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Специфіка танцювальної лексики українців Закарпаття
Specificity of Dancing Lexics of Ukrainians of Transcarpathia

Author(s): Andrey Vasylovych Tymchula
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Cultural history, Customs / Folklore, Culture and social structure , Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Art
Published by: Національна академія керівних кадрів культури і мистецтв
Keywords: dance folklore; local vocabulary; Ukrainians of Transcarpathia; ethnographic zoning;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to determine the lexical peculiarities of the traditional dance culture of Ukrainians of Transcarpathia, according to ethnographic zoning. The methodology of the research was carried out on the basis of the synthesis of scientific approaches: analytical – for processing historical, ethnographic, ethnocultural, cultural and art studies scientific literature; historical – to study the historical period of the formation of the Slavic ethnos in the Transcarpathian region, as well as to determine the boundaries of the ethnographic zoning of the Ukrainian population of the area as separate ethnographic groups (Boiky, Doluniany, Lemky) and subethnic (Hutsuli); typological – aimed at identifying and determining local features of the traditional dance culture of Ukrainians of Transcarpathia, in accordance with ethnographic zoning; comparative-historical method – for the comparative analysis of the national choreographic culture of Boiky, Hutsuls, Doluniany and Lemky in the historical section and system analysis and synthesis, through which the folk choreographic culture of Transcarpathia was considered, with its inherent peculiarity. Scientific novelty. For the first time an art criticism analysis of the traditional dance culture of Ukrainians in Transcarpathia has been carried out in accordance with the ethnographic zoning of boys, Hutsuls, valleys, and Lemky, as determined by modern Ukrainian scientists; in order to provide a better scientific basis for conducting research of the national choreographic culture of Ukrainians of Transcarpathia, their origin, historical and cultural development were considered; features are analyzed, and the main ethnic differences of dance folklore and local vocabulary of the ethnographic group of valleys are determined; the mutual influence of dance cultures of Boiky, Hutsuls, Doluniany, and Lemky, as well as neighboring peoples and the Ukrainian population of Prykarpattya, Podnistrovya, and Volhynia in the process of its formation, were revealed. Conclusions. The analysis of the historical period of the creation of the Slavic ethnos on the territory of Transcarpathia in the context of the study of the development of traditional culture in general and the dance in particular contributed to the identification of the peculiarity of the choreographic vocabulary of the Ukrainians of Transcarpathia, which for centuries, due to historical circumstances, evolved under the influence of many cultures - Hungarian, Austrian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak and Polish. However, the primary and decisive features of the structure of the dance culture were and remain familiar to the entire Ukrainian people.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 41
  • Page Range: 241-250
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Ukrainian