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Significant historical, global, and political forces of the Soviet period undermined the performance practice of the Sakha olonkho epic in northeastern Siberia, impairing the potential for sustainability of this ancient song-story tradition.

This work documents how the Sakha people have leveraged UNESCO's 2005 proclamation of this genre as a 'Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity' in their attempts to revitalize its performance practice.

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Product Details
University of Illinois Press
0252099885 / 9780252099885
eBook (EPUB)
894.3
13/10/2017
English
202 pages
Copy: 10%; print: 10%
Reprint. Previously issued in print: 2017 Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 5, 2018).