A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE MODERN TRANSFORMATION OF SOUND CULTURE AND PERFORMING ARTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA.

(1)我们调查并记录了中东和北非阿拉伯国家声音文化和表演艺术的真实的状况。(2)我们制作了埃及西奈半岛阿拉伯方言词典。(3)我们在中东和北非的阿拉伯国家进行了几次民俗学的个案研究。(4)我们试图弄清楚阿拉伯-伊斯兰的思维方式。(5)在国家民族学博物馆，我们正在利用在中东和北非实地考察中获得的阿拉伯国家的声音文化和表演艺术材料建立一个数据库。(6)研究结果可以概括如下：（1）阿拉伯人在日常生活的各个阶段都有“阿拉伯式”的思维方式。(b)东阿拉伯（mashriq）和西阿拉伯（maghrib）在声音文化和表演艺术方面各有不同的风格。即使在今天，尽管西方化程度很高，但他们仍然保留着阿拉伯-伊斯兰教的独特特征。

(1) We investigated and recorded the real state of sound culture and performing arts in the Arab countries of Middle East and North Africa.(2) We made the dictionary of Arabian dialects in Sinai Peninsula of Egypt.(3) We made several case studies of folklore in the Arab countries of Middle East and North Africa.(4) We tried to make clear the thinking style of Arab-Islam.(5) At the National Museum of Ethnology, we are making a data base by the materials of the sound culture and performing arts in the Arab countries, which were gained in Middle East and North Africa fieldwork.(6) The findings of the research can be summarized as follows :(a) The Arab have "arabesque" thinking style in every phases of their everyday life.(b) East Arab (mashriq) and West Arab (maghrib) have each differnt styles in their sound culture and performing arts.(c)They retain distinctively the identity of Arab-Islam even today, inspite of the strong westernization.