Anthropological Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage

A decade after the approval of the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), the concept has gained wide acceptance at the local, national and international levels. Communities are recognizing and celebrating their

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Lourdes Arizpe Cristina Amescua Editors

Anthropological Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage

Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura

Cátedra UNESCO de Investigación sobre Patrimonio Cultural Intangible y Diversidad Cultural Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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Editors

Anthropological Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage

Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura

Cátedra UNESCO de Investigación sobre Patrimonio Cultural Intangible y Diversidad Cultural Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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Editors Lourdes Arizpe Cristina Amescua Centro Regional de Investigaciones Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Cuernavaca Morelos Mexico

The cover photograph shows Chinelos at Yautepec’s Carnival (2009). The photograph was taken by Rocı´ o Hidalgo and is here reproduced with the permission of the photographer.

ISSN 2193-3162 ISBN 978-3-319-00854-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-00855-4

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