Changes in Traditional Commitment of Ritual Cheeses of Ukrainians of the Carpathian Region in XX-XXI centuries Cover Image

Зміни в традиційній обрядовості ритуальних ряджень українців Карпатського регіону у XX-XXI столітті
Changes in Traditional Commitment of Ritual Cheeses of Ukrainians of the Carpathian Region in XX-XXI centuries

Author(s): Alla Anatolievna Gotsalyuk
Subject(s): Cultural history, Customs / Folklore, Recent History (1900 till today), Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Національна академія керівних кадрів культури і мистецтв
Keywords: traditions; ritual ceremonies; traditional ceremonies; Christmas-New Year cycle ceremonies; Hutsul region; Carpathian region; traditional culture;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to determine the features of ritual actions in the structure of Christmas and New Year holidays in the Hutsul region at the end of the 20th century in Ukraine. The methodology consists in applying system-structural, analytical methods to identify the dynamics of changes in traditional rituals using the example of Christmas and New Year holidays in the Hutsul region at the end of the 20th century; functional method - to study the transformations of traditional rituals in the context of the modification of the general cultural field of the national culture and the role of the traditional component in its structure. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that for the first time the interrelation between the components of traditional culture at the present stage is shown, where the dynamics of the modification of individual rituals-orders are shown on the example of traditional rituals and the general context of modern cultural development and social and world outlook changes. Findings. The study concluded on the example of the ritual rituals of the New Year and Christmas cycle of the Carpathian region that the ancient features of the rite, which once testified to the mythological worldview, the struggle of winter and spring, good and evil forces, in the course of evolution turned into an entertaining and playing theatrical performance with a forgotten initial motivation. In particular, the theatrical performance "Malanka" has long roots in the part of the Carpathians, Podnistrovye, Bukovina Hutsul region. However, in the course of the development of folk rituals, the custom of “mis-banking” has undergone noticeable changes in terms of character upgrading, gaming, and entertainment.