01853nas a2200217   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653001700043653000900060653001900069653001100088653001700099653002400116100002000140245014800160856015400308300001200462490000700474520113400481022002001615                                       d10aAndean music10aPeru10aSustainability10aUNESCO10aInstitutions10aintangible heritage1 aRodrigo Chocano00aMusical sustainability vis-a-vis intangible cultural heritage: safeguarding and incentives in the Feast of the Virgin of Candelaria, Puno, Peru  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85134212816&doi=10.1080%2f17411912.2022.2093764&partnerID=40&md5=ff3b412d23b9c1533c5a51c93f37a76f  a283-3030 v313 aBoth comparative assessment of the concept of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) and developments in musical sustainability, to ensure the viability of grassroots musical practices, have been important concerns among applied ethnomusicologists over the last decade. This paper identifies some of the challenges in the dialogue between these two approaches from an implementation perspective via the case study of the nomination process of the Feast of the Virgin of Candelaria of Puno, Perú to the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The article analyses the incentives for state officers, music practitioners, and other stakeholders in ICH projects to assess their compatibility with musical sustainability frameworks. I argue that the main challenge in aligning these two approaches resides in the conflicting incentive structures both approaches feature. This paper advances current research on musical sustainability, ICH, and applied ethnomusicology by introducing conceptual developments for the analysis of institutional frameworks, partisan agendas, and decision-making processes.  a17411912 (ISSN)