# List of Intangible Cultural Heritage elements in Mexico

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) identifies intangible cultural heritage as the "non-physical traditions and practices that are performed by a people". As part of a country's cultural heritage, they include celebrations, festivals, performances, oral traditions, music, and the making of handicrafts. The "intangible cultural heritage" is defined by the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, drafted in 2003 and took effect in 2006. Inscription of new heritage elements on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists is determined by the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, an organisation established by the convention.
Mexico ratified the convention on 14 December 2005.

## Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
### Representative List

| Name | Year | No. | Description |
| Indigenous festivity dedicated to the dead | 2008 | 00054 | Day of the Dead, as practised by the indigenous communities. |
| Ritual ceremony of the Voladores | 2009 | 00175 | The ritual of the Voladores consists of dance and the climbing of a 30 metres (98 ft) pole from which four of the five participants then launch themselves tied with ropes to descend to the ground. |
| Places of memory and living traditions of the Otomí-Chichimecas people of Tolimán: the Peña de Bernal, guardian of a sacred territory | 2009 | 00174 | |
| Traditional Mexican cuisine - ancestral, ongoing community culture, the Michoacán paradigm | 2010 | 00400 | |
| Parachicos in the traditional January feast of Chiapa de Corzo | 2010 | 00399 | Parachicos are traditional dancers from Chiapa de Corzo who dance on the streets of the town during the Grand Fiesta festivities, which take place from January 15 to 23 every year. |
| Pirekua, traditional song of the P'urhépecha | 2010 | 00398 | |
| Mariachi, string music, song and trumpet | 2011 | 00575 | Mariachi is an ensemble of musicians that typically play ranchera, the regional Mexican music dating back to at least the 18th century. |
| Charrería, equestrian tradition in Mexico | 2016 | 01108 | Charrería, also known as Jaripeo, is a sport and discipline arising from equestrian activities and livestock traditions used in the haciendas of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. |
| La Romería (the pilgrimage): ritual cycle of 'La llevada' (the carrying) of the Virgin of Zapopan | 2018 | 01400 | The romería of the Virgin of Zapopan is an annual pilgrimage from the Guadalajara Cathedral to the Basilica of Our Lady of Zapopan. |
| Artisanal talavera of Puebla and Tlaxcala (Mexico) and ceramics of Talavera de la Reina and El Puente del Arzobispo (Spain) making process + | 2019 | 01462 | The processes of making the artisanal talavera of Puebla and Tlaxcala (Mexico) and ceramics of Talavera de la Reina and El Puente del Arzobispo (Toledo, Spain) |
| Bolero: identity, emotion and poetry turned into song + | 2023 | 01990 | Bolero is a genre of song which originated in eastern Cuba in the late 19th century as part of the trova tradition |

### Good Safeguarding Practices

| Name | Year | No. | Description |
| Xtaxkgakget Makgkaxtlawana: the Centre for Indigenous Arts and its contribution to safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage of the Totonac people of Veracruz, Mexico | 2012 | 00666 | |