The traditional belief and ceremony in Katripulr of Pinuyumayan

• Main Authors: Hsien-chih Wang, 汪憲治
• Other Authors: Wen-feng Tai
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/35356010307932716845

碩士 === 國立臺南大學 === 台灣文化研究所碩士班 === 98 === This study tries to discuss and observe the intension and ceremonial process of the traditional belief of Katripulr tribe from the nature of original religion, the idea of spirit and the function of sacrifice as well as the idea of taboo. Bedside, the research attempts to analyze the character and sort of the traditional ceremony, the manipulation and interpretation of the traditional spiritual system so as to display the real feature of traditional ceremony of the targeted site. Therefore, in addition to the observation of annual public ceremony, this study through field work also records the process of personal sorcery such as the peaceful ceremony, the divination and the ancestor sacrifice that is showed in the text. In a word, the point of this study mainly focuses on the ceremonial spatial order, the corresponding relationship among the implements, the sacrificial offering and the shaman, and finally the symbolic signification of the traditional ceremony in Katripulr. The study discoveries the ancestry belief developed from the house has extended to the outside and built itself spiritual system and spatial order. In the related ceremony, the constructed ceremonial system continually functions through interpretation and display from one generation to another and now has been the basic element and general idea in the tribal community. In short, this thesis finds that the traditional brief and ceremonial practice of the Katripulr possess some principles which reveal its traditional uniqueness and cultural abundant features.