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oapen-20.500.12657-311252021-11-15T08:22:43Z Hidden rituals and public performances: Traditions and belonging among the post-Soviet Khanty, Komi and Udmurts Siikala, Anna-Leena Ulyashev, Oleg komi shamanism tradition religion language ural Folklore Khanty Khanty language Reindeer Soviet Union bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography Why are Khanty shamans still active? What are the folklore collectives of Komi? Why are the rituals of Udmurts performed at cultural festivals? In their insightful ethnographic study Anna-Leena Siikala and Oleg Ulyashev attempt to answer such questions by analysing the recreation of religious traditions, myths, and songs in public and private performances. Their work is based on long term fieldwork undertaken during the 1990s and 2000s in three different places, the Northern Ob region in North West Siberia and in the Komi and Udmurt Republics. It sheds light on how different traditions are favoured and transformed in multicultural Russia today. Siikala and Ulyashev examine rituals, songs, and festivals that emphasize specificity and create feelings of belonging between members of families, kin groups, villages, ethnic groups, and nations, and interpret them from a perspective of area, state, and cultural policies. A closer look at post-Soviet Khanty, Komi and Udmurts shows that opportunities to perform ethnic culture vary significantly among Russian minorities with different histories and administrative organisation. Within this variation the dialogue between local and administrative needs is decisive. 2017-10-18 00:00:00 2020-04-01T13:24:32Z 2020-04-01T13:24:32Z 2011 book 638204 OCN: 1024126718 1235-1946 9789522228123;9789522228130 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31125 eng Studia Fennica Folkloristica application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 638204.pdf 10.21435/sff.19 Finnish Literature Society / SKS 10.21435/sff.19 10.21435/sff.19 51db0f72-616d-4d86-b847-ade19380e08f 2bce7b2b-181b-47a2-a1b1-2fe3ca87467d 152df1b1-beba-4394-8522-dab76828c3a4 9789522228123;9789522228130 19 365 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki University Library and SKS SKS open access
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Why are Khanty shamans still active? What are the folklore collectives of Komi? Why are the rituals of Udmurts performed at cultural festivals? In their insightful ethnographic study Anna-Leena Siikala and Oleg Ulyashev attempt to answer such questions by analysing the recreation of religious traditions, myths, and songs in public and private performances. Their work is based on long term fieldwork undertaken during the 1990s and 2000s in three different places, the Northern Ob region in North West Siberia and in the Komi and Udmurt Republics. It sheds light on how different traditions are favoured and transformed in multicultural Russia today. Siikala and Ulyashev examine rituals, songs, and festivals that emphasize specificity and create feelings of belonging between members of families, kin groups, villages, ethnic groups, and nations, and interpret them from a perspective of area, state, and cultural policies. A closer look at post-Soviet Khanty, Komi and Udmurts shows that opportunities to perform ethnic culture vary significantly among Russian minorities with different histories and administrative organisation. Within this variation the dialogue between local and administrative needs is decisive.
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