ABSTRACT

Through the case of intangible cultural heritage of Kalbeliya dance and songs of India, this paper argues that tourism can profoundly affect intangible heritage as well as its practitioners or bearers. In-depth interviews and observation were employed to collect data for this paper. Findings show that tourism has led to drastic changes in the aesthetic content of Kalbeliya performances as well as the context in which they are performed due to their increased production in commercial settings leading to their commodification. Kalbeliya performers, who should ideally act as active agents as heritage practitioners, are also marginalized culturally from their own performing traditions. Among positive consequences of tourism, results reveal limited economic benefits for Kalbeliya performers and their improved self-esteem as cultural custodians which has also remained limited to a few popular Kalbeliya performers.

摘要

本文以印度卡贝利亚歌舞非物质文化遗产为例，论证旅游业对非物质遗产及其从业者或承载者的影响深远。本文采用深入访谈和观察来收集数据。研究结果表明，旅游业导致 Kalbeliya 表演的审美内容以及表演环境发生了巨大变化，因为它们在商业环境中的产量增加导致了它们的商品化。Kalbeliya 表演者，理想情况下应该作为遗产从业者的积极代理人，在文化上也被他们自己的表演传统边缘化。在旅游业的积极影响中，