Holiday Nanai culture in modern conditions: sociocultural aspect

Nanai the indigenous people living in the lower valley of the Amur. They stay in search of alternative ways to preserve their cultural heritage. For ethnic Nanai by place of their preserving cultural heritage is a national holiday, the tradition of which date back to the beginning of the XX century, the time of establishment of the Soviet power on the Far East. At this time, Nanai society became acquainted with mass culture and its values in the form of amateur. Although the Soviet epoch the Nanai traditional culture was transformed, aura of personal freedom was created by idea of universal equality has led to creative research and the national art was expending. The peculiarity of the modern Nanai holiday culture is that its ideological orientation is due to the influence of administrative and cultural stereotypes. In the productions are widely used operating time 1960-70-years. Modern celebrations are being the form consolidation of ethnic Nanai. Big Nanai villages on the Amur, where the festivals are marked, retain the status of national cultural centers in the lower reaches of the Amur. The official ceremonies are hold there. Some villages are still cut from other localities because the ecological balance in the region is upset (shallowing of the river). In such places the organization of the holiday had nature of people's initiative. At this stage, the mass-entertainment activities of Nanai is an indicator of social and cultural changes in their society. There is a tendency to reduce the number of the older generation, which is the transmitter of traditional knowledge to younger generations. Middle-aged people have accumulated from various sources of information on Nanai history, culture, language. They adopted the baton carriers of culture Nanai. Significant changes have occurred in the distribution of roles between male and female population in the preservation of ethnic traditions. With the decline in traditional male areas of employment has been lost the continuity of production traditions. Current status of Nanaian festive culture is an indicator of not only the degree of preservation of archaic elements in the background of global change, but the level of integration into modern society. Today, the ranks of the keepers of the Nanai cultural heritage remain representatives of the Russian population. Current status of Nanai festive culture is an indicator of not only the degree of preservation of archaic elements in the background of global change, but the level of integration into modern society.

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