Safeguard cultural diversity
Respect and protect the cultural expressions and living practices of communities.
Global living heritage
Global Living Heritage Directory
GLOBAL LIVING HERITAGE DIRECTORY
Explore official UNESCO intangible cultural heritage records through a global map and a complete accessible list. Country anchors show broad context only; they are never exact heritage locations.
Local public-record snapshot, not current UNESCO worldwide totals. Filters below do not change these counts; location precision is not safeguarding status.
Explore the directory- 849UNESCO records in this snapshot
- 746Country-level display records
- 103Multinational records
- 0Records with exact locations
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Clusters summarize display anchors. Selecting a point opens its heritage detail. Country anchors do not represent exact locations.
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List includes all — filtered public records, including any record without map-renderable geography.
About the directory
Our mission
The directory brings the complete public authority together with honest geographic context, accessible discovery tools and direct links to official records.
Support intergenerational transmission
Help communities and practitioners carry living knowledge forward.
Advance international cooperation
Build dialogue, knowledge exchange and sustainable collaboration.
Inspire creative vitality
Enable traditions to evolve with integrity in contemporary life.
Curated discovery
Selected living heritage stories
A changing selection from the current authoritative result set. Every entry opens its complete record detail.
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