01109nas a2200133   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260000800043100001900051245012900070490000700199520075500206022001400961       2023                            d  cjun1 aCelia Jiménez00aBrief approach to the situation of basket weaving in Barva (Heredia, Costa Rica): thoughts on in- tangible cultural heritage0 v333 aThe present article presents some of the research results on the validity of the basketry practice in Barva, whose purpose was to explore the ways in which this tradition develops in the present, its links with the past of the canton and how the expression could be valued against to a possible risk of disappearance if it were considered an intangible cultural heritage of this territory. This balance on the state of the manifestation was possible to carry out through a qualitative research based on the testimonies of the tradition bearers, which allowed describing how the practice is developed today and glimpse the situations that would hinder its continuity and warn the symbolic relations of this practice with the context and the community.  a1409-3138