지역축제가 지역정체성의 형성에 미치는 영향

As Anderson(2002) mentioned, the imagined community is possible when the residents imagine that they are members of the same community. However, he didn't clarify why and how the boundaries of the imagined and real communities are different in what conditions. I want to clarify why and how the boundaries of the imagined and real communities are different through an analysis of some local festivals. Local festivals, organized by local governments, are working as a reminder of the community by recalling the boundary of the local administrative unit. Through this process, local residents share and strengthen their communal identity to a certain degree. Since main local festivals are usually organized or supported by local governments in Korea, the name, organization, and programs of a local festival also reflect the boundary of the local government who organizes or supports the festival. However, this symbolic boundary is not coincide with the real administrative boundary. Even though Jeonju Sori Festival is organized by Jeollabuk-do province, its site is in Jeonju city and its name reflects not Jeollabuk-do province but its capital city Jeonju. Thus, residents out of Jeonju complained why the provincial festival is held only in the provincial capital city Jeonju. Since the festival is held in Jeonju city, many provincial residents consider the symbolic boundary of Jeollabuk-do, recalled by the festival, is narrower than the provincial boundary. In Pungnamje, Jeonju city tries to fortify its identity as the old provincial capital over Kwangju and as the central city of Jeolla-do province, which included until 1894 Jeollanam-do and Jeollabuk-do provinces, by introducing the parade of Jeolla-do governor of Joseon Dynasty. Thus, the symbolic boundary of Jeonju is expansionist and wider than the administrative boundary. The symbolic boundary of Chunhyangje, organized and supported by Namwon city, is coincided with its administrative boundary. However, this symbolic boundary conceals the recent history that Namwon is the result of the integration of two counties in 1914 even though the subtle tension between residents of two counties still remains.