Identification/production of intangible heritage in Andaludia. An analysis through the case of the musketeers of the santísimo sacramento of béznar (Granada)

The main objective of this paper is to show that the identification of cultural heritage and the production of cultural heritage are not separate processes, but rather both expressions serve basically the same aim: the allocation of heritage values to certain cultural elements. From the analysis of a case study in which we participated directly, the festival of Béznar Musketeers in the Andalusian province of Granada, we show how certain dimensions and social processes of the fiesta have been transformed into cultural values in the process of identification / production of heritage. Finally, we argue that it is important to enhance heritage as a tool for cultural reflexivity, which, in our opinion, should be the main task of anthropology in this area.