TY - JOUR
KW - Intangible cultural heritage
KW - Nepal
KW - Gurung
KW - heritagization
KW - Internet as heritage site
KW - music as cultural heritage
KW - Tamu
AU - Pirkko Moisala
AB - This article studies the heritagization of Tamu (Nepal) music, between 1975 and 2016. It describes how some musical genres are chosen to be “heritage,” the icons of Tamu distinctiveness and pride. At the same time, traditional Tamu music loses some of its social, religious and economic groundings. The main focus here is on one village, many inhabitants of which have moved to live in diaspora for economic survival. In addition, this article examines how the Internet works as a site of presenting music heritage, expressing belonging and nostalgia. Currently, Tamu organizations work for preserving their cultural heritage. They promise to repair some of the damage caused to Sino-Tibetan (also called Mongolian) Indigenous groups by internal Hinduistic colonialism in Nepal. Heightened demands for Indigenous rights expressed by parties and organizations, such as Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities, established in 2002, have also promoted the urge to safeguard Indigenous intangible heritages.
BT - Alternative-an International Journal of Indigenous Peoples
DA - dec
DO - 10.1177/1177180119890135
LA - English
M1 - 4
N1 - Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc.
N2 - This article studies the heritagization of Tamu (Nepal) music, between 1975 and 2016. It describes how some musical genres are chosen to be “heritage,” the icons of Tamu distinctiveness and pride. At the same time, traditional Tamu music loses some of its social, religious and economic groundings. The main focus here is on one village, many inhabitants of which have moved to live in diaspora for economic survival. In addition, this article examines how the Internet works as a site of presenting music heritage, expressing belonging and nostalgia. Currently, Tamu organizations work for preserving their cultural heritage. They promise to repair some of the damage caused to Sino-Tibetan (also called Mongolian) Indigenous groups by internal Hinduistic colonialism in Nepal. Heightened demands for Indigenous rights expressed by parties and organizations, such as Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities, established in 2002, have also promoted the urge to safeguard Indigenous intangible heritages.
PY - 2019
SP - 321
EP - 329
T2 - Alternative-an International Journal of Indigenous Peoples
TI - Heritagization of Tamu music-from lived culture to heritage to be safe-guarded
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85076141743&doi=10.1177%2f1177180119890135&partnerID=40&md5=2e25a8876ec58cb3ac328a090a3e3c74
VL - 15
SN - 11771801 (ISSN)
ER -