Communications of the bear rites of the Northern Mansiманси
English
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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 analyzes the specifics of interaction between living beings and objects of different ature, suggesting information exchange used in the bear rites. People enter into the communication established y the custom. The main object of the ceremony is a bear, various animals (actors in their roles), as well as gods pirits and other supernatural beings entering in this sphere. All of them are participants in a communicative act, here interaction is carried out through various types of communications.
Objective: to identify and describe forms and types of communication in the bear rites.
Research materials: field materials collected by the author at Mansi Bear’s Holidays of 1994–2011, as wells literary sources of Russian and foreign researchers.
Results and novelty of the research: the forms of communication are researched and considered (nonverbal, erbal, including such form of verbal communication as silence). The types of interaction were revealed interpersonal, pair, mass, including such types of communication as mythological and performance). The haracters involved in information communication and their relationship are shown. The scientific novelty of the tudy lies in a comprehensive analysis of the principles and mechanisms of communication of the bear rites on he example of the Northern Mansi group, taking into account the ethno-cultural specifics of the people.
.Key words: Mansi, bear, Bear’s Holiday, communications, traditional art.
Acknowledgments: the author expresses gratitude to the informants and reviewers. The author is particularly rateful to N. V. Lukina for the unpublished materials – Russian translation of A. Kannisto’s «Materialien zur уthologie der Wogulen».
For citation: Popova S. A. Communications of the bear rites of the Northern Mansi // Vestnik ugrovedenia = ulletin of Ugric Studies. 2020; 10 (1): 149–157.
ABSTRACT
Introduction: the article analyzes the specifics of interaction between living beings and objects of different ature, suggesting information exchange used in the bear rites. People enter into the communication established y the custom. The main object of the ceremony is a bear, various animals (actors in their roles), as well as gods pirits and other supernatural beings entering in this sphere. All of them are participants in a communicative act, here interaction is carried out through various types of communications.
Objective: to identify and describe forms and types of communication in the bear rites.
Research materials: field materials collected by the author at Mansi Bear’s Holidays of 1994–2011, as wells literary sources of Russian and foreign researchers.
Results and novelty of the research: the forms of communication are researched and considered (nonverbal, erbal, including such form of verbal communication as silence). The types of interaction were revealed interpersonal, pair, mass, including such types of communication as mythological and performance). The haracters involved in information communication and their relationship are shown. The scientific novelty of the tudy lies in a comprehensive analysis of the principles and mechanisms of communication of the bear rites on he example of the Northern Mansi group, taking into account the ethno-cultural specifics of the people.
.Key words: Mansi, bear, Bear’s Holiday, communications, traditional art.
Acknowledgments: the author expresses gratitude to the informants and reviewers. The author is particularly rateful to N. V. Lukina for the unpublished materials – Russian translation of A. Kannisto’s «Materialien zur уthologie der Wogulen».
For citation: Popova S. A. Communications of the bear rites of the Northern Mansi // Vestnik ugrovedenia = ulletin of Ugric Studies. 2020; 10 (1): 149–157.
