Abstract
This article analyzes the reasons for consolidation of tribal clan communities in the Republic of Buryatia using the example of ethnic cultural festivals of the Ekhirit clans, which have been organized and conducted by the Barguzin Buryats, based on the interviews with organizers of ethnic and cultural events. Main reasons which inspire the activists to unite people according to their clan affiliation and revive the lost traditional rituals and ceremonies are established; renewal of clan traditions using the example of the Barguzin Ekhirit Buryats is analyzed. The relevance of the article is associated with the increased scholarly interest in the role of clan communities in the Mongol- and Turkic-speaking environment and in the processes of “neotraditionalism.” The most important reasons for these processes include active migration of Buryat young people from the rural areas to the cities, desire to preserve self-identity among the Buryat youth, and raise of birth rates during the last twenty years, confirmed by statistical and field evidence. The role of totemic symbols in the process of clan consolidation of the Ekhirites is established and history behind the emergence of these symbols is described. Thus, the name of the Ekhirits is associated with the archaic beliefs of the Buryats who lived in the Cis-Baikal region, in the sacred fish burbot. The revival of archaic beliefs among the Buryats and organization of public events designed to popularize ancient mythology, cults, and traditions in the form reformulated according to the current trends, are primarily associated with the need for unification and mutual support among rural migrants who have been currently moving to the city of Ulan-Ude and its suburbs in large numbers, and with strengthening ethnic identity of the Buryats in the context of contemporary globalization processes.
Keywords
Ekhirits, clans, ethnical cultural festivals, traditions, totems, symbols, Buryats, peoples of Siberia, ethnography
References
Badmaev A.A. Power supply system of Trans-Baikal Buryat in the first half of the XIX century. Novosibirsk State University Bulletin. Series: History and Philology, 2012, vol. 11, iss. 7: Archaeology and Ethnography, pp. 250-257. (In Russ.).
Badmaeva E.D., Dondupova L.D., Tsybikova E.I., Tsyrendashieva B.B. Barhan uulyn sesegyyd. Dictionary. Kurumkan: Kurumkanskii datsan “Gandan She Devlin”, 2014, 26 p. (In Buryat).
Baldaev S.P. Rodoslovnye predaniya i legendy buryat. Ulan-Ude: Buryatskoe knizhnoe izdatel’stvo, 1970, pt. I: Bulagaty i ekhirity, 364 p. (In Russ.).
Dashibalov B.B. Arheologicheskie pamyatniki kurykan i hori. Ulan-Ude: BSC SB RAS Publ., 1995, 191 p. (In Russ.).
Dashinamzhilov O.B., Lygdenova V.V. Demo-graficheskii perekhod buryat Respubliki Buryatiya v 19592010 gg. Etnograficheskoe obozrenie, 2019, vol. 3, pp. 183197. DOI: 10.31857/S086954150005287-5. (In Russ.).
Dolgikh B.O. Rodovoi i plemennoi sostav narodov Sibiri v XVII veke. Moscow: AS USSR Publ., 1960, 624 p. (In Russ.).
Fursova E.F. Traditsionalizm i neotraditsionalizm v sovremennoi kul’ture vostochnoslavyanskih narodov Sibiri. In Slavyanskaya traditsionnaya kul’tura i sovremennyi mir. Moscow: Center of cultural strategies and project management, 2011, pp. 407-416. (In Russ.).
Lamazhaa Ch.K. Klanovost’ v politike regionov Rossii: tuvinskie praviteli. St. Petersburg: Aleteiya, 2010, 208 p. (In Russ.).
Lygdenova V.V., Dashinamzhilov O.B. Modern reproductive settings of the Buryatian population of Ivolginskiy region of the Republic of Buryatia: On materials of field research. Humanity Studies in Siberia, 2019, No. 2, pp. 57-62. DOI: 10.15372/HSS20190211. (In Russ.).
Nanzatov B.Z. Etnogenez zapadnyh buryat. Irkutsk: MION, 2005, 160 p. (In Russ.).
Nimaev D.D. Problemy etnogeneza buryat. Novosibirsk: Nauka, 1988, 169 p. (In Russ.).
Okladnikov A.P. Ocherki iz istorii zapadnyh buryat-mongolov (XVII-XVIII veka). Ulan-Ude: Buryat State Univ. Press, 2013, 390 p. (In Russ.).
Popkov Yu.V., Madyukova S.V. Sotsiokul’turnyi neotraditsionalizm: vosproizvedenie traditsii i vosproizvodstvo etnichnosti. Novye issledovaniya Tuvy, 2010, No. 2, pp. 25-39. (In Russ.).
Zoriktuev B.R. Pribaikal’e v seredine VI - nachale XVII v. - Ulan-Ude: BSC SB RAS Publ., 1997, 103 p. (In Russ.).
Список литературы
Бадмаев А.А. Система питания забайкальских бурят в первой половине XIX века // Вестн. Новосиб. гос. ун-та. Сер.: История, филология. - 2012. - Т. 11, вып. 7: Археология и этнография. - С. 250-257.
Бадмаева Е.Д., Дондупова Л.Д., Цыбикова Э.И., Цырендашиева Б.Б. Бархан уулын сэсэгууд: Словарь. -Курумкан: Курумканский дацан «Гандан Ше Девлин». -2014. - 26 с.
Балдаев С.П. Родословные предания и легенды бурят. - Улан-Удэ: Бурятское кн. изд-во, 1970. - Ч. I. Була-гаты и эхириты. - 364 с.
Дашибалов Б.Б. Археологические памятники ку-рыкан и хори. - Улан-Удэ: Изд-во БНЦ СО РАН, 1995. -191 с.
Дашинамжилов О.Б., Лыгденова В.В. Демографический переход бурят Республики Бурятия в 19592010 гг. // ЭО. - 2019. - № 3. - С. 183-197. - DOI: 10.31857/S086954150005287-5.
Долгих Б.О. Родовой и племенной состав народов Сибири в XVII веке. - М.: Изд-во АН СССР, 1960. - 624 с.
Зориктуев Б.Р. Прибайкалье в середине VI - начале XVII в. - Улан-Удэ: Изд-во БНЦ СО РАН, 1997. -103 с.
Ламажаа Ч.К. Клановость в политике регионов России: тувинские правители. - СПб.: Алетейя, 2010. -208 с.
Лыгденова В.В., Дашинамжилов О.Б. Современные репродуктивные установки бурятского населения Иволгинского района Республики Бурятия: по материалам полевых исследований // Гуманитарные науки в Сибири. - 2019. - № 2. - С. 57-62. - DOI: 10.15372/ HSS20190211.
Нанзатов Б.З. Этногенез западных бурят. - Иркутск: МИОН, 2005. - 160 с.
Нимаев Д.Д. Проблемы этногенеза бурят. - Новосибирск: Наука, 1988. - 169 с.
Окладников А.П. Очерки из истории западных бурят-монголов (XVII-XVIII века). - Улан-Удэ: Изд-во Бурят. гос. ун-та, 2013. - 390 с.
Попков Ю.В., Мадюкова С.В. Социокультурный неотрадиционализм: воспроизведение традиций и воспроизводство этничности // Новые исследования Тувы. -2010. - № 2. - С. 25-39.
Фурсова Е.Ф. Традиционализм и неотрадиционализм в современной культуре восточнославянских народов Сибири // Славянская традиционная культура и современный мир. - М.: Центр культурных стратегий и проектного управления, 2011. - С. 407-416.