THE SEMANTICS OF GIFT EXCHANGE IN THE SOUTH RUSSIAN WEDDING CEREMONY
Section: GENERAL SECTION
Authors:
1.
Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies named after G.F. Morozov
Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS
Voronezh State University
Russian Federation
Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS
Voronezh State University
Russian Federation
Type:
Сonference article
Published:
19.06.2025
Subject area:
392.51
Language:
Russian
Keywords:
Free exchange, kladka, korobia, wedding ceremony, South Russian region
Abstract (English):
Understanding the history of any nation is impossible without knowing and understanding the peculiarities of the central part of its national culture – folk traditions. Being extremely multicomponent, the complex of traditional folk culture includes many components, the most important of which is the wedding ceremony. The article highlights one of the most stable elements of the South Russian wedding ceremony of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries – the wedding exchange of clothes between the bride and groom, as well as gift exchange between newly–born relatives. An attempt has been made using the results of the author's field research in a number of villages in the Voronezh, Lipetsk and Tambov regions (2005-2024) to identify the degree of preservation of the main traditional components of this rite, as well as their possible modifications under the influence of various factors.
Understanding the history of any nation is impossible without knowing and understanding the peculiarities of the central part of its national culture – folk traditions. Being extremely multicomponent, the complex of traditional folk culture includes many components, the most important of which is the wedding ceremony. The article highlights one of the most stable elements of the South Russian wedding ceremony of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries – the wedding exchange of clothes between the bride and groom, as well as gift exchange between newly–born relatives. An attempt has been made using the results of the author's field research in a number of villages in the Voronezh, Lipetsk and Tambov regions (2005-2024) to identify the degree of preservation of the main traditional components of this rite, as well as their possible modifications under the influence of various factors.
Keywords:
Free exchange, kladka, korobia, wedding ceremony, South Russian region
Free exchange, kladka, korobia, wedding ceremony, South Russian region
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