依類型 族群 主題   
 
 
2007.06.01 ~ 2008.06.01
原住民文化展演真實性之探討─以太魯閣布洛灣山月村為例
族群: 太魯閣族   
主題: 舞蹈、學術研究、觀光旅遊  
作者 李梅綺
學校系所 中國文化大學觀光事業研究所
地點 花蓮縣 秀林鄉    
研究內容

[ 摘要 ]

近年來,原住民觀光蔚為一股風氣,獨特的文化是吸引遊客的最大動力,而遊客往往對原住民表演感到相當興趣。然而,現今原住民舞蹈中結合不同於傳統的現代元素,常被評斷為商業化且不真實。花蓮縣太魯閣布洛灣山月村為一太魯閣族文化特色飯店,飯店的員工絕大多數為當地的太魯閣族,而飯店內的晚會表演,乃由員工所設計與表演。在這樣形式下的文化展演,對於表演者而言,他們所要展現的是什麼?就遊客來說,什麼讓遊客認為是真實的?為本研究主要探討的內容。

為了要了解表演者及遊客對於文化展演真實性的看法,本研究使用深度訪談詢問表演者與問券調查詢問遊客之觀點,參與觀察法觀察遊客與表演者間的互動情形。

研究結果發現,表演者對於表演內容設計多認為應包含其自身文化特色,且大多認為傳統形式較好,但只要傳統元素不變,加入現代元素仍能真實呈現出太魯閣族的文化。而遊客對於表演多認為較少商業化且自然,大多數遊客亦認為整體表演呈現的只是部分太魯閣族文化,其中尤以舞蹈最為重要,但並不能清楚分辨出哪些是太魯閣族真實文化,且認為實際生活、服裝和故事最能代表太魯閣族真實文化。因此,本研究建議在此類文化展演形式下,表演者應多與遊客拉近彼此的距離,可藉由表演過程中的互動及與原住民的聊天中,藉以了解太魯閣族的文化。

[ 英文摘要 ]

In recent years, aboriginal tourism has been one of the fastest growing tourism markets. The unique aboriginal culture is what tourists are attracted, and many tourists are especially interested in aboriginal dance performance. Aboriginal dance performance that comprises contemporary elements, such as adapted music or forms of dance, is often criticized as being commercialized and inauthentic. However, the debate over the issue of authenticity in the past decades suggests that authenticity is a rather indefinite concept that can be interpreted differently by different people. Leader Village, located at Bruwan in Taroko National Park, is an aboriginal-style hotel, in which most of its staff is local aborigines from the neighborhood area. The evening show in the hotel is designed and performed all by its staff. As to the tourists, is this kind of performance authentic? How do they judge the authenticity of the performance? What about the viewpoint of the performers? This research aims to explore the concept of authenticity in the context of aboriginal dance performance from both the viewpoints of tourists and performers.

In order to fully understand the perception of the performers towards the authenticity of cultural performance, in-depth interviews were adopted, and as to the tourists, the questionnaire survey was conducted. In addition, participant observation was carried out to examine the interaction between performers and tourists.

The result of the research finds that the performers thought that the performance design should be based on their traditional culture. However, most of the native performers interviewed felt that combining contemporary elements into the traditional form of dance was perfectly acceptable. In terms of the tourists, most of them thought that the performance at Leader village Toroko was not very commercial, but they also indicated that they were not able to distinguish the Taroko culture from other aboriginal tribes. An interesting finding is that many interviewed tourists said that they were more touched by story-telling, although dance was the most important part of the performance. The research suggests that the tourists can obtain more profound experiences and better understanding of the Toroko culture from the increased interactions with the performers.