Путешествие через звук: пространственные ориентиры человека Арктики с точки зрения музыкального фольклора нганасан
The Journey through the Sound: an Arctic inhabitant’s spatial orientation from the point of view of the Nganasan musical folklore

Summary/Abstract: In the article on the material of the Nganasan musical folklore the author raises the question about the correlation between soundscapes and spatial orientations of the Arctic people. The main style opposition in the Nganasan musical folklore is between ritual and non-ritual genres. In the article the opposite genre styles as codes of spatial orientation are analysed. A shamanic ritual, which is embodied ecstatic shaman’s journey, is associated with vertical moving (along the World axis that connects the Upper, Middle and Lower worlds). An epic tale, which tells about a hero’s wanderings in the geography of the real historical world and the sacred world of the ancestors, correlates with horizontal moving. The article is based on the author’s field materials collected on the Taimyr Peninsula since 1989.

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