Ob-Ugric Institute of Applied Researches and Development, Beloyarsky, Russian Federation, [email protected]
ABSTRACT
Introduction: the article is devoted to the identification and description of the plots presented in folklore by the formulas and typical places representing the structural organization of songs accompanied by the dances.
Objective: to identify and describe the permanent elements representing the structural organization of songs accompanied by the dances from the cycle of the Bear Holiday.
Research materials: the texts of the Bear songs Jakty ar (lit.: Dancing song), recorded by Eva Schmidt and the author of the article. Their names can vary: Jakty jokh ar ‘Song of dancing people’, Hɵ jakty ar ‘Song of dancing men’, Hɵ jak ar ‘Song of a man’s dance’, Nє jakty ar ‘Song of dancing women’, Nє jak ar ‘Song of a woman’s dance’.
Results and novelty of the research: for the first time, songs from the cycle of the Bear Holiday accompanied by the dance Jakty ar, are subjected to cultural analysis to identify plot episodes of structural organization and description of the linguistic picture of the world presented in these songs. We have identified permanent elements in the structural organization of these folklore works: description of the audience, i. e. the participants of the Holiday, dancers, their clothes, characteristics of the dance itself, an addressee of the dance, and the singer’s address to a bear. These folklore formulas are represented by such informative speech genre as an “appeal”.
Key words: folklore formulas, Bear songs, Khanty dances, culturological analysis, text structure
For citation: Potpot R. M. The structural organization of the Bear songs accompanied by the dances // Vestnik ugrovedenia = Bulletin of Ugric Studies. 2024; 14 (4/59): 705–711