ORDER AND CHAOS IN THE TRADITIONAL CULTURE
A. G. Kaimanakov
Keywords: Chaos, Terrible "Kudesa", ceremonial action, traditional culture, male cultural component
Pages: 119-125
Abstract
In the article, there is considered the reflection in the celebratory folk ceremonial actions of the concepts of chaos and order. In the author's opinion, we may talk about a special role of the male group in the "svjatochno-maslenichnaya" (Christmas and the Last-week-before-the-Lent) ceremonialism which is illustrated by the examples of Slavonic traditions of "ryazheniye" (disguising). The male component in the folklore theater of the Eastern Slavs is given in a context of comparison between the images of Christmas disguising and the behavioral characteristics of folklore performers; and this component is defined as dominant.
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