Time and Spatial Frames of Sacralization in Structural and Functional Studies of the Ukrainian Wedding Cover Image

Часові й просторові межі сакралізації в структурно-функціональних дослідженнях українського весілля
Time and Spatial Frames of Sacralization in Structural and Functional Studies of the Ukrainian Wedding

Author(s): Oleksandr Oleksiyovych Kukharenko
Subject(s): Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Social Theory, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Національна академія керівних кадрів культури і мистецтв
Keywords: family rites; Ukrainian wedding; structural and functional method; sacralization; chronotope;

Summary/Abstract: Purpose of the article. The research is related to the definition of the role and place of the chronotope in the Ukrainian wedding ceremony, consideration of the frames of sacralization and their dependence on the chronological and topographic indexes of the rite conduction. Methodology of the research uses structural and functional method. The doctrine on chronotope is leading in the structural theory and can be successfully applied to study national wedding ceremonies. Scientific novelty of the paper lies in the construction and study the structure of the wedding ceremonial cycle, which provides a broad perspective for obtaining new scientific results. Propagation and curtailment of ritual sacralization are connected with the change of time and spatial frames, which involves the geographical displacement of ceremonial actions and participants of ceremonies in clearly defined days or parts of the day. In the wedding cycle, from the rite to the rite, deployment of sacralization takes place with the involvement of more and more territories and the increase in the number of participants. Together with her the sacral center moves and the last stage of transformation of the main characters into a man and a woman takes place. Also in the end, before quitting the rite, the frames of sacralization are folded to the sacral center and later they are eliminated. Conclusion. The nature of sacralization during its propagation and curtailment lies in the obligatory change of the chronotope. The chronotope of each subsequent rite depends on the location of the sacral center. If the sacral center arose in one place, then it would be exhausted and self-destruct already in another one.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 41
  • Page Range: 24-30
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Ukrainian