Revival of Local Festivals and Religion after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Since the Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011, local festivals in the affected area have attracted wide attention as an indication of the population’s recovery. Many nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and other groups have provided financial or human support to revive these local festival...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Religion in Japan
1. VerfasserIn: Kimura, Toshiaki 1965- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill 2016
In: Journal of Religion in Japan
Jahr: 2016, Band: 5, Heft: 2/3, Seiten: 227-245
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Tohoku (Region) / Katastrophe / Hamaichi / Kami / Matsuri / Revival / Geschichte 2011-2013
RelBib Classification:AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik
AF Religionsgeographie
AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion
BN Schintoismus
KBM Asien
RB Kirchliches Amt; Gemeinde
RC Liturgik
TK Neueste Zeit
weitere Schlagwörter:B revival of festivals Shintō Great East Japan Earthquake disasters Miyagi Oshiogori
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Zusammenfassung:Since the Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011, local festivals in the affected area have attracted wide attention as an indication of the population’s recovery. Many nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and other groups have provided financial or human support to revive these local festivals. In the mass media, reports of these activities are frequently edited to depict heartwarming stories. Why was the festival revived? Does it have any meaning for the affected people? Could this trend be interpreted as a revival of religion in Japan after the disaster? In this paper, I examine the process of reviving a large-scale festival held once every twenty years in a coastal village that was seriously affected by the tsunami. My examination uses two sets of concepts: “deductive” and “inductive” rituals, and “monophonic” and “polyphonic” rituals.
ISSN:2211-8349
Enthält:In: Journal of Religion in Japan
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/22118349-00502001