Research on the Brazilian Popular Culture : Focusing on Religion

今年，我们努力整理去年收集的数据，召开学习会议，撰写文章，并将这些文章翻译成葡萄牙语。邀请巴西的阿梅里科·佩莱格里尼·菲略（Americo Pellegrini Filho）与成员们一起检查葡萄牙语的文章。中卷研究了印度-巴西宗教、日本宗教以及东北部和南部地区的流行文化。他的一篇文章被翻译为“Mutacoes Contemporaneas de Escheroes Japonesas：Principalmente Budismo no Brasil e nos Estados Unidos”。“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累西腓e a Formacao do Folclore Negro no Brasil.“Furuya在马兰豪的一个黑人社区进行了一项研究，并与亚马逊其他地区进行了比较，重点是非洲裔巴西人邪教的传承和拥有。他写了一篇相当长的文章，题为“在'Amszonia' Umbandization：'融入'到巴西？“，其删节版被翻译成葡萄牙语。阿梅里科·佩莱格里尼正在写两篇关于蒂埃特的节日和东南部地区的节日的文章。阿尔贝托·池田根据他在戈亚斯的研究写了一篇文章“Folias de Reis，Sambas do Povo”。Miyao正准备写关于亚马逊河日本殖民地的文化，这个项目打算在不久的将来出版一本葡萄牙语的书，名为“Cultura Popular no Brasil：雷西斯滕西亚，Inovacao e Criacao”。

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.