Folk calendar and holiday-ritual culture of mansi people: problems of reconstruction
English
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History, ethnography, archeology
About author:
Candidate of historical sciences Leading researcher of the Scientific Research Department of History, Archeology and Ethnology Ob-Ugric institute of applied researches and development Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia [email protected]
Abstract. The article discusses the calendar traditions of the northern group of Mansi. The article focuses on the holiday-ritual practices, dated to such cosmic phenomenon as the solar rhythms, lunar cycles, seasons. The phenomenon of holydays and rites is considered through the prism of the reconstructing culture (culture as memory), the hierarchy of revered holidays. The author pays attention to the transformation of the tradition, its adaptation to the realities and missions of the modern times.
Keywords: Uy yikv (bear dances), periodic holydays, Torum kan (the place of worship to Torum), Urinekva khotal (Crow’s day), holidays of the annual cycle, yir (animal sacrifi ce), pri (regaling with food), yalpyng (holy, sacred, sacral), tradition, rite, economic period, calendar.
Abstract. The article discusses the calendar traditions of the northern group of Mansi. The article focuses on the holiday-ritual practices, dated to such cosmic phenomenon as the solar rhythms, lunar cycles, seasons. The phenomenon of holydays and rites is considered through the prism of the reconstructing culture (culture as memory), the hierarchy of revered holidays. The author pays attention to the transformation of the tradition, its adaptation to the realities and missions of the modern times.
Keywords: Uy yikv (bear dances), periodic holydays, Torum kan (the place of worship to Torum), Urinekva khotal (Crow’s day), holidays of the annual cycle, yir (animal sacrifi ce), pri (regaling with food), yalpyng (holy, sacred, sacral), tradition, rite, economic period, calendar.
