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Claiming heritage: the Manas epic between China and Kyrgyzstan / Jacquesson, Svetlana

Jacquesson, Svetlana	Journal Article
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In this article I argue that the renewed promotion of the Manas epic in Kyrgyzstan after 2010 should not be reduced to an attempt to consolidate a national identity or strengthen the state by endorsing ethno-nationalism. Instead, since the 2009 inscription of the Manas epic on the UNESCO List of Intangible Heritage by China, Kyrgyzstan has undertaken a full-scale heritagization not only of the Manas epic but also of its other tangible or intangible cultural assets. This heritagization has been shaped by an anxiety that Kyrgyzstan’s most valuable cultural asset might be appropriated by China. By shifting the focus from Manas as a potential national role model to the epic as national heritage, I suggest that Kyrgyzstan’s latest outburst of ‘Manasification’ is better understood as an attempt to resist China’s ongoing attempts to harness the heritage discourse in rewriting the cultural and historical narrative of Eurasia.

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China ; Kyrgyzstan ; Heritage ; Epic ; Manas ; Heritagization

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Common traits in the culture of Kyrgyz and Indian peoples / Bakaevna, Abykeyeva-Sultanalieva Talaigul; Musaeva, Indira

Bakaevna, Abykeyeva-Sultanalieva Talaigul	Journal Article
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2012.

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Central Asia ; Kyrgyzstan ; Buddhism ; Kyrgyz ; Silk Route ; Manas ;
Culture of Kyrgyz ; Indian Mythology ; Aryan Tribes ; Indian Buddhist Culture ; Soviet Union ; History

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Manas and Mahabharata genetic community and differences of two / Abdygany, Sheriev; Nurgul, Ypysheva; Chinara, Toitukova

Abdygany, Sheriev	Journal Article
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2012.

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India ; Mahabharata ; Kyrgyz ; Aryans ; Manas ; Indian Poetry ;
Civil War

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Y 19 manas paoiriia and asa paoiriia / Ahmadi, Amir

Ahmadi, Amir	Journal Article
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2013.

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Yasna 19 contains an Avestan exegesis of the G?thic stanza Ahuna Vairiia, the most revered text in Zoroastrianism. The stanza is traditionally understood to be the essential statement of the religion of Mazd?. Thus, in Y 19 we have a unique opportunity to ask about the significance that the G?th?s of Zarathuštra held for the later Avestan tradition. In what intellectual horizon did Zoroastrian priests place their founding text? Although Y 19 exegesis of the Ahuna Vairiia contains semantic obscurities, it is possible to establish the meaning of the commentary through syntactic and conceptual analysis of two key terms and the phrases where they occur. The article critically examines the earlier interpretations of the text. Having found these inadequate, it proposes a new reading and understanding of the Avestan exegesis. In particular, the article argues that the Avestan exegete understood the G?thic stanza within an eschatological horizon.

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Iran ; Germany ; Zoroastrianism ; Avestan ; Manas ; Paoiriia ;
Yasna ; Intellectual Horizon ; Ahuna ; Viairiia ; Semantic Obscutities ; Zoroastrian Priests ;
Y19 ; Iranian Religion ; Religous Philosophy ; Persian Empire ; History

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