Issue №2(14), 2025
Issue №2(14)
- Year 2025
- Pages 173
- Published 10 Nov. 2025
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Articles in This Issue
4 itemsEthnography
MODERN SOCIAL PRACTICES AS A WAY OF REPRESENTING OF THE TRADITIONAL CULTURE OF TUVANS
The article is devoted to the study of social practices as one of the ways of representing the traditional culture of Tuvans in a changing socio-cultural reality. The work is based on materials collected by the author during the visits to public events in the republic on the day of their holding (Naadym, Shagaa, festivals and competitions), interviewing Tuvan craftsmen as subjects of ethnic entrepreneurship and active actors in ethnosocial processes to revive the Tuvan material culture, as well as studying Internet content as a platform for expressing ethnic identity of Tuvans, and analysis of scientific literature. The author comes to the conclusion that in the context of a changing socio-cultural paradigm, Tuvans, as carriers of ethnic culture, are mastering other ways of communicating, and broadcasting their identity and cultural heritage, which leads to changes in their ways of actualizing, transmitting, and storing information. Five blocks of public practices have been conditionally identified. These include national and folk holidays in a modern format, festivals and competitions as a way to revive and popularize traditional culture, educational activities with a regional and ethnic orientation of its content, ethnic entrepreneurship as a way to adapt tradition to market relations, the active development of the Tuvan digital world and the formation of the “Tuvan” cyberspace as a place of ethnic identity transmission. What they have in common is the activity of organizing events, activities, and other activities that represent elements, images, symbols, forms, and knowledge about Tuvan traditional culture. Their analysis shows that the values and forms of ethnocultural practices of the former tradition are being reconstructed and integrated into the information space of modern society acquiring the characteristics of modern social practices.
Folklore
SOME FEATURES OF THE EPIC TRADITION OF THE URIANKHAI PEOPLE OF WESTERN MONGOLIA RELATED TO THE PERFORMANCE OF FAIRY TALES
Antonina S-O. Dongak , Bayarsaykhan Badarch
The article deals with the features of the epic tradition (rituals, taboos, Tengrian views, beliefs, ideas related to the performance of epic tales and riddles) of the Uryankhai people of Western Mongolia. It also provides a brief historiographical background on the history of settlement, the main tribal groups and the traditional culture of the Uryankhai people. The main goal of the authors was to identify the ethnic uniqueness of the performing tradition of the Uryankhai people of Western Mongolia with the task of further comparative study of these features with the traditions of the Tuvans and other Mongolian-speaking peoples. When writing the article, the authors used historical-typological and complex methods, as well as field research methods when collecting and recording materials (involved observation, interviews, surveys), applied the review and generalization method. The novelty of the study is that for the first time in Tuvan folklore studies the authors paid attention to the epic traditions of foreign folklore with the task of further comparative study of two different epic traditions - the Tuvans and the Uriankhais. The material for the study was the field materials of the authors obtained during the implementation of the expeditionary project of the Russian Humanitarian Science Foundation-2015: 15-04-18003 e - “Small ethnic groups of Turkic origin (Khotons, Uriankhais of Mongolia and Tuvans of China): spiritual and material culture” (headed by A.S. Dongak); As a result, the authors came to the conclusion that the epic traditions of the Tuvans and the peoples of Western Mongolia have many common features associated with the performance of fairy tales (seasonal timing, musical accompaniment (although the Tuvans did not always practice accompaniment with instruments), a respectful attitude towards the spirits-masters of the fairy tale and nature, the custom of presenting a small gift to the storyteller, etc.).
ETHNIC MUSICAL DIALOGUE: FOLK SONGS OF THE TUVANS FROM TSENGEL AND THEIR BORROWINGS
The article analyzes the traditional songs of the Tuvans of the Tsengel sumon of the Bayan-Ulgii aimag of Western Mongolia, which represent an ancient cultural heritage reflecting the wisdom of the people with unique melodic turns and a variety of genres. The article examines the basic traditional songs of the Tsengel Tuvans of Mongolia, collected during an expedition in 2015, and also presents a comparative analysis of general and local characteristics with the materials of previous researchers E. Taube, G. Zolbayar and others, starting from 1966. The author concludes that since the end of the 1980s of the last century, the tours of the folklore and ethnographic ensemble “Tyva” have contributed to the cultivation of folk and original songs of the Tsengel Tuvans, which has become an important milestone in the history of the modern culture of Tuva. The motives of songs such as “Mazhalykta turgan chylgymnyng” (“My herd at the hill”) and “Kongurei”, performed by the Sengel vocal and instrumental group “Ak Bedik”, represent an interesting object for research in the context of cultural transformation and interpretation of traditional art. These songs, which initially retained their authenticity, were adapted and reinterpreted over time, which allowed them to take a significant place in the repertoire of the world-famous folk group “Hun-Hurtu”. This transformation demonstrates the dynamism of cultural processes and the ability of traditional motives to find new sounds in modern interpretations. The inclusion of Tsengel folk songs in the international context contributes not only to their popularization, but also emphasizes the importance of cultural heritage in a globalized world. Thus, the fate of these songs reflects local and global cultural identity, which makes them an important object for further study in the field of musical anthropology and cultural studies.
Cultural studies
A PANORAMA OF THE POST-SOVIET DEVELOPMENT OF TUVAN MUSICA
The post-Soviet period in Tuvan musical culture was marked by a bright outburst of the flourishing of traditional music and its entry into the international arena. The article examines the history of the development of traditional Tuvan music, starting from the Soviet period, which caused significant changes in the structural elements of Tuvan musical art. The appearance of folklore groups was an evidence of the development of traditional music in new forms. The methodological basis of the article is relies on the principles of historical continuity, objectivity, and a holistic approach to analyzing the history of traditional Tuvan music and its development prospects.