Re-mooring the tradition of Broome’s Shinju Matsuri
| Autor: | Lorna Kaino |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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| Zdroj: | Rural Society. 15:165-175 |
| ISSN: | 2204-0536 1037-1656 |
| DOI: | 10.5172/rsj.351.15.2.165 |
| Popis: | The paper explores ways in which Broome’s annual festival, Shinju Matsuri has been ‘re-moored’ since it began in 1970. The commercial imperative that has driven this festival since seems set to continue. However, Shinju Matsuri has also nurtured the cultural identity and cultural development of ‘Broome people’, who briefly ‘re-moored’ it in the 1990s and successfully reclaimed its traditional roots.This paper is partly based on longstanding ties that I have with the Japanese community in Broome and its sister-town, Taiji, in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. In 1969 I was an invited guest to the traditional O’Bon, the Hung Seng and the Mederka festivals in Broome; and I have observed Shinju Matsuri, the hybrid version of these festivals, in 1982 and 2004. I have also observed various Buddhist festivals in Taiji and Tokyo in Japan. My methodology for this paper is largely informed by my role as a participantobserver, as a resident and visitor to Broome and Japan from the 1960s until 2004. Local newspaper... |
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