Celebrating New Year: Traditional Practices and Seasonal Music

慶祝新年：傳統習俗與年節音樂

Timkehet TEFFERA

Ethiopian New Year ； Amhara community ； Abäbaye hoy song ； Ethiopian Orthodox church Täwahado ； 依索匹亞新年 ； Amhara阿姆哈拉社區 ； abäbayehoy我的花 ； 依索匹亞東正教會Täwahədo

關渡音樂學刊

25期（2017 / 02 / 01）

83 - 114

英文

This study attempts to portray the tradition related with the Ethiopian New Year, ənqut'at'as [□□□□□□], by giving particular attention to the Amhara community of central and northern Ethiopia. In the first part of the article the term ənqut'at'as will be discussed from etymological, religious, social, cultural, ritualistic, gender-related and musical viewpoints. The traditional song entitled abäbaye hoy [□□□□□□ = 'My Flower'] has been selected for an in-depth analysis. Abäbaye hoy is a well-known girls' song, which is inseparably associated with the Amhara New Year ceremonies. For ənqut'at'as, girls assemble themselves in groups and go from door to door to perform abäbaye hoy. The musical and lyrical features of this song will be deliberated in the analytic section. The paper will finally be wrapped up with a conclusion comprising the main subject matters. Participatory observations and self-reflections constitute the basis of the examination. As a member of the Amhara community, I grew up sharing its social, cultural and religious values as well as the mentality so that my inquiry is based on my personal viewpoint. My arguments furthermore focus on sound recordings collected during fieldworks conducted between the years 2005 and 2016. The materials not only take account of the abäbaye hoy song sung by young girls but also as solo renditions. The interviews I was able to conduct with friends, acquaintances, family members, relatives and in particular with community elders and priests of the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwahədo Church, have immensely shaped this study. Apart from recorded interviews unrecorded conversations/communications carried out in Addis Ababa, Mäqälle, Gondär and Berlin at different times have served as supplementary information as well. The music notations which are represented in figures 11 - 16 attempt to give an insight into the abäbaye hoy song and its social, cultural and religious meaning.

這是一篇作者試圖釐清與依索匹亞(ənqut'at'as)新年期間流傳的傳唱習俗，特別是針對依索匹亞中部和北部的Amhara (阿姆哈拉)社區新年傳統節慶的研究論述。本文第一部分，將ənqut'at'as這個名詞，從辭源、宗教、社會、文化、儀式和性別角度以及從音樂方面加以進行探討；並以一首傳統歌曲abäbayehoy (□□□□□□='我的花')做深入性的分析。Abäbayehoy是一首廣為熟悉的女孩子歌曲，與阿姆哈拉地區的新年儀式有不可分割的關聯。新年期間女孩聚成一個小團體，挨家挨戶地演唱”我的花” (abäbayehoy)這首歌。這首歌的音樂和歌詞特點將在文中分析部分加以探討。本文最後將針對所探討的主題做一個結論。作者參與性觀察和自我反思構成了此篇論述檢驗的基礎。作為阿姆哈拉社區成員的一份子，我從中長大，分享其社會、文化和宗教價值觀以及所形塑的特質，使我的探討能基於個人的觀點加以陳述。我的論述基於2005和2016年間進行多次田野調查所採集的錄音資料。這些錄音素材不僅有年輕女孩們所合唱的abäbayehoy歌曲版本，而且也包括了獨唱部分。我能夠與朋友、熟人、家庭成員、親戚，特別是社區長老和依索匹亞東正教Täwahədo教會的牧師進行深入的訪談，使這項研究成為可能。除了有錄音的訪談外，作者在Addis Ababa, Mäqälle, Gondär和柏林等地區，在不同時間點也進行未經錄音的對話與意見交流，這些也作為本文論述的資訊補充。在圖11-16中所呈現的採譜，試圖讓讀者得以更深入了解abäbayehoy歌曲及其社會、文化和宗教意涵。

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