2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study on the New Religious Movement and the Reconstruction of Folk Knowledge of the Iu Mien of Northern Thailand.
Project/Area Number |
26370944
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Cultural anthropology
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Research Institution | Tokyo Gakugei University |
Principal Investigator |
YOSHINO Akira 東京学芸大学, 教育学部, 教授 (60230786)
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Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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Keywords | ユーミエン / 新宗教現象 / 女性シャマン / 女性の儀礼参入 / 歌 / 相補的展開 / 民俗知識の再編 / 廟 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
A new religious phenomenon occurred in the Iu Mien society of northern Thailand. It has features as follows: 1) The construction of permanent shrines. 2) Female shamans conducting rituals. 3) Conducting rituals by songs. There were no such features in traditional rituals. They constructed new religious rituals by restructuring traditional ritual knowledge and knowledge of songs. Its activities were developed as complements of the traditional rituals.
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Free Research Field |
社会人類学
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