缅甸与泰国跨国民族服饰的功能

Costume Functions of the Cross-border Ethnic Groups Between Myanmar and Thailand

缅甸与泰国跨国民族服饰是人们在适应自然、适应社会和寻求自身发展的过程中创造的,其功能可归纳为三大方面:自然功能、社会功能与历史文化功能。缅泰跨国民族服饰不仅满足了人们的日常需要,也反映了各民族的审美观念及其与自然界之间的关系,是区分各缅泰跨国民族及其支系和社会阶层的重要标尺,并在多种社会关系中发挥重要作用,蕴含了丰富的历史文化信息,于缅泰跨国民族历史文化研究有重要意义。

The costumes of the ethnic groups that live over the border between Myanmar and Thailand are the products of the people's adaption to their environment and their society and their pursuit of self-development.Their functions are threefold,natural,social and cultural-historical.Besides meeting people's daily needs,their costumes also reflect their aesthetics and their ideas of man-nature relationship.Their unique clothing and ornaments serve as a symbol of their ethnicity,sub-branches,and social status.They function importantly in many social interactions,and are heavily loaded with historic and cultural information.Studying the function of the costumes will contribute to the study of the history and culture of the cross-border ethnic groups.