scholarly journals Negotiating with Authenticity to Ensure Sustainability of Traditional Cultural Festivals: Residents’ Perspectives about Macao’s Drunken Dragon Festival

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 885
Author(s):  
Suh-hee Choi ◽  
Sharif Shams Imon ◽  
Ubaldino Couto
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Economic Benefit ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Cultural Festivals ◽  
Diverse Groups ◽  
Perceptual Factors ◽  
Insight Into

The present study examines the three perceptual factors (cultural, economic, and social) that affect residents’ attitude towards transformation in the search for sustainability. Macao’s Drunken Dragon Festival, China’s intangible cultural heritage, was used as the case. Self-administered surveys were conducted on 378 resident festival participants in 2015 and 692 residents (both participants and non-participants) in 2017. The results show that regardless of previous experiences of participating in the festival, those who perceive more strongly about its cultural values tend to have positive attitudes towards its transformation, which may involve a loss of objective authenticity. Those who perceive more strongly that the festival is exclusive and does not embrace diverse participants are more likely to support its transformation. However, such a perception does not lead to their belief that diverse groups of people should be incorporated into the festival. Only among the non-participants from the sample collected in 2017, the perception that this festival provides economic benefit is associated with positive attitudes towards transforming and incorporating diverse groups of participants. This study provides insight into understanding the residents’ common and differentiated attitudes with regards to how much transformation is necessary to ensure sustainability of a local traditional cultural festival.

scholarly journals Intangible cultural heritage: a benefit to climate-displaced and host communities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gül Aktürk ◽  
Martha Lerski
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Action Planning ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Intangible Heritage ◽  
Resilient Communities

AbstractClimate change is borderless, and its impacts are not shared equally by all communities. It causes an imbalance between people by creating a more desirable living environment for some societies while erasing settlements and shelters of some others. Due to floods, sea level rise, destructive storms, drought, and slow-onset factors such as salinization of water and soil, people lose their lands, homes, and natural resources. Catastrophic events force people to move voluntarily or involuntarily. The relocation of communities is a debatable climate adaptation measure which requires utmost care with human rights, ethics, and psychological well-being of individuals upon the issues of discrimination, conflict, and security. As the number of climate-displaced populations grows, the generations-deep connection to their rituals, customs, and ancestral ties with the land, cultural practices, and intangible cultural heritage become endangered. However, intangible heritage is often overlooked in the context of climate displacement. This paper presents reflections based on observations regarding the intangible heritage of voluntarily displaced communities. It begins by examining intangible heritage under the threat of climate displacement, with place-based examples. It then reveals intangible heritage as a catalyst to building resilient communities by advocating for the cultural values of indigenous and all people in climate action planning. It concludes the discussion by presenting the implications of climate displacement in existing intangible heritage initiatives. This article seeks to contribute to the emerging policies of preserving intangible heritage in the context of climate displacement.

Evaluating intangible cultural heritage: The case of cultural festivals

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 235-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
María José del Barrio ◽  
María Devesa ◽  
Luis César Herrero
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Festivals

Eloquent Plasticity

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 118-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Dylan Foster
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Community Life ◽  
The Third ◽  
New Year’S Eve ◽  
Akita Prefecture ◽  
Religious Elements ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract This paper explores Namahage of Akita Prefecture as it assumes three different instantiations: 1) enactment as a private ritual within individual households on New Year’s Eve; 2) performance as a public festival at a shrine in mid-February; and 3) celebration as an “element” inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. I argue that in the first instance, Namahage is part of a vernacular religious “structure of feeling” in which religious elements are inseparable from community life; in the second instantiation, religion is more explicit and codified; and in the third iteration, religion is only vaguely articulated. Tracing the “same” tradition through different forms provides insight into the changing needs of communities and into the dynamics of change itself. With this in mind, I propose a model called hrönirism through which to broadly conceptualize notions of change and difference within traditions such as matsuri.

scholarly journals O prawniczych kompetencjach Ignacego Czerwińskiego w świetle opinii profesjonalistów. Przewodnik testatora w komentarzach Antoniego Rosbierskiego

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 113-131
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Rygielska
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Surveillance Systems ◽  
Sudden Loss ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Law ◽  
Polish Culture ◽  
Insight Into

Ignacy Czerwiński’s legal competences in the light of the opinions of professionals: Przewodnik testatora in Antoni Rosbierski’s commentsIn this article I present the opinions of Antoni Rosbierski 1764–1815, a jurist educated in Vienna, who worked in the area of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria inter alia as a councillor of court for the aristocracy in Lvov, on the subject of one of the first books of Ignacy Czerwiński 1749–1836, an active lawyer and, later, the author of Okolica Za-dniestrska 1811 which is considered to be the first ethnographic monograph. In Annales Jurisprudentiae pro Regnis Galiciae et Lodomeriae Rosbierski published in Latin a review of Czerwiński’s Przewodnik testatora [A testator’s guide], published in 1818 in Lvov. Until now, it has not been a subject of further studies. Both publications can be considered important sources for the evolution of positive laws in 19th-century Galicia that provide insight into the law culture of that time, which is an important element of the intangible cultural heritage of any society. For this reason, the publication is worth reminding of. Przewodnik testatora may be interesting not only to jurist specialists but also to those researchers of Polish culture who are interested in the problem of the relation between law and custom. It was one of many attempts at giving an answer to the question of how to counteract denationalization in the face of the sudden loss of sovereignty and extensive surveillance systems.

scholarly journals Factor-Based Quantitative Comparison Analysis of the Inheritance of Intangible Cultural Heritage: A Case Study of Kunqu Opera between Chinese Mainland and Taiwan

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Run Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Ming Dynasty ◽  
Chinese Mainland ◽  
Literary Form ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Effective Protection ◽  
Social Trends ◽  
Protection Method

In 1940s, the Kuomintang (KMT) retreated to Taiwan, along with a lot of amateur artists accomplished in singing and dancing of Kunqu Opera. Due to unlike and separate social environments, Kunqu Opera developed into two different ways in Taiwan and Chinese mainland since then. In contrast with Taiwan’s choice to maintain the tradition of Kunqu Opera, especially that of 1930s as much as possible, Chinese mainland turns to modernize this art to cater to social trends. This paper analyses two versions of the same scene “Broken Bridge” (断桥) from Taiwan and Chinese mainland in spoken language, melody, literary form of lyrics, dance, stage set and costumes to try to find the factors that are not changed, which can be understood as the core factors with inherited cultural values of the intangible cultural heritage. Based on these core factors, the effective protection is possible. This research shows that although Kunqu Opera in Chinese mainland is gradually changing, particularly turning realistic as opposed to the one keeping impressionistic in Taiwan, there are some factors almost untransformed: the melody (kunqiang), literary form of lyrics (qupai style), costumes evolving from the dress of Ming dynasty. An effective protection method of Kunqu Opera should put emphasis on these factors.

scholarly journals Intangible cultural heritage as a resource for consolidating modern Ukrainian society

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (S4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Chmil ◽  
Inna Kuznietsova ◽  
Maryna Mishchenko ◽  
Oleksandra Oliynyk ◽  
Violeta Demeshchenko
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Cultural Transformations ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Ukrainian Society

The relevance of this study lied in actualising the issue of increasing the level of social consolidation of Ukrainian society under the conditions of a number of political, economic, social, and cultural transformations. Intangible cultural heritage serves as the main resource for the establishment and development of national consciousness, which, in turn, strengthens integration processes within society. The purpose of the study is to prove the value of intangible cultural heritage in the modern life of Ukrainians and substantiate the need to preserve cultural values in the course of historical development as a powerful ethno-unifying factor. In the course of the study, general scientific methods, namely analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, systematic, and comparative were used for logical and consistent presentation of the material. A critical approach to information allowed comprehensively and thoroughly examining the issue of cultural heritage as a unifying factor. As a result of the study, it was discovered that due to complex socio-political and globalisation processes, there is still a need to preserve the traditional heritage, which is an indicator of cultural independence, proving the uniqueness and originality of each nation. Therefore, in the course of the technologisation of society.

scholarly journals Research on Tourism Development of Intangible Cultural Heritage Based on Game Theory and Three-Party Simulation

2022 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 447-460
Author(s):  
Dandan Qi ◽  
Jiaxin Liu ◽  
Mingliang Li ◽  
Jianjun Li
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Heritage Tourism ◽  
Evolutionary Game ◽  
Cultural Tradition ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Strategic Choices ◽  
Evolution Path ◽  
Tourism Resources ◽  
Cultural Heritage Tourism

Intangible cultural heritage is not only a precious heritage of humans, but also an ancient and vivid historical and cultural tradition, which contains profound cultural values. In the process of development, the development of intangible cultural heritage tourism faces problems such as the inheritors' not actively inheriting, the government's failure to take corresponding incentives and interventions, and the over-development of intangible cultural heritage development enterprises. Starting from the stakeholders participated in the development of non-heritage tourism, this paper constructs three groups of evolutionary game models, studies the strategic evolution path of each subject, and uses simulation experiments to verify. The game results show that the size of the parameters determines the choice of the final strategy, and the strategic choices of the three players are interrelated. Only by taking precise measures from the perspective of different stakeholders, can be the efficiency and reasonable development of intangible cultural heritage tourism resources be achieved and the regional economic development be supported.

scholarly journals Survival of Makyung in Kelantan: The Challenge under the Federal Centric Environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-270
Author(s):  
Nurulhuda Adabiah Mustafa ◽  
◽  
Nuraisyah Chua Abdullah ◽  
Azni Mohd Dian
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
State Government ◽  
The State ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
International Convention ◽  
General Law ◽  
Federal Constitution ◽  
National Heritage ◽  
The Many

Makyung is one of the many traditional performances from the Malaysian region that has shaped the Malay national cultural identity. It has been recognized as one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangibles of Humanity in 2001 as well as part of intangible cultural heritage having significant cultural values propounded by the UNESCO International Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage of 2003 (ICH Convention). However, the State of Kelantan had enacted the Entertainment Control and Places of Entertainment Enactment (1998) (KECE 1998) that clearly prohibits any entertainment containing prohibited elements according to Islamic principles. Currently, the performance of makyung was allowed with certain modifications but recently, there is an intention by the state government of Kelantan to prohibit Makyung totally. It is to be noted that there are overlapping powers between the Federal and the State jurisdictions with regard to the safeguarding of makyung. At federal level, the National Heritage Act 2005 (the NHA) is the existing law in Malaysia for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage inspired by the establishment of the ICH Convention. However, the NHA is a general law that is inadequate at giving comprehensive protection to makyung since heritage matter falls under the Concurrent List of the Ninth Schedule of the Federal Constitution where the State also has the legislative power to make law with regard to the same. In order to address this conflict, there is a need to examine the provisions in the Federal Constitutions, the NHA, KECE 1998 and evaluate to what extent these laws safeguard the performance of makyung. This study examines the conflicts in powers between both Federal and the State Legislations which powers are guaranteed by the Constitution. This study uses the qualitative research method, where a doctrinal research is conducted. This paper contends that, both powers must come to a compromise and meet halfway for the preservation of the heritage.

scholarly journals BUDAYA SIRIH PINANG DAN PELUANG PELESTARIANNYA DI SUMBA BARAT, INDONESIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arief Dwinanto ◽  
Rini S. Soemarwoto ◽  
Miranda Risang Ayu Palar
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Cultural Preservation ◽  
Piper Betle ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Betel Nut ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Kinship System ◽  
Areca Catechu

Sirih pinang dalam tulisan ini mengacu pada sirih (Piper betle L), pinang (Areca catechu L) dan kapur; serta praktik mengunyahnya. Di berbagai daerah di Indonesia, budaya sirih pinang dan nilai-nilai budaya yang terkandung di dalamnya mulai pudar. Namun di Sumba, masyarakatnya masih menanam sirih – pinang dan memanfaatkan sirih pinang dalam kesehariannya, menggunakannya pada praktik ritual, dan acara seremonial. Penelitian ini membahas budaya sirih pinang di Sumba Barat. Kajian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif. Pengumpulan data menggunakan metode observasi, wawancara mendalam dan kajian pustaka. Kajian ini menemukan bahwa sirih pinang di Sumba Barat memiliki beragam fungsi sosial, budaya, ekonomi dan pengobatan. Sirih pinang menjadi simbol penting dalam budaya Sumba. Hal ini terkait erat dengan tatanan yang memengaruhi kehidupan orang Sumba, yaitu kepercayaan Marapu, tempat tinggal (rumah: uma ; dan kampung: wano), serta ikatan kekerabatan (kabisu). Sirih pinang sebagai sumber daya budaya tak benda berpotensi untuk dapat dilindungi dalam kerangka pelestarian budaya melalui sistem perlindungan hukum sumber daya budaya takbenda, yaitu melalui ranah warisan budaya takbenda (WBTB) di Indonesia. Sirih pinang refers to the material (betel nut, areca nut, lime) and its practice of chewing it. Sumbanese, plant and use sirih pinang in their daily lives, and use it in ritual practices and ceremonial events. In various regions in Indonesia, sirih pinang tradition and it’s cultural values began to fade, therefore efforts to preserve sirih pinang tradition are needed. This study uses a qualitative approach. Data collection is carried out through observation, interviews, and literature studies. The results found that sirih pinang has a variety of social, cultural, economic, and medicinal functions. It has become an essential symbol in sumbanese culture. The symbol is related to the system that affects the lives of sumbanese, namely Marapu's beliefs, kampung (village) or uma (rumah) and kabisu (kinship system). In the intellectual property rights system, sirih pinang can be categorized as an intangible cultural resource that can be protected, utilized and developed within the framework of cultural preservation. One of the opportunities of the effort to preserve the intangible cultural resources is through the recognition and acknowledgement of sirih pinang as a shared intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in Indonesia.

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