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Of all the Taiwan aboriginal tribes, each has its own shamanistic cultural characteristics. However, in the original aboriginal mythology, there is a story about the Pinuyumayan using only witchcraft to wipe out one tribe, this strong power is hardly seen in other tribes. With the development of science and medicine, as well as the influence of ethnic groups and religions now, the prosperity of witchcraft has gradually shown a declining trend in the past period. In this case, how do we protect the culture and bring them back? James Clifford has pointed out three paths for us to follow; which are connection, performance and translation. By going through these three paths, the aboriginal cultures will have big chances to return. This essay will focus on if this pattern can also fit with the shamanic culture. Badai, a Pinuyumayan novel writer, who has not only brought the shamanic culture of Pinuyumayan Damalakau tribe onto the stage of literature, but also combined his life experience, field research and histories to make the tribe more vivid. Except of the literature, the shamanic culture of Pinuyumayan are also seemed from musical “Taiwan aboriginal musical of puyuma”, which was played at the National theatre in 1992, songs from AMIT and Sangpuy and the paintings from Chen Guannian. We can see there are lots of artworks, which shows us different part of Pinuyumayan culture. This kind of represent way also has a connection between “Return Routes” which was mentioned by James Clifford. This essay will start with an explanation of shamanic, and clarify the connection between shamanic and ceremony of each tribe. It will take us to learn more about the meaning of Shamanism, and the mental health assistance to tribes. Therefore, through the analysis of various forms of Shamanism representation, we know these artistic creations are not only telling everyone "who I am", but also "finding myself" in the process of performance.
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