Intagible cultural heritage

The UNESCO's 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage defines the intangible cultural heritage as the practices, representations, expressions, as well as the knowledge and skills (including instruments, objects, artifacts, cultural spaces), that communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals recognize as part of their cultural heritage. It is sometimes called living cultural heritage, and is manifested inter alia in the following domains

• Oral traditions and expressions, including language as a vehicle of the intangible cultural heritage;
• Performing arts - Dance, Drama, Music, Puppetry, etc. 
• Social practices, rituals and festive events;
• Knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe;
• Traditional craftsmanship
• Digital and Virtual Heritage

Major organizations involved in the preservation & propagation of ICH are named below:

• Sahitya Natak Akademi
• Lalit Kala Akademi, 
• Sangeet Natak Akademi - 
• an autonomous organization under MOC 
• preparation of the nomination dossiers for the Representative List of UNESCO. 
• Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts
• National School of Drama
• Centre for Cultural Resources & Training
• Zonal Cultural Centres (seven in number)
• Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya
• Anthropological Survey of India
• Ministry of Culture -
• providing financial assistance to artists & institutions involved in promotion/propagation

Schemes 

•  Guru Shishya Pramapara Scheme 
•  Theatre Rejuvenation Scheme 
•  Research and documentation scheme 
• Shilpgram schemes 
• National Cultural Exchange Programme 
• Award to Young talented Artistes 
• Scheme for Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage and Diverse Cultural Traditions of India

Other 

• Ek Bharat Shresth Bharat 
• Hridya 
• Prasad 
• Incredible India
• Swadesh Darshan 

Mission - National Mission on Manu Scripts

International -WHS, Convention on Antiquities

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

S.No.	ICH Element	Year of Inscription
	Tradition of Vedic chanting	2008
	Ramlila, the traditional performance of the Ramayana	2008
	Kutiyattam, Sanskrit theatre	2008
	Ramman, religious festival and ritual theatre of the Garhwal Himalayas, India	2009
	Mudiyettu Mudiyettu, ritual theatre and dance drama of Kerala	2010
	Kalbelia folk songs and dances of Rajasthan	2010
	Chhau dance	2010
	Buddhist chanting of Ladakh: recitation of sacred Buddhist texts in the trans-Himalayan Ladakh region, Jammu and Kashmir, India	2012
	Sankirtana, ritual singing, drumming and dancing of Manipur	2013
	Traditional brass and copper craft of utensil making among the Thatheras of Jandiala Guru, Punjab, India	2014
	Yoga	2016
	Nawrouz, Novruz, Nowrouz, Nowrouz, Nawrouz, Nauryz, Nooruz, Nowruz, Navruz, Nevruz, Nowruz, Navruz	2016
	Kumbh Mela	2017