MODERN FOLKLORE STUDIES FOR RE-ORGANIZATION PROCESS OF LOCAL CULTURES THROUGH THE STAGING OF THE FOLK PERFORMING ARTS

本研究旨在通过大型节庆活动，分析各种民间表演艺术被上演和重组为地方文化的过程，并阐明各表演艺术团体在上演背景下的实际情况。研究程序如下。1)研究人员考察了美国关于民俗和伪装概念的理论争论，这两个概念都可以为本研究项目提供有效的框架。2)对2003年广岛第十一届全国地方传统表演艺术节和2004年茨城第十二届全国地方传统表演艺术节进行了参与者观察。3)研究人员还对岩手县北上县的米奇诺民间表演艺术节进行了观察调查，以便与全国规模的节日进行比较。4)最后，研究人员对爱美县Uwajima的Yatsushika-odori(Yatsushika Dance)和香川县Manno镇的Manno Daiko(Manno Daiko)等民间表演艺术团体进行了实地考察。

This research project was to analyze the process in which various folk performing arts are staged and reorganized as local culture through the large-scale festival events, and to elucidate the actual conditions of each performing arts group under the staged settings. The research procedures were as follows. 1)The researcher investigated the theoretical controversy over the concepts of folklorism and fakelore in the Unite States both of which could provide the effective framework for this research project. 2)The researcher made the participant observations on the 11th National Festival of Regional Traditional Performing Arts 2003 in Hiroshima and the 12th National Festival of Regional Traditional Performing Arts 2004 in Ibaraki. 3)The researcher also conducted observing survey on the Michinoku Folk Performing Arts Festival at Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture for the sake of comparison with national scale festivals. 4)Finally, the researcher made some fieldworks on such folk performing arts groups as Yatsushika-odori (Yatsushika Dance) at Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture and Manno Daiko (Manno Drum) at Manno Town, Kagawa Prefecture.