01410nas a2200181   4500000000100000008004100001653002500042653002200067653002500089653003300114653002000147653002800167100001400195245012800209856016100337300001200498520071800510       2022                            d10aIslam and censorship10aUNESCO convention10aCommunity engagement10aIntangible cultural heritage10anational policy10aspectacles of tradition1 aT.S. Beng00aCommunity Engagement as a Site of Struggle: UNESCO Conventions, Intangible Cultural Heritage, and State Agendas in Malaysia  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85144459647&doi=10.1093%2foso%2f9780197609101.003.0008&partnerID=40&md5=f7bcee48f188aa98449e90afc83a177f  a139-1573 aIntangible cultural heritage (ICH) and community engagement are sites of contestation. This chapter discusses the complex intersections between the international UNESCO inscriptions and conventions, top-down national policies over the representation of art forms, strategies of local state governments, banning of forms by religious authorities, and the engagement of local cultural bearers in sustaining their ICH. It looks at the development and destinies of the Mak Yong dance theatre of Kelantan (inscribed as a “Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity” in 2005) and the multicultural ICH of George Town (inscribed as a World UNESCO Site together with Malacca in 2008) as case studies.