Abstract
Abstract This article focuses on two feasts traditionally linked to the pastoral and nomadic world of the Algerian West: the wa c da of Sid Ahmad Majdūb (daïra of Asla) and that of Sidi Yahia (daïra Sebdu). Organised in honour of local saints, these events reflect at once the vicissitudes of the rural world of the high Algerian steppes, the transformations of identity and the local socio-political relations as well as the effects of the heritage enhancement policies of the local culture. Nomadic and pastoral populations, in Algeria and elsewhere, are increasingly confronted with various heritage enhancement processes initiated by the political authorities in the wake of international recommendations. Using these two examples, we wish in particular to illustrate the idea that the pastoral and nomadic populations both use and preserve heritage-oriented actions.
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