Culture Change and its Dynamism of Asian Tradition -Focused on Oral Tradition in Laos and Vietnam-

在北方地区的研究结果主要由城市居民表演的传统歌唱戏剧或传统戏剧和音乐艺术，如Ca tru，Hat cheo，Hat tuong，Cai Luong，作为一个整体被吸收。此外，还对一种具有自己音乐的附身仪式--车货车进行了调查，收集了大量关于山地人的资料和文献，为今后的研究提供了必要的资料，并与当地研究人员和越南国家博物馆建立了合作关系，在老挝进行的研究取得的成果对老挝音乐文化的研究和研究作为一个整体已经取得了很大进展。尤其是老挝的主要民族--老娄族（Lao Loum）的著名歌曲音乐，南部的歌叫拉姆，北方的歌叫哈普，几乎所有类型的歌曲文本都通过老挝全国的收集进行了全面的考察。同时也明确了他们的音乐特点和演奏风格的差异。其中有代表性的文本正在与当地研究人员合作翻译中，并将于2000年出版。对于山地民族，特别是北方的阿卡族、苗族、库姆族等，也积累和研究了有关他们音乐文化的资料和文献。一些基础研究将在当地同事的支持下进行和发展。

RESULTS OBTAINED THROUGH THE RESEARCH IN NORTHERN DISTRICTS OF VIETNAMTTraditional sung drama or conventional dramatic and music arts performed mainly by urbanites, such as Ca tru, Hat cheo, Hat tuong, Cai luong, were gasped as a whole. Besides, a kind of possessed ritual with its own music Cheo Van was also investigated.As for mountain people, a lots of information and documents were collected, which will be useful in the next research when the weather condition could be provided.Collaborative connection with the native researchers and with the Vietnam National Museum has been established so that the researches, into music activities of the minorities would be drastically expanded.RESULTS OBTAINED THROUGH THE RESEARCH IN LAOSStudies and research into Laos music culture as a whole has largely progressed. Especially the prominent song music of Lao Loum (the dominant people of Laos), the song in the southern called lam and in the northern called Khap, has totally investigated with the song texts collection of almost all types through Laos country. Their music characteristics and the differences of the performing style were also cleared. The representative texts are being translated under the collaboration with native, researchers and will be in print this year,2000.As for the mountain people, especially of the north, such as the Akha, Hmong, Khum, information and documents on their music culture have been accumulated and investigated into. Some basic studies are to be carried out and progressed with the support of the native co-workers.