Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Archetypical Symbols in the Modern Tuvan Culture

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2019 12 (7)
Authors
Sanchay, Choygan Kh.; Kukhta, Maria S.
Contact information
Sanchay, Choygan Kh.: Tuvan State University 36 Lenin Str., Kyzyl, Republic Tuva, 667000, Russia; ; ORCID: 0000-0002-6929-9050; Kukhta, Maria S.: National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University 30 Lenin, Tomsk, 634050, Russia; ORCID: 0000-0001-8643-785X
Keywords
Tuvan dance; Tuvan culture; images; sacred geometry; archetype; modern stage dance; totem; symbol
Abstract

Scientific relevance of dance culture is driven by studying specifics of traditional and modern dance correlation with new methodology. The article aims analyzing the mechanisms of archetypal symbols translation in modern stage dances of Tuva. For that, the following tasks involving the relation between archetype with totem being considered and representation of archetypal symbols in the structure of modern Tuvan choreography being revealed are achieved in this work. The study allows concluding on morphological stability of the ancient Tuvan ideas preserved in the sacred kinetics of dances reflecting of the world’s multidimensionality; on permanent relationship with traditional ideas about the spirits of ancestors and gods. The Tuvan worldview specificity, expressed through the dance culture, keeps this tradition alive

Pages
1132–1145
DOI
10.17516/1997–1370–0445
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/111794

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