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 Mansi like many traditional peoples celebrated seasonal changes in nature (annual solar cycle) by special rituals. Comparing data on ritual practices and customs of the people with folklore and mythological sources, ethnographic researches we can establish that there are ideas related to the ancient society and collective rituals among other things.

Keywords: the Mansi, jalpyn ‘Holy, sacred’, mythological ancestor, Por, Mos, tulyglan scenes jikv dramatized dance.