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  • The motif of a relationship between a human and an animal in genealogical legends of the buryats

    Review Article
    Ethnic Culture Volume 5 No 4
    Author:
    Zinaida A. Debenova
    Work direction:
    World languages and literature
    Abstract:
    The given article discusses the motif of the miraculous birth of a child from an animal in the narratives about the origins of Buryat tribes and clans. The study sets a goal of identifying the structure of plots where this motif is present, determine its place, analyze the patterns and describe the variations of its existence. The research materials include texts from works and collections on Buryat folklore as well as previously unconsidered materials from the personal fund of S. P. Baldaev, stored in the archive collection of the Center for Oriental Manuscripts and xylographs IMBT SB RAS. The legends that tell about the origin of the main Buryat tribes: Bulagat, Ekhirit, Khori and Khongodor are considered common for all Buryat people, while the legends about clans are local and are preserved only among representatives of a certain clan. The author concludes that this motif is closely related to the images of the Buryat ancestors, and its presence in genealogical legends is conditioned by the people’s strong need of feeling a deep bond with nature. In addition to that, the analysis of the material shows how patriarchal views of the Buryats are often highlighted in genealogical legends.
    Keywords:
    Buryat folklore, genealogical legends, non-fabulous prose, motif, miraculous birth
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  • FOLK TALES AS ONE OF THE MEANS OF YOUTH EDUCATION

    Proceeding
    Socio-Pedagogical Issues of Education and Upbringing
    Authors:
    Baldyrgan E. Alimzhanova, Gulnar T. Omarova
    Work direction:
    Филология в системе образования
    Abstract:
    The article considers one of the priority directions of the society's improvement - the spiritual revival of national traditions. Familiarity with folklore genres is an important means of educating young people. The authors note the diversity of the educational function of toponymic legends and legends.
    Keywords:
    folklore, national culture, ethnopedagogy, legends, toponymic legends, spiritual education
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  • Folklore Aspects of Funeral and Mourning Rites of Badakhshan Residents

    Research Article
    Ethnic Culture Volume 4 No 3
    Author:
    Abdulfattokh K. Aminov
    Work direction:
    Ethnography, Ethnology and Anthropology
    Abstract:
    The article is devoted to one of the spheres of the spiritual culture of the inhabitants of Badakhshan – funeral and mourning rites, which reflected many of the traditional ideas of the local population. The purpose of the article is to reveal the distinctive cultural features in the funeral and mourning rites of the inhabitants of Badakhshan. The content of the article is based on the material accumulated by the author from folk stories, beliefs and customs of funerals and mourning ceremonies, the results of surveys of local residents, experts on local rituals and active participants in the relevant rites, as well as the views of previous researchers. On the basis of the method of participant observation, interviews, comparative methods, various aspects of the features of funeral and memorial rites were analyzed, such as reading a prayer for the dead (janoz), funeral lighting of the lamp “Charogravshan” (Lighting the lamp), which form the basis of the religious rites of the mourning Shiite families. Ismailis of Badakhshan. At the end of the article, conclusions are given about the main elements of the rite “Charogravshan”: reading the verses of the Koran associated with light; reading “Kandilname (Charogname)”; prayers for lighting a lamp; reading laudatory verses from the poetry of Nasir Khosrov; praise in the name of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him); prayers and special verses related to grief; checking the lamp by the caliph and those present; prayers and blessings for the repose of the soul of the deceased.
    Keywords:
    ritual, Tajiks, Badakhshan, funeral and mourning rites, legends
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