우즈베키스탄 고려인 문화연구 - 명절문화를 중심으로 -

Abstract

This paper examines the unique holiday culture of Koryuin formed through cultural contact between Koryuin in Uzbekistan and ethnic groups (Russians and Uzbeks) living in the Eurasian space. The tradition of commemorating traditional holidays in the early diaspora region of Maritime Province has been well preserved even after forced migration in 1937, even after undergoing various transformations in the Uzbek Koryuin community. In the diaspora life of Uzbekistan, the Koryuin holiday has been transformed by exchanging influences between cultures as the period of coexistence with Central Asians prolonged, but has survived while maintaining the traditional basics. As the Uzbek Koreans lived in coexistence with other peoples in the center of Uzbekistan, a multi-ethnic country, the preservation of traditional Korean traditional holidays was further strengthened in a sense of crisis that the community could be destroyed. The traditional culture that the Uzbek Koryuin have kept for a long time is more likely to be maintained when people of the same identity live in a dense gathering. Koryuin knew very well through my early experience of life in the maritime diaspora. Therefore, the central point that brought the Koryuin community in Uzbekistan, which had been separated and dispersed, to gather around a symbol that could be united was viewed as a “traditional holiday”. After the forced migration to Uzbekistan, Koryuin’s holiday commemoration took place around the traditional Korean holidays, the New Year’s Day and Korean food, and Russia’s largest holiday, ‘Novigot’. The customs of the New Year’s Day and the customs of three times, which took place on the 1st of the lunar month, the Korean traditional New Year’s Day, are now disappearing, and the cultures of Russia and Uzbekistan have flowed into Koryuin society, and a performance-oriented New Year’s Day event is held. And the personal holidays that all Koryuin in Uzbekistan celebrate are the “first birthday” and “60th birthday”. In particular, one of the most important personal anniversaries in the life of Koreans in Uzbekistan is the 60th birthday. In fact, the 60th birthday is not celebrated well in Korea, but it is not celebrated in Uzbekistan, but it is a personal holiday. In the past, Goryeo people in Uzbekistan held their 60th birthday, the 60th birthday, as a very important family event. They invited acquaintances and relatives to receive a feast at home.