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Title of the article: Study of calendar rounds of yards (based on folkloric and ethnographic material of Tver Region)
Author(s): Dubinina A. A.
Section: Problems of culturology and history
Year: 2010
Issue: № 2 (XVI)
Pages: 30-37
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Abstract: The article considers the ritual rounds of yards throughout calendar cycle as a factor contributing to consolidation of a traditional society. It describes mechanisms characteristic of ritual traditions that brings out the feeling of unity as a result of common value system owing to rivalry between neighbouring communities due to complimentary behaviour towards fellow villagers prescribed by ritual situation.
Keywords: CALENDAR RITUAL ROUNDS OF YARDS, A FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO CONSOLIDATION OF A SOCIETY, SPIRITUAL ETHICAL INTEGRITY, NATIONAL TRADITIONAL CULTURE, FOLKLORE, INFORMANT, GROUP IDENTIFICATION
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