Vladimir Ilyich Rogachev,
Mordovian State Pedagogical Institute named after M. E. Evseviev,
11a Students Str., Saransk, 430007, Russian Federation,
rogachev-v@bk.ru.
Olga Ivanovna Naldeeva,
Mordovian State Pedagogical Institute named after M. E. Evseviev,
11a Students Str., Saransk, 430007, Russian Federation,
naldeeva_oi@mail.ru.
The article studies interethnic cultural interactions of the Mordovians and Tatars exemplified by the processes of penetration of cultural elements of Tatar ritual culture into Mordovian folklore. The authors provide a historic foundation of Mordovian marriage ritual terms borrowed from the wedding terminology of the Tatar-Mishars of the Volga region as two ethnoses have a long shared history. The authors also provide proofs of interaction of cultures in the places of dispersed living of Finno-Ugric and Tatar peoples such as internationalization of wedding rituals and folklore and inter-ethnic marriages. Integral phenomena are especially characteristic of the Mordva-Karatay, whose close contacts with neighboring peoples could not but affect their wedding rite and folklore. The latter were well enriched with new genres and works, artistic artifacts and linguistic means, thus becoming one of the unique phenomena of integration and consolidation processes in the culture of the peoples of the Middle Volga region. The transition of the Mordovian-Karatay to the Tatar language is evident in constant Mordovian-Turkic contacts through a long period of time. A significant amount of data prove that Mordovian and Tatar folklore there have similar genres of morning and evening laments, similar artistic techniques, precedent texts.
Key words: culture, ethnos, Mordva, Tatars, custom, marriage, wedding, genres, folklore, takmaks, similarity, borrowings, typology.