arabia – Spain – Syrian Arab Republic | Representative List |    |
2011 |
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| Ride of the Kings in the south-east of the Czech Republic | Czech Republic | Representative List |    |
2010 |
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| Shrovetide door-to-door processions and masks in the villages of the Hlinecko area | Czech Republic | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Slovácko Verbuňk, recruit dances | Czech Republic | Representative List |    |
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea |
|---|
2014 |
|---|
| Arirang folk song in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | Representative List |    |
Dominican Republic |
|---|
2008 |
|---|
| Cocolo dance drama tradition | Dominican Republic | Representative List |    |
| Cultural space of the Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of the Congos of Villa Mella | Dominican Republic | Representative List |    |
Ecuador |
|---|
2012 |
|---|
| Traditional weaving of the Ecuadorian toquilla straw hat | Ecuador | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Oral heritage and cultural manifestations of the Zápara people | Ecuador – Peru | Representative List |    |
Egypt |
|---|
2008 |
|---|
| Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah epic | Egypt | Representative List |    |
Estonia |
|---|
2014 |
|---|
| Smoke sauna tradition in Võromaa | Estonia | Representative List |    |
2009 |
|---|
| Seto Leelo, Seto polyphonic singing tradition | Estonia | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Baltic song and dance celebrations | Estonia – Latvia – Lithuania | Representative List |    |
| Kihnu cultural space | Estonia | Representative List |    |
Ethiopia |
|---|
2013 |
|---|
| Commemoration feast of the finding of the True Holy Cross of Christ | Ethiopia | Representative List |    |
France |
|---|
2014 |
|---|
| Gwoka: music, song, dance and cultural practice representative of Guadeloupean identity | France | Representative List |    |
2013 |
|---|
| Limousin septennial ostensions | France | Representative List |    |
2012 |
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| Falconry, a living human heritage | United Arab Emirates – Austria – Belgium – Czech Republic – France – Hungary – Republic of Korea – Mongolia – Morocco – Qatar – Saudi Arabia – Spain – Syrian Arab Republic | Representative List |    |
| Fest-Noz, festive gathering based on the collective practice of traditional dances of Brittany | France | Representative List |    |
2011 |
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| Equitation in the French tradition | France | Representative List |    |
2010 |
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| Compagnonnage, network for on-the-job transmission of knowledge and identities | France | Representative List |    |
| Craftsmanship of Alençon needle lace-making | France | Representative List |    |
| Gastronomic meal of the French | France | Representative List |    |
2009 |
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| Aubusson tapestry | France | Representative List |    |
| Cantu in paghjella, a secular and liturgical oral tradition of Corsica | France | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
| Maloya | France | Representative List |    |
| Scribing tradition in French timber framing | France | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Processional giants and dragons in Belgium and France | Belgium – France | Representative List |    |
Gambia |
|---|
2008 |
|---|
| Kankurang, Manding initiatory rite | Gambia – Senegal | Representative List |    |
Georgia |
|---|
2013 |
|---|
| Ancient Georgian traditional Qvevri wine-making method | Georgia | Representative List |    |
2008 |
|---|
| Georgian polyphonic singing | Georgia | Representative List |    |
Greece |
|---|
2014 |
|---|
| Know-how of cultivating mastic on the island of Chios | Greece | Representative List |    |
2013 |
|---|
| Mediterranean diet | Cyprus – Croatia – Spain – Greece – Italy – Morocco – Portugal | Representative List |    |
Guatemala |
|---|
2013 |
|---|
| Paach ceremony | Guatemala | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
2008 |
|---|
| Language, dance and music of the Garifuna | Belize – Guatemala – Honduras – Nicaragua | Representative List |    |
| Rabinal Achí dance drama tradition | Guatemala | Representative List |    |
Guinea |
|---|
2008 |
|---|
| Cultural space of Sosso-Bala | Guinea | Representative List |    |
Honduras |
|---|
2008 |
|---|
| Language, dance and music of the Garifuna | Belize – Guatemala – Honduras – Nicaragua | Representative List |    |
Hungary |
|---|
2012 |
|---|
| Falconry, a living human heritage | United Arab Emirates – Austria – Belgium – Czech Republic – France – Hungary – Republic of Korea – Mongolia – Morocco – Qatar – Saudi Arabia – Spain – Syrian Arab Republic | Representative List |    |
| Folk art of the Matyó, embroidery of a traditional community | Hungary | Representative List |    |
2011 |
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| Táncház method: a Hungarian model for the transmission of intangible cultural heritage | Hungary | Register of best safeguarding practices |    |
2009 |
|---|
| Busó festivities at Mohács: masked end-of-winter carnival custom | Hungary | Representative List |    |
India |
|---|
2014 |
|---|
| Traditional brass and copper craft of utensil making among the Thatheras of Jandiala Guru, Punjab, India | India | Representative List |    |
2013 |
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| Sankirtana, ritual singing, drumming and dancing of Manipur | India | Representative List |    |
2012 |
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| Buddhist chanting of Ladakh: recitation of sacred Buddhist texts in the trans-Himalayan Ladakh region, Jammu and Kashmir, India | India | Representative List |    |
2010 |
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| Chhau dance | India | Representative List |    |
| Kalbelia folk songs and dances of Rajasthan | India | Representative List |    |
| Mudiyettu, ritual theatre and dance drama of Kerala | India | Representative List |    |
2009 |
|---|
| Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz | Azerbaijan – India – Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Kyrgyzstan – Pakistan – Turkey – Uzbekistan | Representative List |    |
| Ramman, religious festival and ritual theatre of the Garhwal Himalayas, India | India | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Kutiyattam, Sanskrit theatre | India | Representative List |    |
| Ramlila, the traditional performance of the Ramayana | India | Representative List |    |
| Tradition of Vedic chanting | India | Representative List |    |
Indonesia |
|---|
2012 |
|---|
| Noken multifunctional knotted or woven bag, handcraft of the people of Papua | Indonesia | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
2011 |
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| Saman dance | Indonesia | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
2010 |
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| Indonesian Angklung | Indonesia | Representative List |    |
2009 |
|---|
| 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 | Indonesia | Register of best safeguarding practices |    |
| Indonesian Batik | Indonesia | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Indonesian Kris | Indonesia | Representative List |    |
| Wayang puppet theatre | Indonesia | Representative List |    |
Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
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2012 |
|---|
| Qālišuyān rituals of Mašhad-e Ardehāl in Kāšān | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Representative List |    |
2011 |
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| Naqqāli, Iranian dramatic story-telling | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
| Traditional skills of building and sailing Iranian Lenj boats in the Persian Gulf | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
2010 |
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| Music of the Bakhshis of Khorasan | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Representative List |    |
| Pahlevani and Zoorkhanei rituals | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Representative List |    |
| Ritual dramatic art of Ta‘zīye | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Representative List |    |
| Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Fars | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Representative List |    |
| Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Kashan | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Representative List |    |
2009 |
|---|
| Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz | Azerbaijan – India – Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Kyrgyzstan – Pakistan – Turkey – Uzbekistan | Representative List |    |
| Radif of Iranian music | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Representative List |    |
Iraq |
|---|
2008 |
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| Iraqi Maqam | Iraq | Representative List |    |
Italy |
|---|
2014 |
|---|
| Traditional agricultural practice of cultivating the ‘vite ad alberello’ (head-trained bush vines) of the community of Pantelleria | Italy | Representative List |    |
2013 |
|---|
| Celebrations of big shoulder-borne processional structures | Italy | Representative List |    |
| Mediterranean diet | Cyprus – Croatia – Spain – Greece – Italy – Morocco – Portugal | Representative List |    |
2012 |
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| Traditional violin craftsmanship in Cremona | Italy | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Canto a tenore, Sardinian pastoral songs | Italy | Representative List |    |
| Opera dei Pupi, Sicilian puppet theatre | Italy | Representative List |    |
Jamaica |
|---|
2008 |
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| Maroon heritage of Moore Town | Jamaica | Representative List |    |
Japan |
|---|
2014 |
|---|
| Washi, craftsmanship of traditional Japanese hand-made paper | Japan | Representative List |    |
2013 |
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| Washoku, traditional dietary cultures of the Japanese, notably for the celebration of New Year | Japan | Representative List |    |
2012 |
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| Nachi no Dengaku, a religious performing art held at the Nachi fire festival | Japan | Representative List |    |
2011 |
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| Mibu no Hana Taue, ritual of transplanting rice in Mibu, Hiroshima | Japan | Representative List |    |
| Sada Shin Noh, sacred dancing at Sada shrine, Shimane | Japan | Representative List |    |
2010 |
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| Kumiodori, traditional Okinawan musical theatre | Japan | Representative List |    |
| Yuki-tsumugi, silk fabric production technique | Japan | Representative List |    |
2009 |
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| Akiu no Taue Odori | Japan | Representative List |    |
| Chakkirako | Japan | Representative List |    |
| Daimokutate | Japan | Representative List |    |
| Dainichido Bugaku | Japan | Representative List |    |
| Gagaku | Japan | Representative List |    |
| Hayachine Kagura | Japan | Representative List |    |
| Hitachi Furyumono | Japan | Representative List |    |
| Koshikijima no Toshidon | Japan | Representative List |    |
| Ojiya-chijimi, Echigo-jofu: techniques of making ramie fabric in Uonuma region, Niigata Prefecture | Japan | Representative List |    |
| Oku-noto no Aenokoto | Japan | Representative List |    |
| Traditional Ainu dance | Japan | Representative List |    |
| Yamahoko, the float ceremony of the Kyoto Gion festival | Japan | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Kabuki theatre | Japan | Representative List |    |
| Ningyo Johruri Bunraku puppet theatre | Japan | Representative List |    |
| Nôgaku theatre | Japan | Representative List |    |
Jordan |
|---|
2008 |
|---|
| Cultural space of the Bedu in Petra and Wadi Rum | Jordan | Representative List |    |
Kazakhstan |
|---|
2014 |
|---|
| Kazakh traditional art of Dombra Kuy | Kazakhstan | Representative List |    |
| Traditional knowledge and skills in making Kyrgyz and Kazakh yurts (Turkic nomadic dwellings) | Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan | Representative List |    |
Kenya |
|---|
2014 |
|---|
| Isukuti dance of Isukha and Idakho communities of Western Kenya | Kenya | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
2009 |
|---|
| Traditions and practices associated with the Kayas in the sacred forests of the Mijikenda | Kenya | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
Kyrgyzstan |
|---|
2014 |
|---|
| Traditional knowledge and skills in making Kyrgyz and Kazakh yurts (Turkic nomadic dwellings) | Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan | Representative List |    |
2013 |
|---|
| Kyrgyz epic trilogy: Manas, Semetey, Seytek | Kyrgyzstan | Representative List |    |
2012 |
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| Ala-kiyiz and Shyrdak, art of Kyrgyz traditional felt carpets | Kyrgyzstan | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
2009 |
|---|
| Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz | Azerbaijan – India – Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Kyrgyzstan – Pakistan – Turkey – Uzbekistan | Representative List |    |
2008 |
|---|
| Art of Akyns, Kyrgyz epic tellers | Kyrgyzstan | Representative List |    |
Latvia |
|---|
2009 |
|---|
| Suiti cultural space | Latvia | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
2008 |
|---|
| Baltic song and dance celebrations | Estonia – Latvia – Lithuania | Representative List |    |
Lebanon |
|---|
2014 |
|---|
| Al-Zajal, recited or sung poetry | Lebanon | Representative List |    |
Lithuania |
|---|
2010 |
|---|
| Sutartinės, Lithuanian multipart songs | Lithuania | Representative List |    |
2008 |
|---|
| Baltic song and dance celebrations | Estonia – Latvia – Lithuania | Representative List |    |
| Cross-crafting and its symbolism | Lithuania | Representative List |    |
Luxembourg |
|---|
2010 |
|---|
| Hopping procession of Echternach | Luxembourg | Representative List |    |
Madagascar |
|---|
2008 |
|---|
| Woodcrafting knowledge of the Zafimaniry | Madagascar | Representative List |    |
Malawi |
|---|
2014 |
|---|
| Tchopa, sacrificial dance of the Lhomwe people of southern Malawi | Malawi | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Gule Wamkulu | Malawi – Mozambique – Zambia | Representative List |    |
| Vimbuza healing dance | Malawi | Representative List |    |
Malaysia |
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2008 |
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| Mak Yong theatre | Malaysia | Representative List |    |
Mali |
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2014 |
|---|
| Coming forth of the masks and puppets in Markala | Mali | Representative List |    |
2013 |
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| Practices and knowledge linked to the Imzad of the Tuareg communities of Algeria, Mali and Niger | Algeria – Mali – Niger | Representative List |    |
2012 |
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| Cultural practices and expressions linked to the balafon of the Senufo communities of Mali, Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire | Mali – Burkina Faso – Côte d'Ivoire | Representative List |    |
2011 |
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| Secret society of the Kôrêdugaw, the rite of wisdom in Mali | Mali | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
2009 |
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| Manden Charter, proclaimed in Kurukan Fuga | Mali | Representative List |    |
| Sanké mon, collective fishing rite of the Sanké | Mali | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
| Septennial re-roofing ceremony of the Kamablon, sacred house of Kangaba | Mali | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Cultural space of the Yaaral and Degal | Mali | Representative List |    |
Mauritania |
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2011 |
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| Moorish epic T’heydinn | Mauritania | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
Mauritius |
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2014 |
|---|
| Traditional Mauritian Sega | Mauritius | Representative List |    |
Mexico |
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2012 |
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| Xtaxkgakget Makgkaxtlawana: the Centre for Indigenous Arts and its contribution to safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage of the Totonac people of Veracruz, Mexico | Mexico | Register of best safeguarding practices |    |
2011 |
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| Mariachi, string music, song and trumpet | Mexico | Representative List |    |
2010 |
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| Parachicos in the traditional January feast of Chiapa de Corzo | Mexico | Representative List |    |
| Pirekua, traditional song of the P’urhépecha | Mexico | Representative List |    |
| Traditional Mexican cuisine - ancestral, ongoing community culture, the Michoacán paradigm | Mexico | Representative List |    |
2009 |
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| Places of memory and living traditions of the Otomí-Chichimecas people of Tolimán: the Peña de Bernal, guardian of a sacred territory | Mexico | Representative List |    |
| Ritual ceremony of the Voladores | Mexico | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Indigenous festivity dedicated to the dead | Mexico | Representative List |    |
Mongolia |
|---|
2014 |
|---|
| Mongolian knuckle-bone shooting | Mongolia | Representative List |    |
2013 |
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| Mongolian calligraphy | Mongolia | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
| Traditional craftsmanship of the Mongol Ger and its associated customs | Mongolia | Representative List |    |
2012 |
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| Falconry, a living human heritage | United Arab Emirates – Austria – Belgium – Czech Republic – France – Hungary – Republic of Korea – Mongolia – Morocco – Qatar – Saudi Arabia – Spain – Syrian Arab Republic | Representative List |    |
2011 |
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| Folk long song performance technique of Limbe performances - circular breathing | Mongolia | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
2010 |
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| Mongolian traditional art of Khöömei | Mongolia | Representative List |    |
| Naadam, Mongolian traditional festival | Mongolia | Representative List |    |
2009 |
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| Mongol Biyelgee, Mongolian traditional folk dance | Mongolia | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
| Mongol Tuuli, Mongolian epic | Mongolia | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
| Traditional music of the Tsuur | Mongolia | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
2008 |
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| Traditional music of the Morin Khuur | Mongolia | Representative List |    |
| Urtiin Duu, traditional folk long song | Mongolia – China | Representative List |    |
Morocco |
|---|
2014 |
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| Argan, practices and know-how concerning the argan tree | Morocco | Representative List |    |
2013 |
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| Mediterranean diet | Cyprus – Croatia – Spain – Greece – Italy – Morocco – Portugal | Representative List |    |
2012 |
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| Cherry festival in Sefrou | Morocco | Representative List |    |
| Falconry, a living human heritage | United Arab Emirates – Austria – Belgium – Czech Republic – France – Hungary – Republic of Korea – Mongolia – Morocco – Qatar – Saudi Arabia – Spain – Syrian Arab Republic | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Cultural space of Jemaa el-Fna Square | Morocco | Representative List |    |
| Moussem of Tan-Tan | Morocco | Representative List |    |
Mozambique |
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2008 |
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| Chopi Timbila | Mozambique | Representative List |    |
| Gule Wamkulu | Malawi – Mozambique – Zambia | Representative List |    |
Nicaragua |
|---|
2008 |
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| El Güegüense | Nicaragua | Representative List |    |
| Language, dance and music of the Garifuna | Belize – Guatemala – Honduras – Nicaragua | Representative List |    |
Niger |
|---|
2014 |
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| Practices and expressions of joking relationships in Niger | Niger | Representative List |    |
2013 |
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| Practices and knowledge linked to the Imzad of the Tuareg communities of Algeria, Mali and Niger | Algeria – Mali – Niger | Representative List |    |
Nigeria |
|---|
2009 |
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| Ijele masquerade | Nigeria | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Ifa divination system | Nigeria | Representative List |    |
| Oral heritage of Gelede | Benin – Nigeria – Togo | Representative List |    |
Oman |
|---|
2014 |
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| Al-Ayyala, a traditional performing art of the Sultanate of Oman and the United Arab Emirates | Oman – United Arab Emirates | Representative List |    |
2012 |
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| Al ‘azi, elegy, processional march and poetry | Oman | Representative List |    |
| Al-Taghrooda, traditional Bedouin chanted poetry in the United Arab Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman | United Arab Emirates – Oman | Representative List |    |
2010 |
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| Al-Bar’ah, music and dance of Oman Dhofari valleys | Oman | Representative List |    |
Pakistan |
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2009 |
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| Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz | Azerbaijan – India – Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Kyrgyzstan – Pakistan – Turkey – Uzbekistan | Representative List |    |
Palestine |
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2008 |
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| Palestinian Hikaye | Palestine | Representative List |    |
Peru |
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2014 |
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| Festivity of Virgen de la Candelaria of Puno | Peru | Representative List |    |
2013 |
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| Knowledge, skills and rituals related to the annual renewal of the Q’eswachaka bridge | Peru | Representative List |    |
2011 |
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| Eshuva, Harákmbut sung prayers of Peru’s Huachipaire people | Peru | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
| Pilgrimage to the sanctuary of the Lord of Qoyllurit’i | Peru | Representative List |    |
2010 |
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| Huaconada, ritual dance of Mito | Peru | Representative List |    |
| Scissors dance | Peru | Representative List |    |
2009 |
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| Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage of Aymara communities in Bolivia, Chile and Peru | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) – Chile – Peru | Register of best safeguarding practices |    |
2008 |
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| Oral heritage and cultural manifestations of the Zápara people | Ecuador – Peru | Representative List |    |
| Taquile and its textile art | Peru | Representative List |    |
Philippines |
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2008 |
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| Darangen epic of the Maranao people of Lake Lanao | Philippines | Representative List |    |
| Hudhud chants of the Ifugao | Philippines | Representative List |    |
Portugal |
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2014 |
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| Cante Alentejano, polyphonic singing from Alentejo, southern Portugal | Portugal | Representative List |    |
2013 |
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| Mediterranean diet | Cyprus – Croatia – Spain – Greece – Italy – Morocco – Portugal | Representative List |    |
2011 |
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| Fado, urban popular song of Portugal | Portugal | Representative List |    |
Qatar |
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2012 |
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| Falconry, a living human heritage | United Arab Emirates – Austria – Belgium – Czech Republic – France – Hungary – Republic of Korea – Mongolia – Morocco – Qatar – Saudi Arabia – Spain – Syrian Arab Republic | Representative List |    |
Republic of Korea |
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2014 |
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| Nongak, community band music, dance and rituals in the Republic of Korea | Republic of Korea | Representative List |    |
2013 |
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| Kimjang, making and sharing kimchi in the Republic of Korea | Republic of Korea | Representative List |    |
2012 |
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| Arirang, lyrical folk song in the Republic of Korea | Republic of Korea | Representative List |    |
| Falconry, a living human heritage | United Arab Emirates – Austria – Belgium – Czech Republic – France – Hungary – Republic of Korea – Mongolia – Morocco – Qatar – Saudi Arabia – Spain – Syrian Arab Republic | Representative List |    |
2011 |
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| Jultagi, tightrope walking | Republic of Korea | Representative List |    |
| Taekkyeon, a traditional Korean martial art | Republic of Korea | Representative List |    |
| Weaving of Mosi (fine ramie) in the Hansan region | Republic of Korea | Representative List |    |
2010 |
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| Daemokjang, traditional wooden architecture | Republic of Korea | Representative List |    |
| Gagok, lyric song cycles accompanied by an orchestra | Republic of Korea | Representative List |    |
2009 |
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| Cheoyongmu | Republic of Korea | Representative List |    |
| Ganggangsullae | Republic of Korea | Representative List |    |
| Jeju Chilmeoridang Yeongdeunggut | Republic of Korea | Representative List |    |
| Namsadang Nori | Republic of Korea | Representative List |    |
| Yeongsanjae | Republic of Korea | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Gangneung Danoje festival | Republic of Korea | Representative List |    |
| Pansori epic chant | Republic of Korea | Representative List |    |
| Royal ancestral ritual in the Jongmyo shrine and its music | Republic of Korea | Representative List |    |
Republic of Moldova |
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2013 |
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| Men’s group Colindat, Christmas-time ritual | Romania – Republic of Moldova | Representative List |    |
Romania |
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2013 |
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| Men’s group Colindat, Christmas-time ritual | Romania – Republic of Moldova | Representative List |    |
2012 |
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| Craftsmanship of Horezu ceramics | Romania | Representative List |    |
2009 |
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| Doina | Romania | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Căluş ritual | Romania | Representative List |    |
Russian Federation |
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2008 |
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| Cultural space and oral culture of the Semeiskie | Russian Federation | Representative List |    |
| Olonkho, Yakut heroic epos | Russian Federation | Representative List |    |
Saudi Arabia |
|---|
2012 |
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| Falconry, a living human heritage | United Arab Emirates – Austria – Belgium – Czech Republic – France – Hungary – Republic of Korea – Mongolia – Morocco – Qatar – Saudi Arabia – Spain – Syrian Arab Republic | Representative List |    |
Senegal |
|---|
2013 |
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| Xooy, a divination ceremony among the Serer of Senegal | Senegal | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Kankurang, Manding initiatory rite | Gambia – Senegal | Representative List |    |
Serbia |
|---|
2014 |
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| Slava, celebration of family saint patron’s day | Serbia | Representative List |    |
Slovakia |
|---|
2013 |
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| Music of Terchová | Slovakia | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Fujara and its music | Slovakia | Representative List |    |
Spain |
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2013 |
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| Mediterranean diet | Cyprus – Croatia – Spain – Greece – Italy – Morocco – Portugal | Representative List |    |
| Methodology for inventorying intangible cultural heritage in biosphere reserves: the experience of Montseny | Spain | Register of best safeguarding practices |    |
2012 |
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| Falconry, a living human heritage | United Arab Emirates – Austria – Belgium – Czech Republic – France – Hungary – Republic of Korea – Mongolia – Morocco – Qatar – Saudi Arabia – Spain – Syrian Arab Republic | Representative List |    |
| Fiesta of the patios in Cordova | Spain | Representative List |    |
2011 |
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| Festivity of ‘la Mare de Déu de la Salut’ of Algemesí | Spain | Representative List |    |
| Revitalization of the traditional craftsmanship of lime-making in Morón de la Frontera, Seville, Andalusia | Spain | Register of best safeguarding practices |    |
2010 |
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| Chant of the Sybil on Majorca | Spain | Representative List |    |
| Flamenco | Spain | Representative List |    |
| Human towers | Spain | Representative List |    |
2009 |
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| Centre for traditional culture – school museum of Pusol pedagogic project | Spain | Register of best safeguarding practices |    |
| 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 | Representative List |    |
| Whistled language of the island of La Gomera (Canary Islands), the Silbo Gomero | Spain | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Mystery play of Elche | Spain | Representative List |    |
| Patum of Berga | Spain | Representative List |    |
Syrian Arab Republic |
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2012 |
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| Falconry, a living human heritage | United Arab Emirates – Austria – Belgium – Czech Republic – France – Hungary – Republic of Korea – Mongolia – Morocco – Qatar – Saudi Arabia – Spain – Syrian Arab Republic | Representative List |    |
Tajikistan |
|---|
2008 |
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| Shashmaqom music | Uzbekistan – Tajikistan | Representative List |    |
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
|---|
2014 |
|---|
| Kopachkata, a social dance from the village of Dramche, Pijanec | The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | Representative List |    |
2013 |
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| Feast of the Holy Forty Martyrs in Štip | The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | Representative List |    |
Togo |
|---|
2008 |
|---|
| Oral heritage of Gelede | Benin – Nigeria – Togo | Representative List |    |
Tonga |
|---|
2008 |
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| Lakalaka, dances and sung speeches of Tonga | Tonga | Representative List |    |
Turkey |
|---|
2014 |
|---|
| Ebru, Turkish art of marbling | Turkey | Representative List |    |
2013 |
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| Turkish coffee culture and tradition | Turkey | Representative List |    |
2012 |
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| Mesir Macunu festival | Turkey | Representative List |    |
2011 |
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| Ceremonial Keşkek tradition | Turkey | Representative List |    |
2010 |
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| Kırkpınar oil wrestling festival | Turkey | Representative List |    |
| Semah, Alevi-Bektaşi ritual | Turkey | Representative List |    |
| Traditional Sohbet meetings | Turkey | Representative List |    |
2009 |
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| Âşıklık (minstrelsy) tradition | Turkey | Representative List |    |
| Karagöz | Turkey | Representative List |    |
| Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz | Azerbaijan – India – Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Kyrgyzstan – Pakistan – Turkey – Uzbekistan | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Arts of the Meddah, public storytellers | Turkey | Representative List |    |
| Mevlevi Sema ceremony | Turkey | Representative List |    |
Uganda |
|---|
2014 |
|---|
| Male-child cleansing ceremony of the Lango of central northern Uganda | Uganda | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
2013 |
|---|
| Empaako tradition of the Batooro, Banyoro, Batuku, Batagwenda and Banyabindi of western Uganda | Uganda | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
2012 |
|---|
| Bigwala, gourd trumpet music and dance of the Busoga Kingdom in Uganda | Uganda | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
2008 |
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| Barkcloth making in Uganda | Uganda | Representative List |    |
Ukraine |
|---|
2013 |
|---|
| Petrykivka decorative painting as a phenomenon of the Ukrainian ornamental folk art | Ukraine | Representative List |    |
United Arab Emirates |
|---|
2014 |
|---|
| Al-Ayyala, a traditional performing art of the Sultanate of Oman and the United Arab Emirates | Oman – United Arab Emirates | Representative List |    |
2012 |
|---|
| Al-Taghrooda, traditional Bedouin chanted poetry in the United Arab Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman | United Arab Emirates – Oman | Representative List |    |
| Falconry, a living human heritage | United Arab Emirates – Austria – Belgium – Czech Republic – France – Hungary – Republic of Korea – Mongolia – Morocco – Qatar – Saudi Arabia – Spain – Syrian Arab Republic | Representative List |    |
2011 |
|---|
| Al Sadu, traditional weaving skills in the United Arab Emirates | United Arab Emirates | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
Uruguay |
|---|
2009 |
|---|
| Candombe and its socio-cultural space: a community practice | Uruguay | Representative List |    |
| Tango | Argentina – Uruguay | Representative List |    |
Uzbekistan |
|---|
2014 |
|---|
| Askiya, the art of wit | Uzbekistan | Representative List |    |
2009 |
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| Katta Ashula | Uzbekistan | Representative List |    |
| Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz | Azerbaijan – India – Iran (Islamic Republic of) – Kyrgyzstan – Pakistan – Turkey – Uzbekistan | Representative List |    |
2008 |
|---|
| Cultural space of Boysun District | Uzbekistan | Representative List |    |
| Shashmaqom music | Uzbekistan – Tajikistan | Representative List |    |
Vanuatu |
|---|
2008 |
|---|
| Vanuatu sand drawings | Vanuatu | Representative List |    |
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
|---|
2014 |
|---|
| Mapoyo oral tradition and its symbolic reference points within their ancestral territory | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
2013 |
|---|
| La Parranda de San Pedro de Guarenas y Guatire | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | Representative List |    |
2012 |
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| Venezuela's Dancing Devils of Corpus Christi | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | Representative List |    |
Viet Nam |
|---|
2014 |
|---|
| Ví and Giặm folk songs of Nghệ Tĩnh | Viet Nam | Representative List |    |
2013 |
|---|
| Art of Đờn ca tài tử music and song in southern Viet Nam | Viet Nam | Representative List |    |
2012 |
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| Worship of Hùng kings in Phú Thọ | Viet Nam | Representative List |    |
2011 |
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| Xoan singing of Phú Thọ Province, Viet Nam | Viet Nam | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
2010 |
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| Gióng festival of Phù Ðông and Sóc temples | Viet Nam | Representative List |    |
2009 |
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| Ca trù singing | Viet Nam | Urgent Safeguarding List |    |
| Quan Họ Bắc Ninh folk songs | Viet Nam | Representative List |    |
2008 |
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| Nha Nhac, Vietnamese court music | Viet Nam | Representative List |    |
| Space of gong culture | Viet Nam | Representative List |    |
Yemen |
|---|
2008 |
|---|
| Song of Sana’a | Yemen | Representative List |    |
Zambia |
|---|
2008 |
|---|
| Gule Wamkulu | Malawi – Mozambique – Zambia | Representative List |    |
| Makishi masquerade | Zambia | Representative List |    |
Zimbabwe |
|---|
2008 |
|---|
| Mbende Jerusarema dance | Zimbabwe | Representative List |    |