«Intellectual» games numӑs junt / nomt joŋil as one of the directions of the game culture of the Ob Ugrians
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Journal’s Subject Headings:
History, ethnography, archeology
About author:
Ob-Ugric Institute of Applied Researches and Development, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russian Federation, [email protected]
ABSTRACT
Introduction: the article considers the system of Ob-Ugric games developing memory and thinking. It includes competitive entertainment using sticks, planks, cubes, puzzle toys, and rope-weaving existing in the traditional culture of the Khanty and Mansi peoples. The material on the game culture of the Nenets in a comparative aspect is also given as evidence of close Ugric-Samoyedic intercultural ties,
Objective: to present a complex of the main types of traditional Ob-Ugric intellectual games as one of the directions of the game culture of the Khanty and Mansi people; to present their classification.
Research materials: oral reports of informants and data from published sources.
Results and novelty of the research: the author has collected, described, systematized and for the first time comprehensively presented material on traditional Khanty and Mansi games and toys that develop mental abilities. The typology of this type of games is developed. The work also touches upon the problems of actualization of the game culture of the Ob Ugrians and the reconstruction of forgotten games and considers Ugric-Samoyedic parallels.
Key words: Ob Ugric people, game culture, puzzles, rope games, Khanty chess, games with sticks.
For citation: Voldina T.V. «Intellectual» games numӑs junt / nomt joŋil as one of the directions of the game culture of the Ob Ugrians // Vestnik ugrovedenia = Bulletin of Ugric Studies. 2021; 11 (1): 149–157.
ABSTRACT
Introduction: the article considers the system of Ob-Ugric games developing memory and thinking. It includes competitive entertainment using sticks, planks, cubes, puzzle toys, and rope-weaving existing in the traditional culture of the Khanty and Mansi peoples. The material on the game culture of the Nenets in a comparative aspect is also given as evidence of close Ugric-Samoyedic intercultural ties,
Objective: to present a complex of the main types of traditional Ob-Ugric intellectual games as one of the directions of the game culture of the Khanty and Mansi people; to present their classification.
Research materials: oral reports of informants and data from published sources.
Results and novelty of the research: the author has collected, described, systematized and for the first time comprehensively presented material on traditional Khanty and Mansi games and toys that develop mental abilities. The typology of this type of games is developed. The work also touches upon the problems of actualization of the game culture of the Ob Ugrians and the reconstruction of forgotten games and considers Ugric-Samoyedic parallels.
Key words: Ob Ugric people, game culture, puzzles, rope games, Khanty chess, games with sticks.
For citation: Voldina T.V. «Intellectual» games numӑs junt / nomt joŋil as one of the directions of the game culture of the Ob Ugrians // Vestnik ugrovedenia = Bulletin of Ugric Studies. 2021; 11 (1): 149–157.
