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    October 10

    殖民地的頹廢美

    踏足過的東亞國家,原來已於不知不覺間累積了泰國、越南、新加坡、馬來西亞、印尼、韓國、台灣、日本等地。
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    近來有個習慣,幾乎每天都到www.flickr.com看照片,看到合心意的便將之儲存起來,時日下來著實有一定的數量。沒精打采之時,隨手打開存放這些相片的資料夾,細看之下不難發現自己原來較為喜歡有點頹廢美的照片,不管是胡志明巿堤岸唐人街的舊樓、馬來西亞舊巿集的店鋪、新加坡的殖民時代建築物、各國的大使館舊建築物等等,鏡頭下的景象,自己拍的還是人家拍的,無不帶點歷史引發的頹廢味道 - 繁榮當中滲透著由殖民時期過渡至今的一點頹廢味。
     
    每次到東南亞地區之時,都似乎有著一種不自覺的力量,試圖去尋找一些在當地與殖民時期相關的地方或景物,好好探究一番。自己拍下來的照片亦很明顯地有點如此的前置設定條件,刻意地保留著移民時期的痕跡。我估計,這是曾經生活於殖民地的經驗所引發的心結,現在的澳門不再是殖民地,但腦海中仍然殘留著從殖民地時期的種種。美好風光如當時的平靜、悠閒、安逸;也有不良的記憶如不平等種族關係、小時候對外國人的莫名畏懼、政府機構的懶散。
     
    說實在的,每個地區的殖民歷史都叫人明白得到,強行將一種外來文化殖入到別的民族身上的話,對原住民來說一般都是弊多於利。人總不免有種統治他人的內在慾望,將自己和人劃出高低之分,很難單純地以“將文明帶給他人”的出發點去幫助他們認為落後的民族,這樣的同化方式往往為原住民帶來長久而不易察覺的傷痕。傷痕事小,更大的破壞是可以催毀一個民族的文明,像南美的馬雅、印加等古文化帝國,因著殖民者的入侵而滅亡,卻給殖民者以『失落的文明』作解釋,掩飾自己的罪行。

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