Dialogue Performance and Re-Establishment of “Tradition” in the Tầm Vu Vegetarian Festival in Long An, Vietnam Contributors:

IF 1.4 Q2 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Le Thi Bich Diep, Nguyễn Ngọc Đan Thanh
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After decades of market-based economic reforms, communal festivals in rural Vietnam have undergone profound changes, reflecting the vitality of the local community. The communal festival held in Tầm Vu (Long An, Vietnam) is such a case. This festival is celebrated to commemorate the local heroes and educate youth about the local traditions; to be able to represent a local region, this festival has gradually added more values through the organisation of ceremonies to pray for the wandering deceased without relatives, purification ceremonies or exorcism. After it was “transformed”, the festival, called “the Vegetarian Festival”, incorporated elements of Confucianism, Buddhism, Caodaism, hero worship and folk beliefs, and indeed became a significant event. In addition, under the thoughtful organisation of the temple executive board, the local people have been participating in an important “dialogue forum” in which individuals, religious groups, the entire community and local authorities are designated as dialogue partners. The local people, through the Vegetarian Festival, strive to re-establish and develop a local cultural identity, which directly contributes to strengthening their common voice in the dialogic forum. By inheriting the theoretical and practical results of past research, this study further investigates case studies and confirms that, once the common voice of the community is respected, the local people become proactive and responsible for maintaining and modifying the “tradition”.
越南龙安Tầm武素食节的对话表演与“传统”的重建
经过几十年的市场化经济改革,越南农村的公共节日发生了深刻的变化,反映了当地社区的活力。在Tầm武(越南龙安)举行的公共节日就是这样一个例子。庆祝这个节日是为了纪念当地的英雄,并教育年轻人了解当地的传统;为了能够代表一个地方,这个节日逐渐增加了更多的价值,通过组织仪式,为没有亲人的流浪死者祈祷,净化仪式或驱魔。经过“改造”后,这个节日被称为“素食节”,融合了儒家、佛教、道教、英雄崇拜和民间信仰的元素,确实成为了一个重要的节日。此外,在寺庙执行委员会的精心组织下,当地人民一直在参加一个重要的“对话论坛”,其中个人,宗教团体,整个社区和地方当局都被指定为对话伙伴。当地人民通过素食节努力重建和发展当地的文化认同,这直接有助于加强他们在对话论坛中的共同声音。本研究在继承以往研究的理论和实践成果的基础上,通过案例研究进一步证实,一旦社区的共同声音得到尊重,当地人就会主动承担起维护和修改“传统”的责任。
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International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies
International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY-
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