@article{10868,
  keywords = {Social conflicts (THE\_65396)},
  author = {Carol Silverman},
  title = {Macedonia, UNESCO, and Intangible Cultural Heritage: The Challenging Fate of Teskoto},
  abstract = {In Macedonia debates about heritage are played out along the fault lines of ethnic and religious conflict as well as a faltering economy and threats from neighbors about interpretations of history. The country’s 2002 and 2004 failed applications for a UNESCO Masterpiece of Intangible Cultural Heritage and its ongoing submissions of representative lists provide a valuable case study of how rural folklore symbols are selectively adopted into heritage discourse and elevated to iconic status. This essay analyzes Teškoto (the Heavy/Difficult Dance) as featured in two UNESCO Masterpiece applications as well as in village contexts, ensemble performances, an annual staged ritual, and tourist appropriations. The story of how Teškoto became a national symbol but failed to achieve UNESCO status as ICH illuminates the manner in which nationalist discourse shapes performance practices.},
  volume = {52},
  number = {2},
  pages = {233-251},
  issn = {07377037 (ISSN)},
  url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84938836299&doi=10.2979%2fjfolkrese.52.2-3.233&partnerID=40&md5=d4f7086961eca9f95978c63ba7c1ba23},
  doi = {10.2979/jfolkrese.52.2-3.233},
  note = {Publisher: Indiana University},
}