02128nas a2200301   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653000800043653001100051653002300062653002200085653000900107653001400116653002500130653001100155653001100166653002800177653002200205653001600227653001600243100001800259245012800277856014700405300001200552490000700564520123500571022002001806                                       d10aBos10aFulani10aInland Niger Delta10aInner Niger Delta10aMali10aNostalgia10aPastoral competition10aUNESCO10acattle10acompetition (economics)10acultural heritage10aMaintenance10aPastoralism1 aAnaïs Leblon00aIs pastoralism dead?  between nostalgia, transmission and maintenance of the practice of transhumant cattle herding in mali  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84987853169&doi=10.3197%2fnp.2016.200204&partnerID=40&md5=2f51448cc500a8388c31f056ab270375  a216-2440 v203 aFollowing the inscription of Fulbe transhumance festivals in the Inner Niger Delta (Mali) on the UNESCO List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2005, this article, based on several months of ethnographic research, focuses on the nostalgic evocation of changes in the transhumance practices. By working a step aside from the study of the official discussions of heritage, the author examines how these participants, who see a rupture from an idealised past, define this past and in particular maintain it in the discussions and practices of redefinition and revaluation of pastoralism, both for themselves and faced with representatives of the State and international heritage forums. The study of pastoral competitions, a symbol of lost exemplary pastoral work, serves as an example to analyse the debates surrounding the representations of rivalry and honour at the heart of transhumant pastoral practice in this region, as well as the feeling of loss and marginalisation expressed by the Fulbe cattle owners, reflecting the territorial and land ownership challenges affecting the reclassification of the  Cultural Space of the yaaral and degal  as a  Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity .  a08227942 (ISSN)