米吉肯达人包括居住在肯尼亚沿海地区卡亚森林的九个讲班图语的民族。米吉肯达人通过与圣林有关的口头传统和表演艺术体现自己的特性。这些圣林富含珍贵的药用植物。这些传统和习俗构成了米吉肯达人的道德规范和管理体制,其中包括祈祷、宣誓、丧葬仪式、为新生儿起名、入会仪式、和解、婚嫁和加冕。卡亚森林是防卫森严的居住区,其文化空间凸显了米吉肯达社区的生活传统,即强调同一性、连续性和凝聚力。当地居民根据传统知识和习俗利用卡亚居住区内自然资源,为生物多样性保护做出了自己的贡献。坎比(长老院)负责管理这些卡亚居住区和相关文化表现形式。现如今,米吉肯达人正在渐渐远离卡亚居住区,而选择非正规城市住区。由于土地资源、城市化进程和社会变革的压力,与卡亚居住区有关的传统和习俗在迅速地减少,这极大地威胁到了米吉肯达社区的社会结构和凝聚力,而这两点正是米吉肯达人敬仰和称颂的族群同一性及其延续性的象征。

The Mikkenken people include nine ethnic groups who live in the Kaya Forest in the coastal areas of Kenya. The Mikkenken people embody their identity through the oral tradition and performing arts associated with St. Lin. These holy forests are rich in precious medicinal plants. These traditions and customs constitute the ethics and management system of the Mikkenken people, including prayers, oaths, funeral rites, naming for newborns, initiation ceremonies, reconciliation, marriage and coronation. Kaya Forest is a heavily guarded residential area with a cultural space that highlights the life tradition of the Mikkenken community, emphasizing identity, continuity and cohesion. Local residents have made their own contribution to biodiversity conservation by utilizing the natural resources of Kayas residential areas in accordance with traditional knowledge and customs. Camby (elderly homes) manages these Kaya residential areas and related cultural expressions. Nowadays, the Mijikunda people are gradually moving away from the Kaya residential area and choosing informal urban settlements. Due to the pressure of land resources, urbanization and social change, the traditions and customs associated with Kayas residential areas are rapidly decreasing, which greatly threatens the social structure and cohesion of the Mikkenda community, which is the Miggi The symbol of the identity and continuity of the Kendall people who admire and praise.


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