축제의 교육인간학적 의의

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to reveal the educational anthropological significance of festivals by understanding the human nature inherent in festivals based on the meaning and types and characteristics of festivals. In order to understand festivals according to the purpose of this study, after examining the definition, origin, function, types and characteristics of festivals, the human nature seen through festivals was considered based on the methodological principles of educational anthropology. Also, based on this, the educational anthropological significance of the festival was presented.
 Festivals have a religious ritual function to wish for safty and abundance, a play function that serves as the purpose of the festival itself, and a function to break away from daily routines and social norms to break away from daily routines and social norms. In addition, the festival has a social integration function that shares the spiritual value of society and strengthens the bond between members. Through the functions, types, and characteristics of these festivals, it can be seen that humans are religious beings, fun-seeking beings, deviant beings, and relationship-oriented beings. Based on these considerations, the educational anthropological significance of this thesis is presented as follows. It becomes a place for humans to experience freedom and rest away from daily life, confirms the meaning of their one’s existence in common values, sublimates suppressed emotions in a healthy way, and plays a direct educational role in human life as a festival itself. In this respect, it can be said that it is meaningful from an educational anthropological point of view. Therefore, it can be said that the festival is not an act of consumption and useless, but rather an essential phenomenon of life that allows us to discover the meaning of human existence.