РЕГІОНАЛЬНІ ОСОБЛИВОСТІ ПОХОВАЛЬНОЇ ОБРЯДОВОСТІ НА БУКОВИНСЬКІЙ ГУЦУЛЬЩИНІ
REGIONAL PECULIARITIES OF FUNERAL RITUALS IN BUKOVYNSKA HUTSULSHCHYNA

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is discovering and grounding of regional peculiarities in funeral rituals of Ukrainians in Bukovynska Hutsulshchyna. The methodology of the research is based on the application of analytical, historic, comparative methods, on data collection from respondents in Bukovynska Hutsulshchyna. Scientific novelty: new features of funeral rituals, peculiar for Ukrainians in Bukovynska Hutsulshchyna, are found and described. Conclusions: A fixed sequence of actions, which exists in funeral rituals in Bukovynska Hutsulshchyna and is handed over from generation to generation there is an established sequence of actions, which is passed from generation to generation, is researched. Hutsuls believe that the whole family's prosperity, their well-being depends on their proper keeping to and performing their ancestral funeral ritual actions. Not less importance is attached to rituals connected not only with keening with honoring «the ancestors cult» which possesses spiritual value for Bukovynska Ukrainians.

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