Abstract: Toshidon is a “visiting deity” (raihoshin) ritual that takes place every New Year’s Eve on a small island off the southwest coast of Japan. Performed for purposes of education, Toshidon is an event in which groups of me…
Abstract: Vimbuza, one of two Malawian dance forms inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2008, is a healing ritual practiced by Tumbuka people in Malawi’s northern region. …
Abstract: This study examines a South Korean shamanic ritual to explore how UNESCO recognition complicates preexisting discourses concerning the interface of cultural and economic values in heritage making and heritage maintenanc…
Abstract: Kutiyattam Sanskrit theater of Kerala state was recognized as India’s first UNESCO Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2001. Looking back a decade later, how has UNESCO recognition impacted bo…
Abstract: This essay briefly introduces this special issue, outlining the context for UNESCO’s 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and its accompanying Representative List. It explains that th…
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