歌仔戲藝人的「朋友」觀

The Concept of Friendship Among Taiwanese Opera Performers

每一個族群團體與其他族群團體有其共象的部分，也有其特殊的文化或語言符碼，歌仔戲界所謂的「朋友」，便有其特殊的內容意涵，他們所謂的朋友可能是戲迷、朋友、戲箱、乾媽/乾姊妹、情人等，而朋友的交往是有某些不成文的禁忌的，例如甲若是A小生的朋友，那甲就不能是B小生的朋友。本文擬從歌仔戲演員的立場切入探討歌仔戲界的朋友觀，主要研究方法是採取田野調查方式，或經由訪談、或經由筆者多年的觀察所得，希望能如實呈現歌仔戲界所謂的「朋友」之意涵與禁忌，並探究其之所以為禁忌的原因。

Each group has it's own culture and language symbol distinctive. ＂Friendship＂ is one of the distinctive language symbols of Taiwanese opera performers. The so-called friend might be a devotee, a pal, a ＂xi- xiang＂, a sworn mother or sister, or maybe a lover. There are some informal taboos in this kind of relationship, for instance: if someone make friend with A ＂sheng＂, then he/she can't be close to B ＂sheng＂ simultaneously. This paper aims to analyze the notion of friend defined from a Taiwanese opera performer's standpoint. By fieldwork, through interviews and my observation , I hope to strictly present the meanings and taboos of ＂friendship＂ existing in the circle of Taiwanese opera, and find out the cause of taboos.