Mōlam (English spelling)

Japanese: mōlam(英語表記)molam
Mōlam (English spelling)

…Many folk performing arts have themes that are dramatized from historical facts, and have been supported by people as contemporary interpretations of the past. In northern Thailand and Laos, molam, accompanied by the khene (sho), and in Nepal, gaine, accompanied by the sarangi, new topics (current affairs) are woven into the past. There are also many folk performing arts with narratives that depict a fictional world, rather than facts or dramatizations of them, and these can often be interpreted as expressing ethics and worldviews such as rewarding good and punishing evil, or dualism. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "mōlam" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…多くの民俗芸能は,史実を脚色した題材をもち,過去に対するその時その時の現代的解釈として人々に支えられてきた。北部タイやラオスでのケーン(笙(しよう))を伴奏とするモーラムmōlam,ネパールでのサーランギーを伴奏とするガイネgaineには,そうした過去とならんで新しい話題(時事問題)なども織り込まれる。また,事実ないしその脚色ではなく虚構の世界を描く物語性をもった民俗芸能も多く,それらはしばしば勧善懲悪,二元論などの倫理観,世界観を表明するものと解釈することができる。…

※「mōlam」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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