RAS History & PhilologyРусская литература Russian literature

  • ISSN (Print) 0131-6095
  • ISSN (Online) 3034-591X

Commemoration of the Dead among Asiatic Yupik and the Contemporary Ritual Space of Novoye Chaplino and Sireniki

PII
S0869-54150000402-5-1
DOI
10.7868/S50000402-5-1
Publication type
Article
Status
Published
Authors
Volume/ Edition
Volume / Issue 2
Pages
53-69
Abstract
The article examines the practice of feeding ancestors and spirits that is encountered among the Asiatic Yupik. The most organized and ritualized way of feeding can be seen in the commemoration of the dead. The author describes in detail the contemporary commemoration ritual of the Asiatic Yupik; he shows its variations as well as individual traits of the present social and ritual context, in which the commemoration ritual is performed.
Keywords
Chukotka, Eskimo, ritual, transformation, animism commemoration of the dead
Date of publication
01.03.2013
Year of publication
2013
Number of purchasers
1
Views
662

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