The Role of the Repeat in the Bear Feast in Traditional Khanty Culture

This paper is devoted to a role of repeat in Khanty folklore. Songs of a bear feast have served as the source material for the research. The author traces the role of a repeat at different text levels: structure, lexical level, and plot. The repeat is proposed as a fundamental method of traditional...

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Main Author: Grinevich (Zorkoltseva), Anna A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics 2011
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Online Access:https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/JEF/article/view/22596
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Summary:This paper is devoted to a role of repeat in Khanty folklore. Songs of a bear feast have served as the source material for the research. The author traces the role of a repeat at different text levels: structure, lexical level, and plot. The repeat is proposed as a fundamental method of traditional Khanty arts.