The Vös’as’, the Udmurt sacrificial priest: an old task for young men
In the Udmurt diaspora of Northern Bashkortostan, the Udmurt traditional religion is very much alive; it is part of the villagers’ everyday life. Rituals are regularly held both at the village level and at a wider community, composed of several villages, and they involve the whole population. This a...
| Authors: | ; |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2017]
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| In: |
Temenos
Year: 2017, Volume: 53, Issue: 1, Pages: 9-39 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Baschkortostan
/ Udmurts
/ Ritual
/ Religious identity
/ Ethnic identity
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
ETHNIC RELIGION
B sacrificial priest B Religious Practice |
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Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Summary: | In the Udmurt diaspora of Northern Bashkortostan, the Udmurt traditional religion is very much alive; it is part of the villagers’ everyday life. Rituals are regularly held both at the village level and at a wider community, composed of several villages, and they involve the whole population. This article focuses on the key character of Udmurt ritual: the sacrificial priest, called vös’as’, and attempts to sketch a pattern of function performing and transmission, taking into account the lightly different practice in two local groups of villages. Further on it reflects on its historical perspective, in a Finno-Ugric context in which often practice of ethnic religions is seen and/or used as a marker for ethnicity. |
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| ISSN: | 2342-7256 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Temenos
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