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TRADITIONAL ETIQUETTE OF ALTAIANS IN FAMILY AND KINSHIP ASPECT // Tomsk Journal of Linguistics and Anthropology. 2016. Issue 2 (12). P. 98-105

The article deals with the traditional etiquette in the family and kinship relations of the Altai population in the Altai Republic basing on the author’s field studies. The study of conduct rules within the family provides an opportunity to identify the specifics of the spiritual culture of the Altaians, social life in the context of moral and ethic ideas and the etiquette for traditional culture. The article examines the symbolic significance of behaviour etiquette towards parents and between relatives: the relationship of uncle and nephew, the relationship between the children of sisters, which are based on archaic, shamanic, burkhanism ideas about the cult of ancestors, the cult of nature, magic words, the opposition «alien» «akin». There were revealed changes of conduct rules of family and family-related etiquette in terms of socio-economic and cultural factors of modern society: the custom of avoidance, relations with “umbilical” mother.

Keywords: traditional culture, traditional etiquette, family and kinship etiquette, sacredness, vari-ability, stability, norms of behaviour

MODERN FUNERAL AND MEMORIAL RITES OF THE TURKS OF THE SAYAN-ALTAI MOUNTAINS: ARCHAIC CULTS AND INNOVATIONS // Tomsk Journal of Linguistics and Anthropology. 2017. Issue 4 (18). P. 103-111

The present day significance and role of archaic cults are defined in the traditional culture of the Turks of the Sayan-Altai. The study shows that in the modern funeral and memorial rites of the Turks of the Sayan-Altay there are common features such as the preservation of the values of the cult of the ancestors, the sacredness of fire, the ritualized character of a memorial meal, the rites of transition – the “overnight” ritual, farewell to the soul ceremony and others. The transformations characterizing a special worldview for the Altai, Tuva and Khakas people are also of interest. The formation of the main characteristic features of modern traditional rituals occurred as a result of the impact of various State formations, religious teachings and social and cultural changes of society. Although the general world outlook layer peculiar to the peoples of the Sayan-Altai has been modified, in a certain context they continue to operate and now.

Keywords: family rituaisml, burial-memorial rite, stability, variability, the Sayan-Altai

SACRED SPACE IN THE TRADITIONAL CULTURE OF THE TURKIC PEOPLES OF THE SAYAN-ALTAY // Tomsk Journal of Linguistics and Anthropology. 2019. Issue 4 (26). P. 139-148

The article deals with the traditional worldview of the Sayan-Altai Turks, determined by their identification and a variety of ways of their positioning in the sacred space. The sacred and the profane are basic to any belief system. It should be noted that the space in the perception of traditional culture is heterogeneous and the object of the study in this article is the sacred space in the worldview of the Altai, Khakas and Tuvinian people. The task to allocate sacral loci from daily and household space is set. Some loci are more semantic than others. The allocation of space elements, their saturation with mythological semantics, either positive or negative, is determined by belonging to the earthly or otherworldly worlds. A special place is occupied by such binary oppositions as "sacred" – "ordinary", "own" – "alien", "developed"– "undeveloped", "East" – "West", " new moon" –"old moon", "day"– "night".

Keywords: sacred space, stability, traditional culture, the Sayan-Altai, binary oppositions