진도지역 동제의 특성

Abstract

Considering the actual state of Dong-je(village rituals) that is currently transmitted in Jindo region, the density of transmission is more highly shown in the eastern area than the western area because the cultural conservatism of the eastern area might be working as a characteristic than the western area. Most of the Dong-je transmitted in Jindo is generally called ‘Geori-je(street ritual)’. As a ritual mainly targeting the ghosts(客鬼) who died while staying abroad with no parallel cases in other regions, ‘Geori-je’ was understood as the one with distinct characteristics. In Korea, Jindo is the only place that performs Dong-je called ‘Chung-je’ in summer. As an example that the Po-je(酺祭) imported from China became folk religion, this agricultural ritual called ‘Chung-je’ shows the unprecedented uniqueness in the whole nation. Even though ‘Yeo-je(厲祭)’ that used to be performed as an eupchi-je(邑治祭) by the government was abolished in the whole nation in 1908, the Yeo-je group was privately accepted in Jindo. After combining it with Geori-je, a festival-type Dong-je in which the majority of residents in Jindo-eup participate on the January 15th in the lunar calendar was created, which showed the creative characteristic. When an epidemic broke out, a goblin exorcism participated by only women was performed in Jindo. Despite many problems that have not been solved yet, this is regarded as having a very unique originality. All the Geori-je, Chung-je, Yeo-je, and Goblin Exorcism transmitted in Jindo region are equipped with requirements for Dong-je. This study concentrated on revealing the fact that their foundation of folk thought would be the humanitarianism by fulfilling the evil-defeating function.