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Fostering local identity is seen as a way of differentiating between communities, which, in the context of an ever increasing globalization, tend to become more and more similar. Elements like landscape and popular culture still contribute to keeping and shaping a distinct local identity. Identifying the role played by local identity in the development of a community has a large economic, social and ecological importance. The presence of certain practices, traditions, customs and other events (promotion of traditi...