ritual-clown

Japanese: ritual-clown(英語表記)ritualclown
ritual-clown

…This was probably a way for culture to prevent itself from becoming rigid.
[Ritual clown]
In American Indian societies such as the Pueblo people, masked clowns appear at public ceremonies such as seasonal festivals, along with dancers wearing masks of gods called kachinas. These clowns play a role in mocking and disrupting the ritual solemnity and social values ​​represented by the main characters of the ritual (the kachinas as gods) who are the center of the cultural order.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "ritual-clown" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…それは,文化がみずからの硬直化を防ぐための知恵であったろう。【高橋 康也】
[儀礼の道化ritual‐clown]
 プエブロ諸族などのアメリカ・インディアン諸社会では,季節祭などの公的な儀礼に,カチナと呼ばれる神々の仮面をつけた踊り手とともに,仮面の道化が登場する。これらの道化は,文化的秩序の中心としての儀礼の主役(神々としてのカチナ)が表す儀礼的荘厳さや社会的価値をからかって擾乱(じようらん)する働きを演ずる。…

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