UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List

December 8, 2025 3:17 PM

India Showcases Cultural Legacy at 20th UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Session

India is hosting the 20th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) from December 8 to 13, 2025, at the historic Red Fort in New Delhi. This marks the first time India is convening the session, which is being chaired by Vishal V. Sharma, India’s Permanent Delegate to UNESCO. The event coincides with the twentieth anniversary of India’s ratification of the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultu...

December 8, 2025 2:55 PM

EAM S. Jaishankar highlights India’s cultural legacy at UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage at Red Fort

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said traditions, languages, music, craftsmanship and other forms of intangible heritage represent the most “democratic expression of culture” and are “owned by all and guarded by many” at the opening of a major UNESCO gathering at the Red Fort on Sunday. Speaking to delegates from multiple countries, Jaishankar stressed the need to protect cultural inheritance, strengthen it, and ensure it is passed on to future generations in the “shared quest�...

September 17, 2025 10:38 AM

India initiates multinational bid to nominate Chhath Mahaparva for UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List

The Ministry of Culture on Tuesday initiated consultations with international partners to secure the inclusion of Chhath Mahaparva in UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The meeting, held at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) in New Delhi, brought together senior diplomatic representatives from the United Arab Emirates, Suriname, and the Netherlands to discuss a multinational nomination under UNESCO’s 2003 Convention. The consult...