Community Creation by Residents and Tourists via Takachiho kagura in Japanese Rural Area
Community Creation by Residents and Tourists via Takachiho kagura in Japanese Rural Area
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10.4236/sm.2012.23041
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2012-07
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S. Horiuchi
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作者：
S. Horiuchi
由于老龄化、人口减少和生活方式的改变，日本的农村社区正在消失。最近，外来者，如移民，志愿者和游客与居民合作，恢复和维护农村社区。本文利用我在高千穗农村地区的实地考察，在那里日本传统舞蹈神乐是众所周知的，考虑的可能性，居民和游客合作创建共享社区。实际上，越来越多的游客访问高千穗看到神乐。因此，一些舞者怀念“古典”神乐，这种舞蹈几乎只涉及当地居民的亲密互动。尽管如此，许多舞者欢迎游客的涌入及其对社区节日的刺激。一些游客被社区节日吸引到神乐，一些舞者和游客试图在他们的群体之间建立桥梁，创造一个共享的社区。神乐的存在成为连接当地社区成员的重要共同象征。
Rural communities are disappearing in Japan due to aging, depopulation, and changes in lifestyles. Recently, outsiders such as immigrants, volunteers, and tourists cooperate with residents to revive and maintain rural communities. This paper uses my fieldwork in the rural areas of Takachiho, where the Japanese traditional dance kagura is well-known, to consider the possibility that residents and tourists cooperatively create shared communities. Actually, an increasing number of tourists visit Takachiho to see kagura. Consequently, some dancers miss “classical” kagura, which involved almost exclusively local residents in intimate interactions. Nonetheless, many dancers welcome the influx of tourists and its stimulation of community festivals. Some tourists are attracted to kagura at community festivals, and some dancers and tourists have tried to forge bridges between their groups to create a shared community. The existence of kagura becomes an important common symbol that connects members of local communities.