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http://dx.doi.org/10.5850/JKSCT.2008.32.6.935

A Study on the Mechanism of Religious Symbol, Manifested in Costume -Focusing on the Rites of High Religion-  

Seo, Bong-Ha (Dept. of Stylist, Yong-in Songdam College)
Kim, Min-Ja (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Seoul National University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles / v.32, no.6, 2008 , pp. 935-946 More about this Journal
Abstract
Religion is the symbolic form and action, linking the ultimate condition of life with human beings. Religious idea grasps the world through symbols and gives birth to the action through symbols. This research put its purpose in elucidating the effect of religion on the costume and its mechanism. It's focus is centered on Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam which are among the world high religions. Part of this research also examines the mechanism in which several composing factors are expressed with rituals and manifested with costumes, this process was diagrammatized and suggested. The composing factors of religion such as belief system, experiences, community, and rituals are closely related. Ritual especially, is the symbolic action, practice, and the way of rescue, expressing religious meaning. Religious rituals such as imitative rituals, positive or negative rituals, sacrificial ritual, and rites of passage have been expressed with religious music or figurative art such as costume, construction, and art as well as religious ritual like ancestral rites. Religion has had a great effect on the overall culture including costume as a belief system by lightening the meaning of life and suggesting the solutions to the human problems such as anxiety or conflict.
Keywords
Religion; Symbol; Rite; Ideology; Religious costume;
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