“Cultural villages” constitute laboratories for the reimaginings of local cultures and the remapping of their connections to the state, the region, and the globe. Three “heritainment” tourist shows in East Malaysia contain coded statements about cultural ownership, tribal relations to the state, and the state's relation to international tourist markets.

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