试析土家族摆手舞的教育功能

An Analysis of the Educational Functions of Tujia Hand-waving Dance

土家族摆手舞是流传和盛行于土家族聚居区的一种民间舞蹈,是土家族传统民俗文化的集中体现。从教育人类学的视角看,土家族摆手舞在实现个体社会化和民族文化传承和创新方面具有一定的教育功能。因此,提高对摆手舞在民族传统文化中的作用和重要性的认识,通过将摆手舞融入到民族地区学校的活动课程中或者将摆手舞进行现代性创新,实现土家摆手舞的保护与对土家传统文化的传承,对树立保护民族文化生态的意识具有重要意义。

Tujia Hand - waving Dance is a kind of folk dance quite popular in the areas densely settled by Tujia people, and it also epitomizes the traditional Tujia folk culture. With a perspective of educational anthropology, the author discusses the educational functions of Tujia Hand - waving Dance so as to realize individuals＇ socialization, the inheritance and innovation of traditional culture, and finally puts forward some suggestions on how to save, protect, pass on and develop this traditional cultural heritage.