Культурний простір Буковинської весільної обрядовості
Cultural Space of Bukovinian Wedding Ceremony

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to systematically analyze the wedding ceremony of Northern Bukovina of the last century, taking into consideration the ways of ceremonial terminology formation, the specifics of its functioning in the spatial continuum. The methodology of the research is connected with the use of methods of synthesis, analysis, observation of linguistic facts, systematization, descriptive and comparative-historical methods. The scientific novelty consists of introducing to the scientific circle the notion of cultural space, which allows to research linguistic problems with the use of information of the humanitarian cycle. Conclusions. An analysis of the cultural terminology of the Northern Bukovina wedding ceremony testifies the unique language figurative world of the Ukrainian nation and, at the same time, the specifics of this part of Ukrainian dictionary. The ritual name is a particular remembrance of the nations spiritual culture, a key to the knowledge of its genetic peculiarity, psychology, and mentality. The wedding ceremony implements the nations cultural archetypes, which determine the observance of traditions in the form of rites. For many rituals, elements of imitative and contagious magic are typical.

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