Sustaining Cultural Legitimation through the Theatrics of Power in the Gong Kyai Pradah Ritual

This article examines the ritual traditions that are reconstructed to fit within a tourist agenda in the Blitar Region of Indonesia. The ritual is the purification of Gong Kyai Pradah. Tourism in local areas is a phenomenon that rises with the cultural projects used to create identity. Then, the con...

The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies

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