云南德宏景颇族礼仪念词的社会功能

The Reading Words′ Social Functions of the Rituals of Jingpo People in Dehong Area

礼仪是人际关系中应遵守的一种惯例,是人与人在交往中约定俗成的一种习惯做法。云南德宏景颇族重要的礼仪有生育礼、婚姻礼、丧葬礼、收割礼、迁徙礼等。礼仪的每一个步骤都有相关的念词,它们体现了景颇族的人生信仰、道德观、价值观和民俗。在景颇族社会生活中,礼仪念词对组织、协调、凝聚社会成员的关系,规范社会角色、再造人伦、塑造人格具有明显和长远的作用,同时还能强化信仰、塑造道德观念和统一价值规范。

Etiquette is an interpersonal relationship and people shall abide by it as a habit in their communication. Jingpo people＇s important rituals include birth, wedding, funeral, harvest and migration etc. There are relevant reading words in every ritual step, which are the centralized expressions of the Jingpo people＇s life faith, morality, values and folk customs. In their social life, the reading words play an important ritual role, which have obvious and long-term effects on organizing, coordinating and uniting the relationships between the social members, and then regulating social roles, reconstructing ethics and modeling personality. The different elements of the reading words show the Jingpo people＇s fookways from various levels and different perspectives.