민속문화 축제 가면(假面)・가장(假裝)의 이미지 표현에 대한 연구

Abstract

A festival is a space for complex culture of the era, where the past coexists with the future, and where efforts are made to seek newmeanings of tradition and playfulness based on the origin. Festivals give essential vitality to everyday life. Since ancient times, humanbeings have believed in an absolute power that will determine their fate, and held ceremonies to deify and worship him while makingwishes, and this is considered as the origin of festivals. A festival implies religious tradition, and combines festive days where wishes aremade and congratulatory ceremonies are held with fete days where gods are worshiped in addition to entertainment. As fete days haveperiodicity, and those established in previous generations are passed down to the next generation, tradition and periodicity are emphasized infestivals. From a ceremonial perspective, a festival adopts certain forms such as regional characteristics, ethnological ceremonies, parades,music and dance, and ceremonial factors are included in the costumes or masks. The deity is an inherent part of a festival, and practicalityof everyday life is implied to create a space featuring costume, symbols, dance, rhythm, foods and beverages. Traditional costumes andmasks have diversified significance in a festival, and serve as a means of expressing not only the characteristics, customs and tradition of afestival, but also of representing the deity. This study is focused on examining the practice and ceremonies in a festival and describing thetraditional characteristics of masks and costumes, as well as the images that express tradition and artistry based on the diverse meanings offestivals. The study also aims to determine the significance of the masks and costumes used in festivals, and pursue diversity of designbased on traditional image motifs.