Research on the Brazilian Popular Culture : Focusing on Religion

这一年，我们努力整理去年收集的资料，召开学习会议，撰写文章，并将这些文章翻译成葡萄牙语。亚美利哥·佩莱格里尼·菲尔霍被邀请从巴西与成员们一起检查葡萄牙语的文章。Nakamaki研究了印度-巴西宗教、日本宗教以及朗多尼亚和阿卡东北部和南部地区的流行文化。他的一篇文章被翻译成《当代日本宗教的变化：巴西的宗教原则》。新井参加了累西腓的一个狂欢节，并调查了它的组织，特别是马拉卡图。他的文章题为“O Carnaval do Recife e a Formacao do Folclore Negro no brazil”。Furuya在Maranhao的一个黑人社区进行了一项研究，并与亚马逊地区的其他地区进行了比较，重点是非洲裔巴西人邪教的转移和拥有。他写了一篇相当长的文章，题为“亚马孙地区的非殖民化：融入巴西？”，并将其删节版翻译成葡萄牙语。Americo Pellegrini正在写两篇关于节日的文章，比如Tiete的Festa do Divino和东南部地区的Folia de Reis。阿尔贝托·池田（Alberto Ikeda）根据他在戈亚斯的研究写了一篇文章《森林，桑巴做波沃》（folas de Reis, samba do Povo）。宫瑶正准备写一篇关于亚马逊地区日本殖民地文化的文章。这个项目打算在不久的将来用葡萄牙语出版一本名为《巴西流行文化：抵抗、创新和克里亚考》的书。

This year, we endeavred to arrange data collected last year, held study meetings, wrote articles, and translated these articles into Portuguese. Americo Pellegrini Filho was invited from Brazil to check the articles in Portuguese with the members.Nakamaki researched into Indio-Brazilian religion, Japanese religion, and popular culture of northeastern and southern regions in Rondonia and Acre. One of his articles has been translated as "Mutacoes Contemporaneas de Religioes Japonesas : Principalmente Budismo no Brasil e nos Estados Unidos."Arai participated in a carnival in Recife and looked into its organization, especially Maracatu. His article is entitled "O Carnaval do Recife e a Formacao do Folclore Negro no Brasil."Furuya carried out a research in a black community in Maranhao and compared with other regions of Amazonia, focusing on transe and possession of Afro-Brazilian cults. He wrote a rather long article entitled "Umbandization in 'Amszonia' : 'Integration' into Brazil?", and its abridged version was translated into Portuguese.Americo Pellegrini is writing two articles on festivals such as Festa do Divino in Tiete and Folia de Reis in the southeastern region. Alberto Ikeda has written an article "Folias de Reis, Sambas do Povo" based on his research in Goias. Miyao is preparing to write about the culture of Japanese colonies in Amazonia.This project intends to publish a book in Portugues entitled "Cultura Popular no Brasil : Resistencia, Inovacao e Criacao in the nearest future.