蒙古族那达慕辨析

考察了那达慕称谓的启用、确立的背景、那达慕的组织等内容,认为现代那达慕是被特定化的、以“男儿三艺”为核心要素的蒙古族特有“耐亦日”（聚会）的一种典型表现形式。运用民俗学的节日理论来分析,认为那达慕并没有表现出严格意义上传统节日的一般形式特征,但却具有一般节日的功能、动机和形式,是游牧文化下产生的一种特殊形态的节庆类型。现代那达慕的节日特性不断突出的同时,其民间特性也有很大发展。

On Mongolian Naadam

The changes in the meaning of Naadam,the background for its development,and the organization of Naadam are discussed.It holds the view that Daadam is a form of gathering typical of Mongolians,which takes Men's Three Skills(wrestling,horse race,and archery) as its core elements.Based on the theory of folklore,Naadam,strictly speaking,does not exhibit the general characteristics of traditional festivals,but bears the functions,motivation and forms of general festivals,being a special form of festival celebrations created under the context of nomadic culture.Modern Naadam with more festive features can be organized by government,non-government or both.