Matchmaking Ceremony of Mongolia’s Tuvans: Analyzing Authors’ Field Data
Introduction. The article examines the authors’ field data for an insight into a key wedding element — the matchmaking ceremony practiced by Tuvans inhabiting Bayan-Ölgii and Khovd provinces of Mongolia. It is due to the latter’s isolation that their material and spiritual culture — and specifically...
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| author | Elena V. Aiyzhy Anna V. Aiyzhy Anchy V. Khomushku |
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| description | Introduction. The article examines the authors’ field data for an insight into a key wedding element — the matchmaking ceremony practiced by Tuvans inhabiting Bayan-Ölgii and Khovd provinces of Mongolia. It is due to the latter’s isolation that their material and spiritual culture — and specifically life-cycle rites — still retain somewhat unique features to be identified with the aid of comparative analysis. Goals. The paper aims to investigate the matchmaking ceremony of Tuvans from Bayan-Ölgii and Khovd provinces of Mongolia and, thus, shed light on most ancient beliefs and cults, customs and rituals, clarify questions of ethnogenetic and ethnocultural ties with the core ethnic community — Tuvans of the Tyva Republic (Russia). Methods. The work employs contemporary interdisciplinary research methods that facilitate a comprehensive approach involving methodological principles of related scientific disciplines, such as source studies and ethnography. Investigation of objective reality at the nexus of several related humanities fields shall yield a wider picture of ethnic specificities inherent to the examined culture and its functioning principles in the Tuvan ethnos at large. Results. The article considers archival and newly obtained field data on the matchmaking ceremony practiced by Tuvans of Khovd and Bayan-Ölgii aimags of Mongolia. Conclusions. Thus, the work presents a comparative ethnographic analysis of ritual matchmaking practices observed among Tuvans of Mongolia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5a25cc2e712e4a6ba6df704b13525ecd2023-04-24T08:07:06ZengРоссийской академии наук, Калмыцкий научный центрOriental Studies2619-09902619-10082023-04-0116116317010.22162/2619-0990-2023-65-1-163-170Matchmaking Ceremony of Mongolia’s Tuvans: Analyzing Authors’ Field DataElena V. Aiyzhy0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4289-3543Anna V. Aiyzhy1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9946-8014Anchy V. Khomushku2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6203-7592Tuvan State UniversityTuvan State University Tuvan State UniversityIntroduction. The article examines the authors’ field data for an insight into a key wedding element — the matchmaking ceremony practiced by Tuvans inhabiting Bayan-Ölgii and Khovd provinces of Mongolia. It is due to the latter’s isolation that their material and spiritual culture — and specifically life-cycle rites — still retain somewhat unique features to be identified with the aid of comparative analysis. Goals. The paper aims to investigate the matchmaking ceremony of Tuvans from Bayan-Ölgii and Khovd provinces of Mongolia and, thus, shed light on most ancient beliefs and cults, customs and rituals, clarify questions of ethnogenetic and ethnocultural ties with the core ethnic community — Tuvans of the Tyva Republic (Russia). Methods. The work employs contemporary interdisciplinary research methods that facilitate a comprehensive approach involving methodological principles of related scientific disciplines, such as source studies and ethnography. Investigation of objective reality at the nexus of several related humanities fields shall yield a wider picture of ethnic specificities inherent to the examined culture and its functioning principles in the Tuvan ethnos at large. Results. The article considers archival and newly obtained field data on the matchmaking ceremony practiced by Tuvans of Khovd and Bayan-Ölgii aimags of Mongolia. Conclusions. Thus, the work presents a comparative ethnographic analysis of ritual matchmaking practices observed among Tuvans of Mongolia.http://kigiran.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/4238tuvans of the tyva republictuvans of bayan-ölgii aimagtuvans of khovd aimagritecustommatchmakingwedding |
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| title | Matchmaking Ceremony of Mongolia’s Tuvans: Analyzing Authors’ Field Data |
| title_full | Matchmaking Ceremony of Mongolia’s Tuvans: Analyzing Authors’ Field Data |
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| title_short | Matchmaking Ceremony of Mongolia’s Tuvans: Analyzing Authors’ Field Data |
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| topic | tuvans of the tyva republic tuvans of bayan-ölgii aimag tuvans of khovd aimag rite custom matchmaking wedding |
| url | http://kigiran.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/4238 |
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