장흥군 사촌리 堂祭를 사례로 본 생태민속학적 지평

Abstract

An ecological approach could be understood as a positive reaction about natural and humane environment and what it figures this out. It would be a methodology of cultural ecology that we make an issue of confrontal method on cultural pollution before looking into a humane approach about ecology. Moreover this would be a meaning of traditional culture and ecological folklore. Sachon village is located in the south coastal area of Anyangmyeon, Jangheunggun. Keun-do(a big island) is connected with a bridge to Jakeun-do(a small island) where was in sea but becomes a land by a reclamation. Owing to this reason, the ritual of Keun-do changes. Dangsan is recognized with the naming of divinity. A divinity has a different story according to informers, but there is to be comparatively accorded in their understanding about divinity. That is, they understand divinity as a family relationship; centering on Dangsan Grandmother who could be said as a main Dang, there is the eldest son's or an younger grandmother's Dangsan and the youngest descendant under the Dangsan Grandmother. Sachonri became a reclaimed land from the place in sea. With the ecological point of view, there was a very big change from sea to land. The change could mean the change of a land as well as the causing of the change of the residents' recognition. In addition, this could be presumed to have a close relation with the change of the ritual accomplishments that have been traditionally performed. It would be an approach method of an ecological folklore to pursue these changes and find out the meanings. The characteristic in the ritual accomplishments is on emphasizing a rhythmic feature and a Bukgoo-noleum(a drum play). We can say that Sachon-ri realizes these ecological functions with an instrumental rhythm of folk music. This also means to contain a defensive function against the invasion of pollutants like the invasion of enemies or epidemics. Especially, it will be necessary to discuss the understanding of the instrumental rhythm more deeply because what the rhythm symbolizes has prevented and protected residents' settlement space from a pollution by an establishment as a permanent preserve space. The persistence of tradition and the resistance from the Growth First Theory would be an identical worth to be able to bind with the name of ecological folklore. That is, this is the defense mechanism to minimize cultural pollution, and to protect from the pollution of the village's ecological landscape positively.