琉球における集落形成過程の一考察-古宇利島の聖地と祭祀を事例として-
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The formation process for villages in Ryukyu differs from other regions and isunique. Groups related through blood play an extremely important role in theestablishment of a village and its social organization. Even today, patrilineally related groups, known as monchu, still exist. The essay explores the characteristics of theconstruction of space and village formation by focusing on the rituals and distribution of sacred ground in the blood-related villages and village formation on Kori Island in northern Okinawa Prefecture. The distribution of the sacred grounds accounts for the present existence of sacred grounds known as utaki that are scattered around thevillages. It is clear that blood-related groups once existed in the vicinity of these utaki. Specifi c consanguine groups successively inherited the responsibility of conducting the rituals in a role known as kaminchu, a practice that still continues. It is therefore possible to identify the deep relationship between village formation and ritual. Similarlyconstructed rituals occur in different ritual spaces, which substantiates the idea that this ritual took shape with the consolidation of the Kori villages.
- 2012-02-01