The Evolution of the Khakas Funerary Rite: Factors Preserving Systemic Integrity
The work analyzes the main stages and factors of the evolution of the Khakas funerary rite, beginning from antiquity to the early 21st century. By the term "funerary rite", the authors understand a system of actions united by the unity of world views, performed from the moment of a person’...
| Published in: | Znanie. Ponimanie. Umenie |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | Russian |
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Московский гуманитарный университет
2017
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| Online Access: | https://journals.mosgu.ru/zpu/article/view/472 https://doi.org/10.17805/zpu.2017.2.8 |
| Summary: | The work analyzes the main stages and factors of the evolution of the Khakas funerary rite, beginning from antiquity to the early 21st century. By the term "funerary rite", the authors understand a system of actions united by the unity of world views, performed from the moment of a person’s death, during burial and after funeral in the form of memorial rituals. The analysis of the scientific literature has allowed to conclude that the funerary rite was considered either as an object of archaeological or ethnographic research; also, the need to consider the rite in its systemic integrity requires a cultural analysis.The burial rite of the Khakas in its ideological foundations began to be formed in the Tagar culture of the 8th – 2nd centuries B.C. It corresponded to the vertical-horizontal structure of the world, was conducted in accordance with the cults of Heaven, Earth, and Fire. It remained the same in the subsequent periods of the development of the nation.In the 18th – early 21st centuries, ceremonial rites were influenced by a number of factors that had a greater impact on the form, but not on the content of rituals. Thus, the influence of the dominant Kyrgyz clan was expressed in the domination of the ritual by the type of cremation. The interaction of various ethnic groups and clans (seoks) of the Sayano-Altai region also introduced some innovations in the ritual and design of monuments. Christianization could have had a special impact on the conduct of the funerary rites of the Khakas but the funeral rite has preserved its integrity. The atheism of the 20th century only changed the shape of the monument (a pedestal with a five-pointed star instead of a tombstone). In the 21st century, the restoration of the ethnic culture of the Khakas takes place. The Khakas showed a great interest to traditional forms including forms of funerary rites. В работе осуществлен анализ основных этапов и факторов эволюции погребального обряда хакасов начиная с древности до начала XXI в. Под понятием «погребальный обряд» ... |
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