老挝克木族铜鼓考察

克木族主要居住在老挝北部,是现今仍在"使用铜鼓的民族"。国内外学术界对老挝铜鼓情况了解甚少,通过对老挝馆藏铜鼓和克木族铜鼓文化的考察发现,老挝博物馆收藏有较多数量的铜鼓,这些铜鼓大多数为黑格尔Ⅲ型鼓,即中国学者所称的"西盟鼓"。老挝克木族地区经济发展缓慢,村社文化保持着封闭性、凝固性、稳定性的特征,尽管老挝在其历史发展过程中不断受到外来文化的冲击,但铜鼓文化在克木族聚居区仍保存较好。目前,铜鼓仍被广泛地用于求雨、占卜星象、祈求丰收、祈福等各种仪式。

The Investigation of Bronze Drum of Kemu in Laos

Kemu nationality lives mainly north of Laos. They still use the bronze drum nowadays. The academic circles of domestic and foreign have known very few to the bronze drum of Laos. Through investigating the bronze drum of Lao collection and the bronze drum culture of Kemu, we have discovered that the museums of Laos have collected more quantities bronze drums. These bronze drums are mainly Hegel III drum, namely "west pledge drum" which the Chinese scholar called. The economy developed slowly of Kemu area in Laos. The village community culture is keeping the characteristic of seal, solidification and stable. Although Laos was unceasingly impacted by external culture in its historical development process, the bronze drum culture still preserved well in the Kemu community. At present, the bronze drum still used widely in all kind of ceremony such as praying for rain, divining by astrology, praying for harvest, prays and so on.