The mask dance of the Drametse community is a sacred dance performed during the Drametse festival in honour of Padmasambhava, a Buddhist guru. Inscribed in 2008 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
traditional Mongolian folk dance performed by dancers from ethnic groups in the Khovd and Uvs provinces of Mongolia – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2009
two-part singing found in the Croatian regions of the Dalmatian hinterland – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2010
sung prayers in the Harákmbut language of the Huachipaire people living in Peru’s southern Amazon tropical forest – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2011
Traditional skills of building and sailing Iranian Lenj boats in the Persian Gulf
boat-building tradition of the inhabitants of the northern coast of the Persian Gulf in Iran – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2011
oldest form of dramatic performance in the Islamic Republic of Iran – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2011
tradition of Moorish epic of poems lauding the glorious feats of Moorish emirs and sultans in Mauritania – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2011
Yaokwa, the Enawene Nawe people's ritual for the maintenance of social and cosmic order
yearly ritual of the Enawene Nawe people in the basin of the Juruena River in the southern Amazon rainforest – inscribed in the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2011
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Important Intangible Folk Cultural Properties of Japan
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