01249nas a2200121 4500000000100000000000100001008004100002100001200043245015600055856015400211520074900365022001301114 2023 d1 aS. Toji00aFloating sentiments: silence and memory in the encounter between the celebration of Tooro Nagashi and the intangible cultural heritage policy in Brazil uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85148570413&doi=10.1080%2f13527258.2023.2181378&partnerID=40&md5=217c78f5b322b295668af85ec2ee761a3 aTooro Nagashi is a cultural practice performed by groups of Japanese descendants in the Ribeira Valley in Brazil. Based on the notion of ‘friction’, the paper describes the encounter between the Brazilian policy of intangible cultural heritage and the celebration. It identifies points of engagement through which new accounts and unsuspected silences involving the performance and its history emerge, revealing how historical traumas associated with global war and state repression inform the experience of these groups of Japanese descendants. In acknowledging this sensitive history, the analysis also discloses the complexities of the celebration of Tooro Nagashi challenging the standards of the Brazilian intangible cultural heritage. a13527258