古代琉球舞蹈文化功能研究

Research on the Cultural Function of Ancient Ryukyu Dance

本文以环太平洋西岸琉球舞蹈为例,运用文化人类学家马林诺夫斯基的文化功能理论与方法,对环太平洋西岸的琉球舞蹈种类形式、琉球舞蹈对琉球人的基本生存需要、衍生需要及综合需要的文化功能进行了分析。经研究发现,舞蹈作为人类精神文化的一个类型,能够对人类不同时期的需要而发挥其独有的功能。时代发展到今天,世界面临着各种挑战。琉球舞蹈能够为满足琉球人的互联互通、资源共享、合作共赢与要和平、不要战争、构建人类命运共同体的综合需要方面,发挥其组织社会力量的功能。

This paper takes Ryukyu dance on the west coast of the Pacific Rim as an example,and uses the cultural functional theory and method proposed by the cultural anthropologist Malinowski to analyze the cultural functions of ryukyu dance in meeting the basic survival needs,derived needs,and comprehensive needs of the Ryukyu people.The study found that as a type of human spiritual culture,dance can play its unique role in meeting the needs of different periods of human history.In today's world facing various challenges,Ryukyu dance can play its organizational power in meeting the comprehensive needs of the Ryukyu people,such as interconnection,resource sharing,cooperation and win-win,and the construction of a community of shared future for mankind.