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Manufacture of cowbellstraditional production of cowbells in Portugal – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2015
Carnival of Podenceno description
Safeguarding the carillon culture: preservation, transmission, exchange and awareness-raisingprogram to safeguard the components of historic carillon culture in Belgium – Unesco ICH Good Safeguarding Practice inscribed in 2014
capoeiraBrazilian martial art that combines elements of dance fists kicks and music.
manual bell ringingmanual ringing of bells as a means of expression and communication in Spain
camel racingPopular sport in parts of Africa, Asia and Australia
Chapei Dang VengCambodian musical tradition closely associated with the life, customs and beliefs of the Cambodian people
Equitation in the French traditionno description
Caballos del Vinono description
ca trùVietnamese musical storytelling genre
Taskiwinmartial dance of the western High Atlas mountain range in Central Morocco – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2017
BusójárásHungarian religious celebration
Bumba Meu Boitype of festival and music genre
reggaemusic genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s
Japanese cuisineculinary traditions of Japan
Intoretraditional Rwandan dance performed by a troupe
Culture of Ukrainian borscht cookingtraditional Ukrainian dish – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2022
Zhusuanknowledge and practices of arithmetic calculation through the abacus
zinc roofers and ornamentalistscraftmanship of 19th-century restoration of haussmann-style roofs in Paris
sevdalinkatraditional Bosnian urban folk song
Boka Navy Kotorno description
traditional wooden boatbuilding in Carriacou and Petite Martiniquewooden boatbuilding tradition in Carriacou and Petite Martinique in Grenada
traditional irrigation in Europetraditional irrigation practices in Europe
tulumtraditional bagpipe from North Turkey and Macedonia
Carnival of Bincheannual festival in Belgium
Durbar festivalannual festival celebrated in several cities of Nigeria
yogagroup of physical, mental and spiritual practices originating from ancient India
hawker centeropen-air complex housing many stalls that sell a variety of inexpensive food
Mangal Shobhajatramass procession that takes place at dawn on the first day of the Bengali New Year in Bangladesh
Wooden movable-type printing of Chinaone of the world’s oldest printing techniques maintained in Rui’an County, Zhejiang Province in China
Peking opera actorno description
Beijing Municipal Intangible Cultural Heritage
segamusic genre of Mauritius and Reunion island
Ball de l'ossa of Encampno description
balafontype of wooden xylophone originating in Mali
balabandouble reed wind instrument of the duduk family
Congolese rumbagenre of African music and dance
Cuban rumbamusic genre originating from Cuba
baguetteelongated type of bread loaf
mother of pearl inlaypractice of inserting mother of pearl pieces into wooden objects
ThingyanMyanmar traditional New Year festival
Barkcloth making in Ugandano description
bachatasocial dance from the Dominican Republic
Naïve painting practices of Kovačicatradition of painting and decorating objects in Kovačica, Serbia
bunadnational costume of Norway
kamanchehBowed string instrument of Iranian origin used in Persian, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Kurdish, Georgian, Turkmen, and Uzbek music with slight variations in the structure of the instrument
Azerbaijani carpet weavingTraditional carpet-weaving folk art
Goychay Pomegranate Festivalannual cultural festival held in Goychay, Azerbaijan
attiékétraditional Ivorian cassava dish
KhonThai Art Culture performer
ReogIndonesian traditional theatrical dance
Tai chi chuanChinese martial art practiced for defense training, health benefits and meditation
Bistritsa BabiBulgarian folk singers
traditional Li textile techniquesspinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidering tradition of the Li ethnic group of Hainan Province, China
furyū-odorino description
blue-dyeingreserve-print-process applied to natural materials such as linen, cotton or silk
angklungIndonesian musical instrument made of bamboo
Opera dei Pupitypical sicilian marionette theatre
xòedance practiced by the Tai people in Vietnam
Day of the DeadMesoamerican and South American festival
Festivity of ‘la Mare de Déu de la Salut’ of Algemesítraditional festival in Algemesí, Spain
Aleppo soaphandmade, hard bar soap associated with the city of Aleppo, Syria
ala kiyiztraditional felted textile of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
hareesArab dish made with wheat grain, meat and butter
traditional Ainu danceno description
Important Intangible Folk Cultural Properties of Japan
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