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The Intangible Heritage Lists

The List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding which came into being in Abu Dhabi, includes 12 elements proposed by States Parties to the Convention and whose viability is endangered, despite the efforts of the community or group concerned. By inscribing an element on this List, the State undertakes to implement specific safeguards and may be eligible to receive financial assistance from a Fund set up for this purpose.

The Representative List already included 90 elements, following the incorporation of the 90 masterpieces proclaimed before the Convention entered into force. It is now augmented by 76 first elements inscribed according to criteria defined in the operational directives of the Convention. These elements must help enhance the visibility of the intangible cultural heritage and raise awareness regarding its importance; they must benefit from measures to promote their continued practice and transmission, and must have been nominated by States with the active and widest possible participation of the communities concerned, and with their free, prior and informed consent.

The Committee also selected 3 safeguarding programmes, projects and activities that it considers best reflect the principles and objectives of the Convention. The Committee hopes to use this register of good practices to raise public awareness of the importance of intangible heritage and the need to safeguard it.

Albania

Representative List
Albanian Folk Iso-polyphony (2008)

Algeria

Representative List
The Ahellil of Gourara (2008)

Argentina

Representative List
The Tango (2009) Multinational: Argentina - Uruguay

Armenia

Representative List
The Duduk and its Music (2008)

Azerbaijan

Representative List
Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz (2009) Multinational: Azerbaijan - India - Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Kyrgyzstan - Uzbekistan - Pakistan - Turkey
The art of Azerbaijani Ashiq (2009)
The Azerbaijani Mugham (2008)

Bangladesh

Representative List
Baul Songs (2008)

Belarus

Urgent Safeguarding List
Rite of the Kalyady Tsars (Christmas Tsars) (2009)

Belgium

Representative List
Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges (2009)
Processional Giants and Dragons in Belgium and France (2008) Multinational: Belgium - France
The Carnival of Binche (2008)

Belize

Representative List
Language, Dance and Music of the Garifuna (2008) Multinational: Belize - Guatemala - Honduras - Nicaragua

Benin*

Representative List
The Oral Heritage of Gelede (2008) Multinational: Benin - Nigeria - Togo

Bhutan

Representative List
The Mask Dance of the Drums from Drametse (2008)

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

Representative List
The Andean Cosmovision of the Kallawaya (2008)
The Carnival of Oruro (2008)

Article 18
Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage of Aymara communities in Bolivia, Chile and Peru (2009) Multinational: Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Chile - Peru

Brazil

Representative List
Oral and Graphic Expressions of the Wajapi (2008)
The Samba de Roda of the Recôncavo of Bahia (2008)

Bulgaria

Representative List
Nestinarstvo, messages from the past: the Panagyr of Saints Constantine and Helena in the village of Bulgari (2009)
The Bistritsa Babi – Archaic Polyphony, Dances and Rituals from the Shoplouk Region (2008)

Cambodia

Representative List
Sbek Thom, Khmer Shadow Theatre (2008)
The Royal Ballet of Cambodia (2008)

Central African Republic

Representative List
The Polyphonic Singing of the Aka Pygmies of Central Africa (2008)

Chile

Article 18
Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage of Aymara communities in Bolivia, Chile and Peru (2009) Multinational: Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Chile - Peru

China

Urgent Safeguarding List
Qiang New Year festival (2009)
Traditional Li textile techniques: spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidering (2009)
Traditional design and practices for building Chinese wooden arch bridges (2009)

Representative List
China engraved block printing technique (2009)
Chinese calligraphy (2009)
Chinese paper-cut (2009)
Chinese traditional architectural craftsmanship for timber-framed structures (2009)
Farmers’ dance of China’s Korean ethnic group (2009)
Gesar epic tradition (2009)
Grand song of the Dong ethnic group (2009)
Hua’er (2009)
Manas (2009)
Mongolian art of singing: Khoomei (2009)
Nanyin (2009)
Regong arts (2009)
Sericulture and silk craftsmanship of China (2009)
The Dragon Boat festival (2009)
The Mazu belief and customs (2009)
The art of Chinese seal engraving (2009)
The craftsmanship of Nanjing Yunjin brocade (2009)
The traditional firing technology of Longquan celadon (2009)
The traditional handicrafts of making Xuan paper (2009)
Tibetan opera (2009)
Xi’an wind and percussion ensemble (2009)
Yueju opera (2009)
Kun Qu Opera (2008)
The Guqin and its Music (2008)
The Uyghur Muqam of Xinjiang (2008)
Urtiin Duu - Traditional Folk Long Song (2008) Multinational: China - Mongolia

Colombia

Representative List
Carnaval de Negros y Blancos (2009)
Holy Week processions in Popayán (2009)
The Carnival of Barranquilla (2008)
The Cultural Space of Palenque de San Basilio (2008)

Costa Rica

Representative List
Oxherding and Oxcart Traditions in Costa Rica (2008)

Côte d'Ivoire

Representative List
The Gbofe of Afounkaha - the Music of the Transverse Trumps of the Tagbana Community (2008)

Croatia

Representative List
Annual carnival bell ringers’ pageant from the Kastav area (2009)
Lacemaking in Croatia (2009)
Procession Za Krizen (‘following the cross’) on the island of Hvar (2009)
Spring procession of Ljelje/Kraljice (queens) from Gorjani (2009)
The festivity of Saint Blaise, the patron of Dubrovnik (2009)
Traditional manufacturing of children’s wooden toys in Hrvatsko Zagorje (2009)
Two-part singing and playing in the Istrian scale (2009)

Cuba

Representative List
La Tumba Francesa (2008)

Cyprus

Representative List
Lefkara laces or Lefkaritika (2009)

Czech Republic

Representative List
Slovácko Verbuňk, Recruit Dances (2008)

Dominican Republic

Representative List
The Cocolo Dance Drama Tradition (2008)
The Cultural Space of the Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of the Congos of Villa Mella (2008)

Ecuador

Representative List
The Oral Heritage and Cultural Manifestations of the Zápara People (2008) Multinational: Ecuador - Peru

Egypt

Representative List
The Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah Epic (2008)

Estonia

Representative List
Seto Leelo, Seto polyphonic singing tradition (2009)
The Baltic Song and Dance Celebrations (2008) Multinational: Estonia - Latvia - Lithuania
The Kihnu Cultural Space (2008)

France

Representative List
Aubusson tapestry (2009)
Maloya (2009)
The scribing tradition in French timber framing (2009)
Processional Giants and Dragons in Belgium and France (2008) Multinational: Belgium - France

Urgent Safeguarding List
The Cantu in paghjella: a secular and liturgical oral tradition of Corsica (2009)

Gambia*

Representative List
The Kankurang, Manding Initiatory Rite (2008) Multinational: Gambia - Senegal

Georgia

Representative List
Georgian Polyphonic Singing (2008)

Guatemala

Representative List
Language, Dance and Music of the Garifuna (2008) Multinational: Belize - Guatemala - Honduras - Nicaragua
The Rabinal Achí Dance Drama Tradition (2008)

Guinea

Representative List
The Cultural Space of Sosso-Bala (2008)

Honduras

Representative List
Language, Dance and Music of the Garifuna (2008) Multinational: Belize - Guatemala - Honduras - Nicaragua

Hungary

Representative List
Busó festivities at Mohács: masked end-of-winter carnival custom (2009)

India

Representative List
Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz (2009) Multinational: Azerbaijan - India - Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Kyrgyzstan - Uzbekistan - Pakistan - Turkey
Ramman: religious festival and ritual theatre of the Garhwal Himalayas, India (2009)
Kutiyattam, Sanskrit Theatre (2008)
Ramlila - the Traditional Performance of the Ramayana (2008)
The Tradition of Vedic Chanting (2008)

Indonesia

Representative List
Indonesian Batik (2009)
The Indonesian Kris (2008)
The Wayang Puppet Theatre (2008)

Article 18
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 (2009)

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Representative List
Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz (2009) Multinational: Azerbaijan - India - Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Kyrgyzstan - Uzbekistan - Pakistan - Turkey
The Radif of Iranian music (2009)

Iraq*

Representative List
The Iraqi Maqam (2008)

Italy

Representative List
Opera dei Pupi, Sicilian Puppet Theatre (2008)
The Canto a tenore, Sardinian Pastoral Songs (2008)

Jamaica*

Representative List
The Maroon Heritage of Moore Town (2008)

Japan

Representative List
Akiu no Taue Odori (2009)
Chakkirako (2009)
Daimokutate (2009)
Dainichido Bugaku (2009)
Gagaku (2009)
Hayachine Kagura (2009)
Hitachi Furyumono (2009)
Koshikijima no Toshidon (2009)
Ojiya-chijimi, Echigo-jofu: techniques of making ramie fabric in Uonuma region, Niigata Prefecture (2009)
Oku-noto no Aenokoto (2009)
Sekishu-Banshi: papermaking in the Iwami region of Shimane Prefecture (2009)
Traditional Ainu dance (2009)
Yamahoko, the float ceremony of the Kyoto Gion festival (2009)
Kabuki Theatre (2008)
Ningyo Johruri Bunraku Puppet Theatre (2008)
Nôgaku Theatre (2008)

Jordan

Representative List
The Cultural Space of the Bedu in Petra and Wadi Rum (2008)

Kenya

Urgent Safeguarding List
Traditions and practices associated to the Kayas in the sacred forests of the Mijikenda (2009)

Kyrgyzstan

Representative List
Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz (2009) Multinational: Azerbaijan - India - Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Kyrgyzstan - Uzbekistan - Pakistan - Turkey
The Art of Akyns, Kyrgyz Epic Tellers (2008)

Latvia

Representative List
The Baltic Song and Dance Celebrations (2008) Multinational: Estonia - Latvia - Lithuania

Urgent Safeguarding List
Suiti cultural space (2009)

Lithuania

Representative List
Cross-crafting and its Symbolism (2008)
The Baltic Song and Dance Celebrations (2008) Multinational: Estonia - Latvia - Lithuania

Madagascar

Representative List
The Woodcrafting Knowledge of the Zafimaniry (2008)

Malawi*

Representative List
The Gule Wamkulu (2008) Multinational: Malawi - Mozambique - Zambia
The Vimbuza Healing Dance (2008)

Malaysia*

Representative List
Mak Yong Theatre (2008)

Mali

Urgent Safeguarding List
The Sanké mon: collective fishing rite of the Sanké (2009)

Representative List
The Manden Charter, proclaimed in Kurukan Fuga (2009)
The septennial re-roofing ceremony of the Kamablon, sacred house of Kangaba (2009)
The Cultural Space of the Yaaral and Degal (2008)

Mexico

Representative List
Places of memory and living traditions of the Otomí-Chichimecas people of Tolimán: the Peña de Bernal, guardian of a sacred territory (2009)
Ritual ceremony of the Voladores (2009)
The Indigenous Festivity dedicated to the Dead (2008)

Mongolia

Representative List
The Traditional Music of the Morin Khuur (2008)
Urtiin Duu - Traditional Folk Long Song (2008) Multinational: China - Mongolia

Urgent Safeguarding List
Mongol Biyelgee: Mongolian traditional folk dance (2009)
Mongol Tuuli: Mongolian epic (2009)
Traditional music of the Tsuur (2009)

Morocco

Representative List
The Cultural Space of Jemaa el-Fna Square (2008)
The Moussem of Tan-Tan (2008)

Mozambique

Representative List
The Chopi Timbila (2008)
The Gule Wamkulu (2008) Multinational: Malawi - Mozambique - Zambia

Nicaragua

Representative List
El Güegüense (2008)
Language, Dance and Music of the Garifuna (2008) Multinational: Belize - Guatemala - Honduras - Nicaragua

Nigeria

Representative List
Ijele masquerade (2009)
The Ifa Divination System (2008)
The Oral Heritage of Gelede (2008) Multinational: Benin - Nigeria - Togo

Pakistan

Representative List
Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz (2009) Multinational: Azerbaijan - India - Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Kyrgyzstan - Uzbekistan - Pakistan - Turkey

Palestine*

Representative List
The Palestinian Hikaye (2008)

Peru

Article 18
Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage of Aymara communities in Bolivia, Chile and Peru (2009) Multinational: Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Chile - Peru

Representative List
Taquile and its Textile Art (2008)
The Oral Heritage and Cultural Manifestations of the Zápara People (2008) Multinational: Ecuador - Peru

Philippines

Representative List
The Darangen Epic of the Maranao People of Lake Lanao (2008)
The Hudhud Chants of the Ifugao (2008)

Republic of Korea

Representative List
Cheoyongmu (2009)
Ganggangsullae (2009)
Jeju Chilmeoridang Yeongdeunggut (2009)
Namsadang Nori (2009)
Yeongsanjae (2009)
The Gangneung Danoje Festival (2008)
The Pansori Epic Chant (2008)
The Royal Ancestral Ritual in the Jongmyo Shrine and its Music (2008)

Romania

Representative List
Doina (2009)
The Căluş Ritual (2008)

Russian Federation*

Representative List
The Cultural Space and Oral Culture of the Semeiskie (2008)
The Olonkho, Yakut Heroic Epos (2008)

Senegal

Representative List
The Kankurang, Manding Initiatory Rite (2008) Multinational: Gambia - Senegal

Slovakia

Representative List
The Fujara and its Music (2008)

Spain

Representative List
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 (2009)
Whistled language of the island of La Gomera (Canary Islands), the Silbo Gomero (2009)
The Mystery Play of Elche (2008)
The Patum of Berga (2008)

Article 18
Centre for traditional culture – school museum of Pusol pedagogic project (2009)

Tajikistan*

Representative List
Shashmaqom Music (2008) Multinational: Uzbekistan - Tajikistan

Togo

Representative List
The Oral Heritage of Gelede (2008) Multinational: Benin - Nigeria - Togo

Tonga*

Representative List
The Lakalaka, Dances and Sung Speeches of Tonga (2008)

Turkey

Representative List
Karagöz (2009)
Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz (2009) Multinational: Azerbaijan - India - Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Kyrgyzstan - Uzbekistan - Pakistan - Turkey
Âşıklık (minstrelsy) tradition (2009)
The Arts of the Meddah, Public Storytellers (2008)
The Mevlevi Sema Ceremony (2008)

Uganda

Representative List
Barkcloth Making in Uganda (2008)

Uruguay

Representative List
The Candombe and its socio-cultural space: a community practice (2009)
The Tango (2009) Multinational: Argentina - Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Representative List
Katta Ashula (2009)
Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz, Nevruz (2009) Multinational: Azerbaijan - India - Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Kyrgyzstan - Uzbekistan - Pakistan - Turkey
Shashmaqom Music (2008) Multinational: Uzbekistan - Tajikistan
The Cultural Space of the Boysun District (2008)

Vanuatu*

Representative List
Vanuatu Sand Drawings (2008)

Viet Nam

Urgent Safeguarding List
Ca trù singing (2009)

Representative List
Quan Họ Bắc Ninh folk songs (2009)
Nha Nhac, Vietnamese Court Music (2008)
The Space of Gong Culture (2008)

Yemen

Representative List
The Song of Sana’a (2008)

Zambia

Representative List
The Gule Wamkulu (2008) Multinational: Malawi - Mozambique - Zambia
The Makishi Masquerade (2008)

Zimbabwe

Representative List
The Mbende Jerusarema Dance (2008)

*Countries not having ratified the 2003 Convention