지역민속에 의한 지역문화 창출의 준거와 방향 -안동지역의 네 가지 민속문화를 중심으로

Abstract

This study seeks to suggest directions for the development of the local culture based on local folk customs. It is better, in this case, to deal with the issue using a specific material, rather than suggesting an abstract discussion in an attempt to cover various examples. Therefore, this study suggests standards and directions for the development of local culture using the four folk cultures prevalent in the Andong area, where I reside: Hahoebyeolsingut, Dongchaessaum, Notdalibalgi and Seongjupuli. The Hahoebyeolsingut, a village rite of exorcism, belongs to the smallest category of folk culture. However, it is expanding itself to become a local culture, and even a form of global culture. On the contrary, Dongchaessaum and Notdalibalgi are local cultures, but they have yet to expand beyond their initial confines, and are only being officially performed in the local festivals. Seongjupuli does not even have such opportunities for display. Although Andongis the place of origin of the Sung-ju faith, and the center of faith, Seongjupuliis not inherited as a local culture. The present state of the Andongculture is that even as the faith of the people has died, the faith of the village has become globalized. Therefore, the cornerstone of the development of the local culture should be the Hahoebyeolsingut. There is a synergy effect with regard to the Hahoebyeolsingut, since the masks, the dance, and the village are all enlisted as national treasures separately. Also, the dance has been guaranteed to run on a continual basis, and in various official performances. Therefore, other folk cultures also have to be enlisted as national treasures, so that their performances can be guaranteed on an official and periodical basis. Seongjupuli has the weakest transmission rate of all the folk cultures being discussed here. But if the exorcism performance, and the locality of the origin of Sung-ju, are all enlisted as national treasures, then this becomes another matter. The impact of this would be even more significant if Seongjupuli is guaranteed to run on an official and periodical basis accompanied by such activities as the establishment of the museum of Sung-ju faith, the Sung-ju Park, and the Sung-ju exorcism performance festival. With all these efforts, the area can definitely develop into the Mecca of the Sung-ju faith. Globalization of the Hahoebyeolsingut should not in itself satisfy us. This is because it has lost its original function and meaning as a folk culture. Also, those who transmitted this culture, while they have inherited the form and technique of the dance, did not inherit the original spirit. Therefore, we should not stop at transmitting the original cast of the folk culture. Instead, we should strive to recreate it, having understood and absorbed its spirit, and adopt the present context. Only when we create our own new culture based on the creative power of the local culture, will the development and growth of the local culture be truly possible. Therefore, the development of local culture should be based on the understanding of the inner principles of the workings of folk culture.