Kalmyk Traditional Good Wishes (Evidence from Archival Materials of the Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS)
https://doi.org/10.22162/2500-1523-2017-10-49-59
Abstract
The article studies archival materials of the Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS. It provides data on a classification of ‘good wishes’ (Kalm. yӧrӓl), contains texts of such good wishes and information concerning the rituals inherent to the 1960–1970s Kalmyk culture. The paper concludes that good wishes – one of the most ancient genres of ceremonial poetry – were initially connected with the magic of word and rituals.
About the Authors
I. Boldyreva
Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS (Elista, Russian Federation)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Junior Research Associate, Department for Comprehensive Monitoring and Information Technologies
B. Goryaeva
Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS (Elista, Russian Federation)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ph. D. in Philology (Candidate of Philological Sciences), Senior Research Associate, Department of Mongolian Philology
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For citations:
Boldyreva I., Goryaeva B. Kalmyk Traditional Good Wishes (Evidence from Archival Materials of the Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS). Mongolian Studies. 2017;9(1):49-59. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22162/2500-1523-2017-10-49-59
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