 Changes in society also brought challenges to the program . For example , in the 1990s Christian groups started to question the need to classify shamanistic rituals as cultural heritage . Patriarchal lifestyle , where the man is the main provider of the family and women stay at home , also influenced " holders " , as housewives started to pick up the preservation of folk traditions also in areas that were previously dominated by men . The government resisted appointing female holders for such predominantly male traditions but was gradually forced to acknowledge them when there were no male practitioners at all , or where the women were significantly more talented than the men . 
