01712nas a2200277   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653001200043653001800055653001600073653001300089653002400102653001600126653002200142653001300164653001900177653001600196100002100212700001900233245012800252856014700380300001200527490000700539520086800546022002001414                                       d10aAlgeria10aAlgerian West10aCelebration10aidentity10aintangible heritage10aPastoralism10acultural heritage10afestival10anomadic people10aPastoralism1 aYazid Ben Hounet1 aSandra Guinand00aThe wa(c)da of sid ahmad majdub and of sidi yahia: the intangible heritage and the semi-nomadic tribes of the algerian west  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84987851347&doi=10.3197%2fnp.2016.200205&partnerID=40&md5=e7d2aab996bfa31e0f97d13f62277d22  a245-2640 v203 aThis article focuses on two feasts traditionally linked to the pastoral and nomadic world of the Algerian West: the wacda of Sid Ahmad Majdūb (daïra of Asla) and that of Sidi Yahia (daïra Sebdu). Organised in honour of local saints, these events reflect at once the vicissitudes of the rural world of the high Algerian steppes, the transformations of identity and the local socio-political relations as well as the effects of the heritage enhancement policies of the local culture. Nomadic and pastoral populations, in Algeria and elsewhere, are increasingly confronted with various heritage enhancement processes initiated by the political authorities in the wake of international recommendations. Using these two examples, we wish in particular to illustrate the idea that the pastoral and nomadic populations both use and preserve heritage-oriented actions.  a08227942 (ISSN)