Historical and cultural problems

of northern countries and regions

 

Scientific articles

 

On the reconstruction of family shamanic ceremony song of the Chukchi

in the context of ritual celebration "Mnegyrgyn"

 

Weinstein-Tagrina Z.V.¹

 

In her paper Weinstein-Tagrina Zoya Vladimirovna writes about little known and, to a great extent, archaic traditional culture of the Chukchi. On the basis of the ritual feast mnegyrgyn she reconstructs the sacred shamanistic song ceremony. This surviving song comprises clan and personal songs which are transmitted from a generation to another. The author also gives an analysis of the Chukchi shamanistic song terminology, a description of the traditional instruments and of their use during the feasts as well as characteristics of the thanksgiving and calendar  feasts. Besides sources which she has found in scientific literature she has recourse to the unknown sources of her field materials.

Keywords: Reconstruction; Linguistic-culturological analysis; Mnegyrgyn feast; Il'utkukinet, Chinitkinet grepyt: Shamanistic clan and personal songs; Nil'unil'utkun (sacred song); Pich"ein’en (naturalistic imitative song).

 

¹ Author of a thesis in culturology, researcher in traditonal musical culture of the Chuchi people, author of scientific papers on the practice of Chukchi song, performer of folklore songs. Since 2000th year Vensten-Tagrina Zoya elaborated with her husband Charles Weinstein a handbook of Chukchi and a lexicon of the Chukchi language.

E-mail: tagrozoya@gmail.com

 

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