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A Study on the Acceptance Conflicts between Regional Cultural Festivals and Religions Beliefs

  • Korean Society and Public Administration
  • Abbr : KSPA
  • 2005, 16(2), pp.251-272
  • Publisher : Seoul Association For Public Administration
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Administration

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ABSTRACT

It is necessary to research how to solve the conflict which could happen in the regional cultural festival in the time of religious pluralism. Therefore this research is based on the investigation on how citizens can accept and tolerate other religions in the regional culture festival. Its scope covers four kinds of local festival happening in Korean Southwest Area(so-called Jeon-Nam). According to the investigation, in the participation motive deriving from religious motive is not significant in the festivals. in a sense the festivals are characterized by local cultural and tourist festivals. Its meaning is that everybody can take part in the festivals without consideration of which religions the citizens have. In addition, there is no significant relationship between festival participants and their religious beliefs such as how long they attend a church, what duty they have in a church, whether they are baptized. In other words, in local festivals which is competitively propelled by Korean local authorities, religious tints are weakened and turned into local cultural and tourist festivals. This phenomenon is also observed in the festivals held by religious organizations. This research shows that there is no considering religious elements excessively in the organization of a festival in Korea, not to say that it is not necessary to worry about religious elements.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.