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MELARA MARTINEZ, Mario Alberto. Arte popular, culturas híbridas y patrimonio inmaterial en El Salvador. El caso particular del payaso Chirajito. Apuntes [online]. 2011, vol.24, n.2, pp.208-221. ISSN 1657-9763.

This article makes a reflection from Intangible cultural heritage about a popular artistic expression, that, for such a long time has gained validity and reconnaissance among Salvadorian community but it is out of official artistic parameters because it's a non academic character. From the question, is or not Chirajito clown Salvadorian intangible cultural heritage? is tackle the historic happening of Clown figure, the gaps in Salvadorian cultural legislation, generic concepts of international conventions, the hybridization that suffer in space and in time this kind of artistic expressions as a globalized but at the same time local, and urban product. Furthermore, the figure of Chirajito clown and his author Arístides Alfaro Samper are tackled from one of the most historic periods of his career. 1980's decade. The civil war left a mark in Salvadorian's collective memory. Chirajito, with his appearance in Jardin Infantil's program did it too. What is preserved to the future? What is forgotten? That is discussed in this article. From the supposition that Salvadorians want to activate and preserve this character's memory, the author gives his own conclusions and proposes ways to do it.

Palabras clave : Cultural diversity; civil war; living human treasures; legal gap; generic concept; memory's activation; hybrid culture; artistic expression; Art and popular culture; Collective memory; Cultural heritage; Multiculturalism - El Salvador.

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