The Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Albania

• Albanian folk iso-polyphony

Algeria

• Ahellil of Gourara
• Rites and craftsmanship associated with the wedding costume tradition of Tlemcen
• Annual pilgrimage to the mausoleum of Sidi 'Abd el-Qader Ben Mohammed (Sidi Cheikh)
• Ritual and ceremonies of Sebeïba in the oasis of Djanet, Algeria
• Sbuâ, annual pilgrimage to the zawiya of Sidi El Hadj Belkacem in Gourara

Algeria/Mali/Niger

• Practices and knowledge linked to the Imzad of the Tuareg communities of Algeria, Mali and Niger

Andorra/Spain/France

• Summer solstice fire festivals in the Pyrenees

Argentina

• Filete porteño in Buenos Aires, a traditional painting technique

Argentina/Uruguay

• Tango

Armenia

• Duduk and its music
• Armenian cross-stones art. Symbolism and craftsmanship of Khachkars
• Performance of the Armenian epic of 'Daredevils of Sassoun' or 'David of Sassoun'
• Lavash, the preparation, meaning and appearance of traditional bread as an expression of culture in Armenia
• Kochari, traditional group dance

Austria

• Schemenlaufen, the carnival of Imst, Austria
• Classical horsemanship and the High School of the Spanish Riding School Vienna

Azerbaijan

• Azerbaijani Mugham
• Art of Azerbaijani Ashiq
• Traditional art of Azerbaijani carpet weaving in the Republic of Azerbaijan
• Craftsmanship and performance art of the Tar, a long-necked string musical instrument
• Traditional art and symbolism of Kelaghayi, making and wearing women's silk headscarves
• Copper craftsmanship of Lahij
• Dolma making and sharing tradition, a marker of cultural identity 2017

Azerbaijan/Iran

• Art of crafting and playing with Kamantcheh/Kamancha, a bowed string musical instrument

Afghanistan/Azerbaijan/India/Iran/Iraq/Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan/Pakistan/ Tajikistan/Turkey/Turkmenistan/Uzbekistan

• Nawrouz, Novruz, Nowrouz, Nowrouz, Nawrouz, Nauryz, Nooruz, Nowruz, Navruz, Nevruz, Nowruz, Navruz 2016 APA [33]

Bangladesh

• Baul songs
• Traditional art of Jamdani weaving
• Mangal Shobhajatra on Pahela Baishakh
• Traditional art of Shital Pati weaving of Sylhet

Austria/Belgium/Czech Republic/Germany/France/Hungary/Italy/Kazakhstan/ South Korea/Mongolia/Morocco/Pakistan/Portugal/Qatar/SaudiArabia/Spain/ Syrian Arab Republic/United Arab Emirates

• Falconry, a living human heritage

Saudi Arabia//Oman/Qatar/United Arab Emirates

• Majlis, a cultural and social space
• Arabic coffee, a symbol of generosity

Belgium

• Carnival of Binche
• Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges
• Aalst carnival
• Houtem Jaarmarkt, annual winter fair and livestock market at Sint-Lievens-Houtem
• Krakelingen and Tonnekensbrand, end-of-winter bread and fire feast at Geraardsbergen
• Leuven age set ritual repertoire
• Marches of Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse
• Shrimp fishing on horseback in Oostduinkerke
• Beer culture in Belgium

Belgium/France

• Processional giants and dragons in Belgium and France

Belize/Guatemala/Honduras/Nicaragua

• Language, dance and music of the Garifuna

Benin/Nigeria/Togo

• Oral heritage of Gelede

Bhutan

• Mask dance of the drums from Drametse

Bolivia

• Andean cosmovision of the Kallawaya
• Carnival of Oruro
• Ichapekene Piesta, the biggest festival of San Ignacio de Moxos
• Pujllay and Ayarichi, music and dances of the Yampara culture
• Ritual journeys in La Paz during Alasita

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Zmijanje embroidery
• Konjic woodcarving

Brazil

• Oral and graphic expressions of the Wajapi
• Samba de Roda of the Recôncavo of Bahia
• Frevo, performing arts of the Carnival of Recife
• Círio de Nazaré (The Taper of Our Lady of Nazareth) in the city of Belém, Pará
• Capoeira circle

Bulgaria

• Bistritsa Babi, archaic polyphony, dances and rituals from the Shoplouk region
• Nestinarstvo, messages from the past: the Panagyr of Saints *Constantine and Helena in the village of Bulgari
• The tradition of carpet-making in Chiprovtsi
• Surva folk feast in Pernik region

Bulgaria/Macedonia/Moldova/Romania

• Cultural practices associated with 1 March

Burkina Faso/Mali/Côte d'Ivoire

• Cultural practices and expressions linked to the balafon of the Senufo communities of Mali, Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire
• Burundi
• Ritual dance of the royal drum

Cambodia

• Royal ballet of Cambodia
• Sbek Thom, Khmer shadow theatre

Cambodia/Philippines/South Korea/Viet Nam

• Tugging rituals and games

Central African Republic

• Polyphonic singing of the Aka Pygmies of Central Africa

Chile

• Baile Chino

China

• Kun Qu opera
• Guqin and its music
• Uyghur Muqam of Xinjiang
• Art of Chinese seal engraving
• China engraved block printing technique
• Chinese calligraphy
• Chinese paper-cut
• Chinese traditional architectural craftsmanship for timber-framed structures
• Craftsmanship of Nanjing Yunjin brocade
• Dragon Boat festival
• Farmers' dance of China’s Korean ethnic group
• Gesar epic tradition
• Grand song of the Dong ethnic group
• Hua'er
• Manas
• Mazu belief and customs
• Nanyin
• Regong arts
• Sericulture and silk craftsmanship of China
• Tibetan opera
• Traditional firing technology of Longquan celadon
• Traditional handicrafts of making Xuan paper
• Xi'an wind and percussion ensemble
• Yueju opera
• Acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine
• Peking opera
• Chinese shadow puppetry
• Chinese Zhusuan, knowledge and practices of mathematical calculation through the abacus
• The Twenty-Four Solar Terms, knowledge of time and practices developed in China through observation of the sun’s annual motion

China/Mongolia

• Mongolian Urtiin Duu – Traditional Folk Long Song
• Mongolian art of singing: Khoomei

Colombia

• Carnival of Barranquilla
• Cultural space of Palenque de San Basilio
• Carnaval de Negros y Blancos
• Holy Week processions in Popayán
• Wayuu normative system, applied by the Pütchipü’üi (palabrero)
• Traditional knowledge of the jaguar shamans of Yuruparí
• Festival of Saint Francis of Assisi, Quibdó

Colombia/Ecuador

• Marimba music, traditional chants and dances from the Colombia South Pacific region and Esmeraldas Province of Ecuador

Costa Rica

• Oxherding and oxcart traditions in Costa Rica

Côte d'Ivoire

• Gbofe of Afounkaha, the music of the transverse trumps of the Tagbana community
• Zaouli, popular music and dance of the Guro communities in Côte d'Ivoire

Croatia

• Annual carnival bell ringers' pageant from the Kastav area
• Festivity of Saint Blaise, the patron of Dubrovnik
• Lacemaking in Croatia
• Procession Za Krizen ('following the cross') on the island of Hvar
• Spring procession of Ljelje/Kraljice (queens) from Gorjani
• Traditional manufacturing of children’s wooden toys in Hrvatsko Zagorje
• Two-part singing and playing in the Istrian scale
• Gingerbread craft from Northern Croatia
• Sinjska alka, a knights’ tournament in Sinj
• Bećarac singing and playing from Eastern Croatia
• Nijemo Kolo, silent circle dance of the Dalmatian hinterland
• Klapa multipart singing of Dalmatia, southern Croatia

Cuba

• La Tumba Francesa
• Punto

Cyprus

• Lefkara laces or Lefkaritika
• Tsiattista poetic duelling

Czech Republic

• Slovácko Verbuňk, recruit dances
• Shrovetide door-to-door processions and masks in the villages of the Hlinecko area
• Ride of the Kings in the south-east of the Czech Republic

Czech Republic/Slovakia

• Puppetry in Slovakia and Czechia

DPR/North Korea

• Arirang folk song in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
• Tradition of kimchi-making in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Dominican Republic

• Cultural Space of the Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of the Congos of Villa Mella
• Cocolo Dance Drama Tradition

Ecuador

• Traditional weaving of the Ecuadorian toquilla straw hat

Ecuador/Peru

• Oral heritage and cultural manifestations of the Zápara people

Egypt

• The Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah Epic
• Tahteeb, stick game

Estonia

• Kihnu cultural space
• Seto Leelo, Seto polyphonic singing tradition
• Smoke sauna tradition in Võromaa

Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania

• Baltic (Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian) song and dance celebrations

Ethiopia

• Commemoration feast of the finding of the True Holy Cross of Christ
• Fichee-Chambalaalla, New Year festival of the Sidama people
• Gada system, an indigenous democratic socio-political system of the Oromo

France

• Aubusson tapestry
• Maloya
• Scribing tradition in French timber framing
• Compagnonnage, network for on-the-job transmission of knowledge and identities
• Craftsmanship of Alençon needle lace-making
• Gastronomic meal of the French
• Equitation in the French tradition
• Fest-Noz, festive gathering based on the collective practice of traditional dances of Brittany
• Limousin septennial ostensions
• Gwoka: music, song, dance and cultural practice representative of Guadeloupean identity

Gambia/Senegal

• Kankurang, Manding initiatory rite

Georgia

• Georgian polyphonic singing
• Ancient Georgian traditional Qvevri wine-making method
• Living culture of three writing systems of the Georgian alphabet

Germany

• Idea and practice of organizing shared interests in cooperatives

Organ craftsmanship and music

Greece

• Know-how of cultivating mastic on the island of Chios
• Tinian marble craftsmanship
• Momoeria, New Year's celebration in eight villages of Kozani area, *West Macedonia, Greece
• Rebetiko

Greece/Italy/Spain/Morocco/Portugal/Croatia/Cyprus

• Mediterranean diet

(In 2010, Italy, Spain, Greece and Morocco were the first to be recognised, but on December 4, 2013, Portugal, Cyprus and Croatia were also recognised by UNESCO.)

Guatemala

• Rabinal Achí dance drama tradition

Guinea

• Cultural space of Sosso-Bala

Hungary

• Busó festivities at Mohács: masked end-of-winter carnival custom
• Folk art of the Matyó, embroidery of a traditional community

India

• Koodiyattam, Sanskrit Theatre, Kerala
• Mudiyett: a ritual theatre of Kerala
• The Tradition of Vedic Chanting
• Ramlila – the Traditional Performance of the Ramayana
• Ramman: religious festival and ritual theatre of the Garhwal Himalayas
• Kalbelia: folk songs and dances of Rajasthan
• Chhau dance: a tradition from eastern India
• Buddhist chanting of Ladakh: recitation of sacred Buddhist texts in the trans-Himalayan Ladakh region, Jammu and Kashmir, India
• Sankirtana, ritual singing, drumming and dancing of Manipur
• Traditional brass and copper craft of utensil making among the *Thatheras of Jandiala Guru, Punjab
• Yoga
• Kumbh Mela

Indonesia

• Wayang Puppet Theatre
• Keris
• Indonesian Batik
• Angklung
• Noken traditional woven bag of Papua
• Pinisi, art of boatbuilding in South Sulawesi

Iran

• Radif of Iranian music
• Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Kashan
• Traditional skills of carpet weaving in Fars
• Ritual dramatic art of Ta‘zīye
• Pahlevani and Zoorkhanei rituals
• Music of the Bakhshis of Khorasan
• Qālišuyān rituals of Mašhad-e Ardehāl in Kāšān
• Chogān, a horse-riding game accompanied by music and storytelling

Iraq

• The Iraqi Maqam

Ireland

• Uilleann piping

Italy

• Opera dei Pupi, Sicilian Puppet Theatre
• Canto a tenore, Sardinian Pastoral Songs
• Traditional violin craftsmanship in Cremona
• Celebrations of big shoulder-borne processional structures
• Traditional agricultural practice of cultivating the "vite ad alberello" (head-trained bush vines) of the community of Pantelleria
• Art of Neapolitan ‘Pizzaiuolo’

Jamaica

• The Maroon Heritage of Moore Town

Japan

• Nôgaku Theatre
• Ningyo Johruri Bunraku Puppet Theatre
• Kabuki Theatre
• Akiu no Taue Odori
• Chakkirako
• Daimokutate
• Dainichido Bugaku
• Gagaku
• Hayachine Kagura
• Hitachi Furyumono
• Koshikijima no Toshidon
• Ojiya-chijimi, Echigo jofu: techniques of making ramie fabric in Uonuma region, Niigata Prefecture
• Oku-noto no Aenokoto
• Traditional Ainu dance
• Yamahoko, the float ceremony of the Kyoto Gion festival
• Kumiodori, traditional Okinawan musical theatre
• Yuki tsumugi, silk fabric production technique
• Mibu no Hana Taue, ritual of transplanting rice in Mibu, Hiroshima
• Sada Shin Noh, sacred dancing at Sada shrine, Shimane
• Nachi no Dengaku, a religious performing art held at the Nachi fire festival
• Washoku, traditional dietary cultures of the Japanese, notably for the celebration of New Year
• Washi, craftsmanship of traditional Japanese hand-made paper

Jordan

• The Cultural Space of the Bedu in Petra and Wadi Rum

Kazakhstan

• Kazakh traditional Assyk games

Kyrgyzstan

• The Art of Akyns, Kyrgyz Epic Tellers
• Kok boru, traditional horse game

Laos

• Khaen music of the Lao people

Lebanon

• Zajal, recited or sung poetry

Lithuania

• Cross-crafting and its Symbolism
• Sutartinės, Lithuanian multipart songs

Luxembourg

• Hopping procession of Echternach

Macedonia

• Feast of the Holy Forty Martyrs in Štip
• Kopachkata, a social dance from the village of Dramche, Pijanec

Macedonia/Turkey

• Spring celebration, Hıdrellez

Madagascar

• The Woodcrafting Knowledge of the Zafimaniry

Malawi

• The Vimbuza Healing Dance
• Tchopa, sacrificial dance of the Lhomwe people of southern Malawi
• Nsima, culinary tradition of Malawi

Malawi/Mozambique/Zambia

• The Gule Wamkulu

Malaysia

• Mak Yong Theatre

Mali

• The Cultural Space of the Yaaral and Degal
• The Manden Charter, proclaimed in Kurukan Fuga
• The septennial re-roofing ceremony of the Kamablon, sacred house of Kangaba
• Coming forth of the masks and puppets in Markala

Mexico

• The Indigenous Festivity dedicated to the Dead
• Places of memory and living traditions of the Otomí-Chichimecas people of Tolimán: the Peña de Bernal, guardian of a sacred territory
• Ritual ceremony of the Voladores: Papantla, El Tajín
• Traditional Mexican cuisine – ancestral, ongoing community culture, the Michoacán paradigm
• Parachicos in the traditional January feast of Chiapa de Corzo
• Pirekua, traditional song of the Purépecha
• Mariachi, string music, song and trumpet
• Charrería, equestrian tradition in Mexico

Moldova/Romania

• The Christmas Carols in masculine horde

Mongolia

• The Traditional Music of the Morin Khuur
• Traditional epic poem
• Tsuur end-blown flute
• The Traditional Naadam festival
• Falconry
• Traditional craftsmanship of the Mongol Ger and its associated customs
• Mongolian knuckle-bone shooting

Morocco

• The Cultural Space of Jemaa el-Fna Square
• The Moussem of Tan-Tan
• Argan, practices and know-how concerning the argan tree
• Cherry festival in Sefrou

Mozambique

• The Chopi Timbila

Mauritius

• Traditional Mauritian Sega
• Bhojpuri folk songs in Mauritius, Geet-Gawai
• Sega tambour of Rodrigues Island

Namibia

• Oshituthi shomagongo, marula fruit festival

Netherlands

• Craft of the miller operating windmills and watermills

Niger

• Practices and expressions of joking relationships in Niger

Nicaragua

• El Güegüense

Nigeria

• The Ifá Divination System
• Ijele masquerade
• The Argungu international fishing and cultural festival

Palestine

• The Palestinian Hikaye

Panama

• Artisanal processes and plant fibers techniques for talcos, crinejas and pintas weaving of the pinta’o hat

Peru

• Taquile and its Textile Art
• Huaconada, ritual dance of Mito
• The scissors dance
• Pilgrimage to the sanctuary of the Lord of Qoyllurit'i
• Virgen de la Candelaria, Harákmbut sung prayers of Peru's Huachipaire people
• Traditional system of Corongo’s water judges

Philippines

• The Hudhud Chants of the Ifugao
• 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 in the country and among emigrant communities
• The Cante Alentejano, polyphonic singing from Alentejo, southern Portugal
• Craftmanship of Estremoz clay figures

South Korea

• Royal Ancestral Ritual in the Jongmyo Shrine and its Music
• Pansori Epic Chant
• Gangneung Danoje Festival
• Cheoyongmu
• Ganggangsullae
• Jeju Chilmeoridang Yeongdeunggut
• Namsadang Nori
• Yeongsanjae
• Daemokjang, traditional wooden architecture
• Gagok, lyric song cycles accompanied by an orchestra
• Jultagi, tightrope walking
• Taekkyeon, a traditional Korean martial art
• Weaving of Mosi (fine ramie) in the Hansan region
• Arirang, lyrical folk song in the Republic of Korea
• Kimjang, making and sharing Kimchi in the Republic of Korea
• Nongak, community band music, dance and rituals in the Republic of Korea
• Culture of Jeju Haenyeo (women divers)

Romania

• The Căluș tradition
• Doina
• The Horezu ceramics
• Lad's dances

Russia

• The Cultural Space and Oral Culture of the Semeiskie
• The Olonkho, Yakut Heroic Epos

Saudi Arabia

• Alardah Alnajdiyah, dance, drumming and poetry in Saudi Arabia
• Almezmar, drumming and dancing with sticks
• Al-Qatt Al-Asiri, female traditional interior wall decoration in Asir, Saudi Arabia

Senegal

• Xooy, a divination ceremony among the Serer of Senegal

Serbia

• Slava, celebration of family saint patron’s day
• Kolo, traditional folk dance

Slovakia

• Fujara and its music
• Music of Terchová
• Bagpipe culture
• Multipart singing of Horehronie

Slovenia

• Škofja Loka passion play
• Door-to-door rounds of Kurenti

Spain

• The Mystery Play of Elche
• The Patum of Berga
• 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
• Whistled language of the island of La Gomera
• Human towers
  
• Flamenco
• The chant of the Sybil on Majorca
• Festivity of 'la Mare de Déu de la Salut' of Algemesí
• Falles of Valencia, festivity that mixes fireworks, regional music and art and burns giant monuments all around the city the night of Saint Joseph

Switzerland

• Winegrowers’ Festival in Vevey
• Basel Carnival

Tonga

• The Lakalaka, Dances and Sung Speeches of Tonga

Turkey

• The Arts of the Meddah, Public Storytellers
• The Mevlevi Sema Ceremony
• Karagöz and Hacivat
• Âşıklık tradition
• Traditional Sohbet meetings
• Kırkpınar oil wrestling festival
• Semah, Alevi-Bektaşi ritual
• Ceremonial Keşkek tradition
• Mesir Macunu festival
• Turkish coffee culture and tradition
• Ebru, Turkish art of marbling
• Flatbread making and sharing culture: Lavash, Katyrma, Jupka, Yufka
• Traditional craftsmanship of Çini-making

Turkmenistan

• Epic art of Gorogly
• Kushtdepdi rite of singing and dancing

Uganda

• Barkcloth Making in Uganda

Ukraine

• Petrykivka decorative painting as a phenomenon of the Ukrainian ornamental folk art
• Cossack’s songs of Dnipropetrovsk Region

Uruguay

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

Uzbekistan

• The Cultural Space of the Boysun District
• Shashmaqom Music
• Katta Ashula

Vanuatu

• Vanuatu Sand Drawings

Venezuela

• Dancing Devils of Corpus Christi

Vietnam

• Space of gong culture
• Nha Nhac, Vietnamese court music
• Quan Họ Bắc Ninh folk songs
• Gióng Festival of Phù Đổng and Sóc Temples
• Worship of Hùng Kings in Phú Thọ
• Art of Đờn ca tài tử music and song in southern Việt Nam
• Ví and Giặm folk songs of Nghệ Tĩnh
• Practices related to the Viet beliefs in the Mother Goddesses of Three Realms
• The art of Bài Chòi in Central Viet Nam

Yemen

• Song of Sana'a

Zambia

• The Makishi Masquerade

Zimbabwe

• The Mbende Jerusarema Dance

List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding

The List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding contains intangible cultural heritage elements "that concerned communities and States Parties consider require urgent measures to keep them alive". This list is complete and up-to-date as of December 2015.

Azerbaijan

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

Belarus

• Rite of the Kalyady Tsars (Christmas Tsars)

Botswana

• Earthenware pottery-making skills in Botswana's Kgatleng District

Dikopelo folk music of Bakgatla ba Kgafela in Kgatleng District

Brazil

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

China

• Traditional design and practices for building Chinese wooden arch bridges 2009
• Traditional Li textile techniques: spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidering
• Qiang New Year festival
• Meshrep
• Watertight-bulkhead technology of Chinese junks
• Wooden movable-type printing of China
• Hezhen Yimakan storytelling 2011 APA [379]

Colombia

• Traditional Vallenato music of the Greater Magdalena region

Colombia/Venezuela

• Colombian-Venezuelan llano work songs

Croatia

• Ojkanje singing

France

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

Guatemala

• Nan Pa'ch ceremony

Indonesia

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

Iran

• Naqqāli, Iranian dramatic story-telling
• Traditional skills of building and sailing Iranian Lenj boats in the Persian Gulf

Kenya

• Traditions and practices associated with the Kayas in the sacred forests of the Mijikenda
• Isukuti dance of Isukha and Idakho communities of Western Kenya

Kyrgyzstan

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

Latvia

• Suiti cultural space

Macedonia

• Glasoechko, male two-part singing in Dolni Polog

Mali

• Sanké mon, collective fishing rite of the Sanké
• Secret society of the Kôrêdugaw, the rite of wisdom in Mali

Mauritania

• Moorish epic T'heydinn

Mongolia

• Mongol Biyelgee, Mongolian traditional folk dance
• Mongol Tuuli, Mongolian epic
• Folk long song performance technique of Limbe performances - circular breathing
• Mongolian calligraphy
• Coaxing ritual for camels
• Mongolian traditional practices of worshipping the sacred sites

Morocco

• Taskiwin, martial dance of the western High Atlas

Peru

• Eshuva, Harákmbut sung prayers of Peru's Huachipaire people

Portugal

• Manufacture of cowbells
• Bisalhães black pottery manufacturing process

Turkey

• Whistled language

Uganda

• Bigwala, gourd trumpet music and dance of the Busoga Kingdom in Uganda
• Empaako tradition of the Batooro, Banyoro, Batuku, Batagwenda and Banyabindi of western Uganda
• Male-child cleansing ceremony of the Lango of central northern Uganda
• Koogere oral tradition of the Basongora, Banyabindi and Batooro peoples
• Ma'di bowl lyre music and dance

United Arab Emirates

• Al Sadu traditional weaving skills in the United Arab Emirates
• Al Azi, art of performing praise, pride and fortitude poetry

Venezuela

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

Viet Nam

• Ca trù singing
• Xoan singing of Phú Thọ Province, Viet Nam

Register of Good Safeguarding Practices

The Register for Good Safeguarding Practices allows States Parties, communities and other stakeholders to "share successful safeguarding experiences and examples of how they surmounted challenges faced in the transmission of their living heritage, its practice and knowledge to the future generation."

Austria

• Regional Centres for Craftsmanship: a strategy for safeguarding the cultural heritage of traditional handicraft

Belgium

• Programme of cultivating ludodiversity: safeguarding traditional games in Flanders
• Safeguarding the carillon culture: preservation, transmission, exchange and awareness-raising

Bolivia/Chile/Peru

• Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage of Aymara communities in Bolivia, Chile and Peru

Brazil

• Call for projects of the National Programme of Intangible Heritage
• Fandango's Living Museum

Bulgaria

• Festival of folklore in Koprivshtitsa: a system of practices for heritage presentation and transmission

China

• Strategy for training coming generations of Fujian puppetry practitioners

Croatia

• Community project of safeguarding the living culture of Rovinj/Rovigno: the Batana Ecomuseum

Hungary

• Táncház method: a Hungarian model for the transmission of intangible cultural heritage
• Safeguarding of the folk music heritage by the Kodály concept

Indonesia

• 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

Mexico

• Xtaxkgakget Makgkaxtlawana: the Centre for Indigenous Arts and its contribution to safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage of the Totonac people of Veracruz, Mexico

Norway

• Oselvar boat - reframing a traditional learning process of building and use to a modern context

Spain

• Centre for traditional culture – school museum of Pusol pedagogic project
• Revitalization of the traditional craftsmanship of lime-making in Morón de la Frontera, Seville, Andalusia
• Methodology for inventorying intangible cultural heritage in biosphere reserves: the experience of Montseny