Siberian Federal University

Issue

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2016 9 (10)

Authors

Savvinov, Anatoly I.

Contact information

Savvinov, Anatoly I.:Institute for Humanities Research and Indigenous Studies of the North of SB RAS 1, Petrovskogo Str., Yakutsk, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), 677007, Russia; E-mail :

Keywords

Dolgans; Evens; traditional clothing; ethnic history; cultural genesis; typology of culture; common traditions; ethnogenetic connections

Abstract

The Dolgans is the northernmost small-numbered Turkic speaking people, mainly living in the North of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, as well as in Anabar ulus of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Dolgans’ traditional activities are reindeer herding, hunting and fishing. The number of Taimyr and Anabar Dolgans according to the latest population census of 2010 is 7885 people. Typological features of traditional Dolgan clothing are studied in the article. Despite its indigenous basis, in Dolgan clothing, as well as in Dolgan culture as a whole, the presence of different ethnic traditions can be quite clearly traced. According to the comparative analysis undertaken, the archaic elements of the traditional Dolgan clothing are closely related to the ancient Tungus tradition. The closest typological and artistic parallels are found with the traditional clothing of the Evens. The presence of archaic Tungus elements in the traditional Dolgan clothing is largely determined by the ancient ethnogenetic ties of the Dolgans’ ancestors with the Tungus world. This article is merely an attempt to address such a serious issue of comparative study of typological features of the traditional clothing of the peoples of the North, which has not been sufficiently studied yet

Pages

2482-2489

Paper at repository of SibFU

https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/26380

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