Some governments allocate substantial public funds to preserve intangible cultural heritage—such as traditional crafts, oral storytelling, and ritual practices—arguing that these elements are vital to national identity. Others contend that such investment is unjustifiable when competing priorities like healthcare and education are chronically underfunded. To what extent do you agree that preserving intangible cultural heritage should be *primarily* funded by the state, *rather than* relying on private patronage, tourism revenue, or community self-sustenance?