桂西北少数民族"巫舞"之文化研究

桂西北是一个多民族聚居的地区,由于长期生活在相对闭塞的社会环境里,对大自然的无穷奥秘及人的生老病死感到变幻莫测,从而产生一种对能控制各种不可预料现象的超能力的向往,由此而产生的“鬼神崇拜“,这种“鬼神崇拜“主要是通过一个祭祀仪式——巫舞来表现的,“巫舞“的形式多样,内容丰富,是少数民族传统文化的“活化石“,研究和探索“巫舞“的形成条件和文化内涵,对了解和保护该地区的历史文化,具有一定的价值。

On the Mediumistic Dance in Northwestern Guangxi and Its Culture Origin

Northwestern Guangxi is a multi-nationalities region.Having been living in such a relative unenlightened area,and puzzled by the endless mysteries of the nature as well as the life of human being,the people here have been longing for a super-ability which can control varied unforeseeable phenomena.Consequently,the spirits-and- gods worship generated,which has been illustrated mainly by mediumistic dance,a necromancy ritual.There are varied forms and connotations in mediumistic dance which can be called as the living fossil of the traditional culture of minority.To better understand and protect the local culture,it is quite necessary to study the conditions and cultural connotations of mediumistic dance.