AIMS OF RITUAL CEREMONIES AND DETERMINING THE NATURE OF THE ACTIONS OF EPISODES IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE CYCLE OF NATIONAL WEDDING CEREMONIES Cover Image

ЦІЛІ РИТУАЛЬНИХ ЦЕРЕМОНІЙ І ВИЗНАЧЕННЯ ХАРАКТЕРУ ДІЙ ЕПІЗОДІВ У СТРУКТУРІ ЦИКЛУ НАЦІОНАЛЬНОЇ ВЕСІЛЬНОЇ ОБРЯДОВОСТІ
AIMS OF RITUAL CEREMONIES AND DETERMINING THE NATURE OF THE ACTIONS OF EPISODES IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE CYCLE OF NATIONAL WEDDING CEREMONIES

Author(s): Oleksandr Oleksiyovych Kukharenko, Anastasia Kukharenko
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Національна академія керівних кадрів культури і мистецтв
Keywords: family rites; Ukrainian wedding; structural and functional method; episodes of ceremonies; the nature of the action;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article. The research is connected with the establishment of the purpose of ritual ceremonies and determining nature of the actions of all episodes, to which ceremonies that are part of the structure of the large wedding cycle of cycles are dissociated. The methodology of research uses a structural and functional method. A created structure allows us to demonstrate clearly how the nature of action varies from one episode to another. The scientific novelty of the work is to study the structure of the wedding ceremonial cycle, which provides a broad perspective for obtaining new scientific results. Episodes of all rituals without exception are based on limited in character actions which are repeated from time to time. The only unrepeatable are culminating episodes since they reflect ritual sacred actions associated with the purpose of the ritual. The transition of the main characters to new social statuses is carried out in three rites of the cycle exactly in culmination.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 35
  • Page Range: 22-27
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Ukrainian