Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, KFU
KAZAN
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
 
SYMBOLS AND FUNCTIONS OF MASKS AND RITUAL MUMMERY OF THE MORDOVIANS
Form of presentationArticles in international journals and collections
Year of publication2015
Языканглийский
  • Frolova Elena Valerevna, author
  • Belyaeva Nadezhda Vasilevna, author
  • Kornishina Galina Albertovna, author
  • Bibliographic description in the original language Frolova E. Symbols and Functions of Masks and Ritual Mummery of the Mordovians / KornishinaG.,Belyaeva N. // Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences. - 2015. -Vol 6 No 6 S5. - 286-290.
    Annotation The topic relevance is based on a theoretical analysis of data associated with ritual culture of the Mordovian people, structural and functional analysis of its components, identification of their formation and development regularities and their interaction with each other. The purpose of this article is to describe the role and importance of masks and mummery in traditional rites of Moksha and Erzya, to identify general and specific characteristics of these constituent elements in rites of the Mordovians and other peoples of the Volga region. The main method used in the study is a comparative method, supplemented by ethnographic methods, such as direct observation and interviews.
    Keywords traditional rites, masks, mummers, totemism, travestizm.
    The name of the journal Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences
    Please use this ID to quote from or refer to the card https://repository.kpfu.ru/eng/?p_id=130392&p_lang=2

    Full metadata record