English Dictionary

potlatch

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɒtlætʃ/

名詞

カナダ英語 アメリカ英語 未分類 比喩的用法 不可算名詞 通常

(Canada, US, also figuratively) A ceremony amongst certain indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest in which gifts are bestowed upon guests and personal property is destroyed in a show of generosity and wealth.

日本語の意味

カナダや米国の一部地域において（比喩的用法も含む）、太平洋岸北西部の先住民族が行う儀式。これは、訪問者に贈り物を授け、富や権力を示すために、個人所有物をわざと破壊するなど、寛大さや地位を誇示する社交行事を意味する。

At the coastal village, elders organized a potlatch where blankets and carved rattles were given away to affirm social ties.

沿岸の村で、長老たちは毛布や彫刻の付いたラトルを配って社会的な絆を確かめる贈与儀礼を行った。

意味（1）

(Canada, US, also figuratively) A ceremony amongst certain indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest in which gifts are bestowed upon guests and personal property is destroyed in a show of generosity and wealth.

First, the Indian himself is to be sought out; then the horse is to be tried; next the price is to be discussed, then the mode of payment, and finally the potlatch: each and all are matters of grave consideration and delay, during which the Indians make a business of watching every circumstance of which they can take advantage. No one can be sure of closing his bargain, until the terms are duly arranged, the potlatch given, and the horse delivered.

意味（2）

(US, chiefly Alaska) A communal meal to which guests bring dishes to share; a potluck.

If all went according to plan, the bands could harvest tons of meat, fat and animal skins in a single afternoon of collective effort, and either consume these riches in a giant potlatch, or dry, smoke or (in Arctic areas) freeze them for later usage.

potlatches （ plural ）