试析彝族原始宗教舞蹈

An Analysis to the Original Religious Dancing of Yi People

彝族是一个能歌善舞的民族,原始宗教舞蹈艺术和其他文化艺术一样有着悠久的历史,原始舞蹈源于远古生产劳动、宗教祭典和其他社会生活的彝族舞蹈。从其所表现和反映的形式和内容考察看:彝族原始宗教舞蹈,起初最明显的是为了娱神、祈年或祛鬼,或期盼五谷丰收,祝愿灵魂安宁或人畜康泰,因之向神灵祈求。彝族先民原始宗教舞蹈已经不局限于自娱性,而是发展到具有一定技巧的可供观赏的表演性艺术。

Yi People is good at singing and dancing. As other cultural arts, the original religious dancing has a long history, and it originated from the ancient productive labor, religious fiesta and other social life of Yi people. Investigating the form and content of what it expresses and reflects, the original religious dancing of Yi people prays manito for amusing manito, the coming year, removing ghost, expecting a good harvest,calmness of soul and health of human and animal. The original religious dancing of Yi ancestors is not limited to self - amusement, but it has developed as a performing art with a certain technique for watching.