Why Do Sufferers of Great Earthquake Conduct the Traditional Events?

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  • なぜ大災害の非常事態下で祭礼は遂行されるのか
  • なぜ大災害の非常事態下で祭礼は遂行されるのか : 東日本大震災後の「相馬野馬追」と中越地震後の「牛の角突き」
  • ナゼ ダイ サイガイ ノ ヒジョウ ジタイ カ デ サイレイ ワ スイコウ サレル ノ カ : ヒガシニホン ダイシンサイ ゴ ノ 「 ソウマノウマオイ 」 ト チュウエツ ジシン ゴ ノ 「 ウシ ノ ツノツキ 」
  • Lessons from <i>Somanomaoi</i> after Great East Japan Earthquake and <i>Tsunotsuki</i>-Bullfighting after Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake
  • ――東日本大震災後の「相馬野馬追」と中越地震後の「牛の角突き」――

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How can refugees of great disasters regain their normal life while they have to be in unpredictable situations away from their homelands? Especially for those who are unavoidably out of their lands under evacuation orders because of the devastating damage brought about by the earthquakes, subsequent Tsunami or the nuclear power plant accident, the refugees suddenly become unable to tell where they would be after a year or even a month. They inevitably become ignorant if they can get back their livestock or other belongings left in their homes after the disasters.<br> 　However, two sufferers’ communities attempt to save all the livestock left in their homeland “illegally” and successfully conduct traditional rituals, which have been performed for a thousandyears, accompanied by the saved horses and bulls. From these cases, this paper argues the possibility of the traditional rituals, which can contribute to the restoration of their community-order and the reconstruction of their community itself at the time of great catastrophe. Also this case study points out the necessity of more culturally diversified security in order to sustain the victims’ communities in considering the disaster prevention.

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