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Mak Yong, a UNESCO "Masterpiece": Negotiating the Intangibles of Cultural Heritage and Politicized I...

Mak Yong, a UNESCO "Masterpiece": Negotiating the Intangibles of Cultural Heritage and Politicized I...

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Mak Yong, a UNESCO "Masterpiece": Negotiating the Intangibles of Cultural Heritage and Politicized Islam

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Mak Yong, a UNESCO "Masterpiece": Negotiating the Intangibles of Cultural Heritage and Politicized Islam

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Nagoya: Nanzan University

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Asian folklore studies, 2020-01, Vol.79 (1), p.67-90

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English

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Nagoya: Nanzan University

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Mak yong is a Malay dance drama once performed for entertainment and healing ceremonies by itinerant theater troupes that traveled throughout northern Malaysia, southern Thailand, and the Riau archipelago of Indonesia. Incorporated into national displays of Malaysian cultural heritage since the mid-1970s, mak yong was declared a Masterpiece of the...

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Mak Yong, a UNESCO "Masterpiece": Negotiating the Intangibles of Cultural Heritage and Politicized Islam

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2426764530

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2426764530

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1882-6865

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