ABSTRACT

Happiness, a construct widely studied since ancient times, has permeated the field of tourism studies for its capacity to promote well-being and satisfaction among tourists. However, in a festival context, studies on happiness remain a research imperative to date. This phenomenological inquiry seeks to elucidate the ontology of festival happiness among a select group of Filipino repeat participants in three major community festivals in the Philippines. Twenty-one (n=21) purposively selected participants were involved and subjected to a semi-structured interview. Field texts were analyzed via primary and secondary coding analyses and through constant comparison of data, the Cone of Repeat Participants Festival Happiness consisting of distinct views of festival happiness as rootedness and responsibility has emerged in this qualitative study. Notably, the notion of festival happiness as rootedness emphasizes the role of aesthetics, spirituality, and nostalgia as these evoke pleasant emotions such as pride, appreciation, and devotion among festival participants. While the second notion, named festival happiness as responsibility, underscores that participation, growing with the festival, and contributing to its success may form happy, empathic, resilient, and altruistic festival participants. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed in this paper.

摘要

幸福是自古以来被广泛研究的一个概念，因其能够促进游客的幸福感和满足感而渗透到旅游研究领域。然而，在节日背景下，迄今为止，关于幸福的研究仍然是一项必要的研究。这项现象学调查旨在阐明菲律宾三个主要社区节日的选定菲律宾重复参与者群体中节日快乐的本体论。21 名（n = 21）有目的地选择的参与者参与并接受了半结构化访谈。通过初级和次级编码分析以及不断比较数据，对现场文本进行了分析，重复参与者节日快乐的锥体 由不同的观点组成 在这项定性研究中，节日快乐作为根源 和 责任 出现。值得注意的是， 节日快乐作为扎根的概念 强调了美学、灵性和怀旧的作用，因为这些会唤起节日参与者的愉悦情绪，例如自豪、欣赏和奉献。而第二个概念，将 节日快乐称为责任，强调参与、与节日一起成长并为其成功做出贡献可能会形成快乐、同理心、有韧性和无私的节日参与者。本文讨论了理论和实践意义。