威宁彝族工匠群体“果”支系来源浅析

On the Origin of the "Guo" Branch of the Yi People's Craftsmen in Weining

威宁彝族"果"支系人口较少,已成为边缘化的弱势群体。其族群以篾编行业为突出特征,形成婚姻等社会关系的狭窄纽带。其来源记载很少,与口述历史时空不能对接。从工匠行业的传说中,可知"果"与铁匠"腊够"有不可分割的联系,并同源于古代农耕社会,是"夷濮"、"夷僰"族群的现代遗存。

The population of the ＂Guo＂ branch of the Yi people in Weining is decreasing and be- coming a vulnerable group. It is found that this group of people lives mainly on bamboo product weaving and that their social relationships such as marriage are quite narrow. Through the legends of craftsmen we suppose that the ＂Guo＂ branch is closely related to blacksmiths or ＂Lagou＂ in the Yi language, and that both derived from the ancient agrari- an society, descendants of such ethnic groups as ＂Yipu＂.