Traditional standards of behavior of Altaians in a context of family ceremonialism

During the modern period, many customs, ceremonies went out of use, but some traditional actions remain, having had further development in the transformed form. On the changing of the traditional outlook influenced the Christian doctrine and the atheistic period with materialistic attitude. That's why some ceremonial actions were lost, and other ones were rethought. Standard of behavior and communication, customs and ceremonies as a part of spiritual culture of the people and the main part of ethnic feature makea strong impact on the traditional culture. According to the outlook of Altaians, the reasons of diseases, misfortunes of the person and family in general could be caused by the violation of generally accepted standard norms and rules of behavior. All important deals are appointed in a new moon: courtship, weddings, holidays are carried out strictly according to the lunar calendar. The biggest part in the traditional ceremonialism of Altaians is occupied by the sacralization of the fire and milk. It's observedthe observance of the language of symbols and signs «the live not live», «even not even», «full not full». In the wedding ceremonialism of Altaians there are similar moments which are stated in other Turkic peoples. It is possible to tell that the general layer of representations of the people of Sayano-Altai operates as a modification in each ethnic culture now. There is the complex of beliefs, various bans, rules of behavior,possible wardsare connected with traditional culture. They emphasize the special positionof the pregnant woman in the modern Altay society. The naming of a child still has a sacral value. Non-observance of the customs connected with the funeral and funeral actions also leads to the accident. In conversations informants used metaphors reflecting as well as spatial transference and high-quality changes of the dyed person. The formation of the characteristic of traditional ceremonialism occurred as a result of influence of the different state formations, religious doctrines. The layer of the general world outlook peculiar to the people of Sayano-Altai was modified. In a certain context they continue to operate now. In some cases traditional ceremonies were transformed forsimplification. Under the influence of Orthodoxy there were made serious changesin traditional ceremonialism of Altaians. Innovations have penetrated into the funeral ceremonies. In parallel, there is the process of desakralization of some elements of traditional ceremonialism. On the one hand it is possible to speak about unification of ethnic culture, but at the same time occurs the identification and the reconstruction of the traditional ceremonial aspect of the life of Altaians. In this case ceremonies are not just a guide to required actions but also the culture of behavior of each Altaian. They are regulating actions based on norms and values of the whole ethnic group.

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