Taroko Tribal Music Festival's Drama－Back Stage of Uyas Community Performance in Daily Life

• Main Authors: Cheng-Mei Wu, 巫正梅
• Other Authors: Bin-Min Sung
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/73173599619422068843

碩士 === 國立東華大學 === 觀光暨遊憩管理研究所 === 97 === Based on the theory of front stage and back stage, this research examines the Taroko Tribal Music Festival and distinguishes the front stage presented to the audience from the back stage where performers practice, prepare for performances and live. This study aims to investigate into the empowerment and coordination of the Uyas community and cultural representations in their performances. The research field included the Uyas community near the Taroko National Park and the front/back stages of the Tribal Music Festival. With ethnographical methods, the researcher gained access into the back stage and discovered that two church followers cooperated in the back stage preparation, while the churches conducted performance trainings and coordinated the performers. The young and the old in the Uyas community all participated in the performances to pass down the Truku cultural traditions and identies, to gain skills and empowerment, to spend leisure time and to earn money. With this study, the researcher not only suggests that the Uyas community revise and improve their performances, but also expects the administrators of the Taroko National Park to take concern for the coordination in the front/back stages of the Taroko Tribal Music Festival.