2011 年 2011 巻 40 号 p. 79-99
This article aims first at describing concretely activities of home village association in Hanoi, capital of Vietnam, taking example of Havi-village association in HangHom street, which have not been researched and reported up to now at all in the studies of social sciences and humanities in Vietnam. The descriptions and analysis on the activities of this home village association spread over its regulations, its organization and board members, its account or revenue and expenditure, members’ contributions to association and so on. Secondly, this article analyzes the close relationship between city and village, HangHom community in Hanoi and Havi-village, showing urban residents’ frequent participation in rural rituals and annual calendar rites in village and their religious donation to construction of new pagoda, new bell, new path to cemetery and so forth. Finally, the author shows the tight reciprocal urban-rural relationship between HangHom street community in Hanoi with the origin of Havi-village and its home Havi-village with the form of religious contributions of village to city and economical contributions of city to village.