The commemoration of the dead in contemporary Asiatic Yupik ritual space

Contemporary Asiatic Yupik living in Chukotka (Russia) practise various types of ritual feeding of the spirits. People feed the spirits for specific purposes and at different places. The core ritual of feeding the deceased is an autumn commemoration of the dead (aghqesaghtuq), which is described in...

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Published in:Études/Inuit/Studies
Main Author: Oparin, Dmitriy
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Association Inuksiutiit Katimajiit Inc. 2012
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Online Access:http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1015984ar
https://doi.org/10.7202/1015984ar