Historical Power Imbalances and the Branding of Vannam Dances as Sinhalese Cultural Heritage

Vannam is a genre of music and dance associated with the Sinhalese ethnicity of Sri Lanka. This article takes the historical development of vannam as a lens to focus on inter-ethnic cultural politics in Sri Lanka and its postcolonial contexts, offering nuance to widespread ideas about cultural heri...

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Main Author: Eshantha Peiris
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2024-12-01
Series:Muzikološki Zbornik
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/MuzikoloskiZbornik/article/view/19619
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