Traditional music of the Dayak Kanayatn: shaping cultural identity amid globalization

Sustaining Gantei: Cultural Performance and Heritage Continuity Among the Mada People of Nasarawa State, Nigeria

Indigenous performance traditions constitute important repositories of embodied knowledge, cultural memory, and communal identity, yet many are increasingly challenged by socio-cultural transformation. This study examined Mada Gantei performance in selected communities in Nasarawa State, Nigeria, focusing on its struct...

The Survival of the Dukuh Indigenous Community Amidst the Modern Crisis: Paradoxical Aesthetics as a Form of Cultural Resilience

This research explores the cultural resilience of the Dukuh Indigenous Community in Garut during modern crises, focusing on the philosophical values of weweling (ancestral advice) written in Pegon script. The study investigates how paradoxical aesthetics serve as a moral compass to guide the community toward simplicity...

NATIONAL IDENTITY IN CONTEMPORARY VIETNAMESE SONGS: FROM THEORETICAL HERITAGE TO THE GOAL OF CULTURAL, PHYSICAL, AND AESTHETIC DEVELOPMENT

This article examines the movement and transformation of national identity in contemporary Vietnamese songs under the multidimensional impact of globalization, while also considering the relationship between the theoretical legacy of musicology and the practical development of the human person. Building on the theoreti...

The Representation Of Mengkanau Cultural Identity In Central Bangka: A Stuart Hall Perspective

This study aims to describe and analyze the representation of the cultural identity of the Mengkanau tribe in Namang Village, Central Bangka, through history, traditions, cultural symbols, and the traditional language, using Hall’s 1997 theory of representation. This study employs a qualitative descriptive method, with...

Formation of a personality in a Сhuvash family: ethnocultural traditions and their transformation

The paper examines the role of the Chuvash family as a key institution of ethno-cultural personality formation. The relevance of the topic stems from the need to better understand the mechanisms of preserving ethnic identity in the context of globalization and the transformation of traditional ways. The family continue...

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