Ethnomusicological Research of Minorities in South Western District of China and in Northern Thailand

该项目一直与过去的项目保持联系：自1980年以来，每隔一年在尼泊尔、锡金、不丹和云南实施一次项目，作为蒙布苏国际科学研究计划下的赠款。从南喜马拉雅国家到印度支那内陆和云南地区，指出了一些共同的特征，不仅是生态、地理上的，而且是文化上的。民族音乐阶段的情况也是如此，尤其是在他们的演唱习惯和风格上。这一次，该项目的重点是泰国北部山区的人民。阿卡人一般属于藏缅语系，他们的祖先在许多地方都是来自云南及其郊区的移民，甚至在今天也保持着与中国相应民族相同的文化。然而，在中国被称为哈尼的阿哈人，因为他们独特的习俗而被称为秋千仪式，这是一年中两个最大的阿卡仪式之一；另一个是新年仪式。前者在庄稼成熟之前举行，被认为是相当女性化的，与后者的男性性格形成鲜明对比。通过该项目，几乎所有秋千仪式的程序都进行了调查，并收集了视听和文学文件。许多相关的歌曲将鼓励我们相信整个山民的歌唱文化。

This Project has been in the links with the past ones : the ones carried out in Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and Yunnan in every other year form 1980, as the Grants under the Monbusho International Scientific Research Program. From the south Himalayan countries to the inner Indochina and Yunnan district, some common traits, not only ecological or geographical but cultural, have been pointed out. Things are true to ethnomusicological phase, especially in their singing habits and styles. This time, the project has focused on the peoples of the hills, Northern Thailand. Intabitants at large belong to the Tibeto-Burman language family, and their ancestors in many parts ar migrants from Yunnan and its outskirts, holding even today culture in common with the counterpart Nationalities in China.The Akhas who are called Hani in China, though, are unique for their peculiar custom of the Swing Ceremony, one of the two biggest Akha ceremonies of a year ; the other is New Year's. The former is performed before ripening of crops and is regarded rather feminine, contrasted with the masculine character of the latter. Through the project, almost all procedure of the Swing Ceremony has investigated and audio-visual, as well as literary, documents have been collected. Agreat many songs concerned will encourage us to believe in the singing culture of the hill people as a whole.