How alive is it?
Living, revived, fading, historical, legendary or performed. This is not a ranking of worth: it says whether people still do it.
LivingPractised today by communities who hold it as their own.139RevivedLost or suppressed, then taken up again, often in a new form.4FadingKnown and still practised, but with fewer practitioners each generation.3HistoricalDocumented in the past; no continuous living tradition today.78LegendaryKnown from myth, story and legend rather than from recorded practice.25PerformedAn art of entertainment: everyone present knows it is a trick.2