傣族雅摩及其雅摩文化初探

A Preliminary study of the Yamo of Dai Nationality and Its Culture

傣族是云南省特有的民族之一,主要聚居或散居于云南省的四大江河流域。其中,红河流域傣族至今仍然延续着其古老而深远的原生态文化,其文化的传承靠口耳相传。雅摩由部族中的女祭司演化而来,是傣族社会中一个特殊的文化阶层,她们集多种学问于一身,因此可以在社会中担当宗教组织者和宗教领袖、文化传承人、医生等多个重要且不可或缺的角色。雅摩对促成傣族雅摩教的形成与发展、传承传播傣族文化、维护社会的和谐发挥了重要的作用。

Dai nationality is one of the unique ethnic groups in Yunnan Province.They mainly live in the four river basins in Yunnan Province.Among them,the Dai nationality in the Red River Basin still continues the ancient and far-reaching original ecological culture of the Dai nationality in China.The inheritance of their culture depends on word of mouth,and Yamo plays an important role in it.Yamo evolved from the priestesses in the tribe,and is a special cultural class in the Dai society.They have a variety of knowledge,so they can play many important and indispensable roles in the society,such as religious organizers and leaders,cultural inheritors,doctors and so on.In the development of the Dai society,Yamo promotes the formation and development of Yamo religion,inherits and spreads the Dai culture,and maintains the social harmony.