<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The authors had the opportunity, during their fieldwork, to attend spring rituals in Varkled-Böd’ya village. The week before the Great Day (<italic>Bydjynnal</italic>, coinciding with Orthodox Easter) is a dense ritual week: there are young people to be initiated, boys first and girls at the concluding ritual, who thus become adults; there are evil spirits to be chased away from the space of the living; there are kin relations to be reinforced through reciprocal visits, prayers and ritual deeds. These four rituals are the focus of this article, which provides an ethnographic account as well as a general analysis of the critical dimensions observed.</p></abstract>

The authors had the opportunity, during their fieldwork, to attend spring rituals in Varkled-Böd’ya village. The week before the Great Day (Bydjynnal, coinciding with Orthodox Easter) is a dense ritual week: there are young people to be initiated, boys first and girls at the concluding ritual, who thus become adults; there are evil spirits to be chased away from the space of the living; there are kin relations to be reinforced through reciprocal visits, prayers and ritual deeds. These four rituals are the focus of this article, which provides an ethnographic account as well as a general analysis of the critical dimensions observed.

“The Year Replaces the Year.”<sup>1</sup> Udmurt Spring Ceremonies among the Non-Christian Udmurt: An Ethnographic Analysis of Contemporary Ritual Life (On Materials from Varkled-Böd’ya Village)

Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics

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“The Year Replaces the Year.” Udmurt Spring Ceremonies among the Non-Christian Udmurt: An Ethnographic Analysis of Contemporary Ritual Life (On Materials from Varkled-Böd’ya Village)

The authors had the opportunity, during their fieldwork, to attend spring rituals in Varkled-Böd’ya village. The week before the Great Day (Bydjynnal,...

“The Year Replaces the Year.”¹ Udmurt Spring Ceremonies among the Non-Christian Udmurt: An Ethnographic Analysis of Contemporary Ritual Life (On Materials from Varkled-Böd’ya Village)

Published Online: Jul 17, 2018

Page range: 59 - 94

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jef-2018-0005

Keywords
Udmurt, non-Christian Udmurt, rituals, initiation, ritual songs, spring rituals, traditional calendar, ritual practice, prayers ritual food

© 2018 Eva Toulouze et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

“The Year Replaces the Year.”1 Udmurt Spring Ceremonies among the Non-Christian Udmurt: An Ethnographic Analysis of Contemporary Ritual Life (On Materials from Varkled-Böd’ya Village)

Published Online: Jul 17, 2018

Page range: 59 - 94

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jef-2018-0005

KeywordsUdmurt, non-Christian Udmurt, rituals, initiation, ritual songs, spring rituals, traditional calendar, ritual practice, prayers ritual food

© 2018 Eva Toulouze et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

“The Year Replaces the Year.”¹ Udmurt Spring Ceremonies among the Non-Christian Udmurt: An Ethnographic Analysis of Contemporary Ritual Life (On Materials from Varkled-Böd’ya Village)

Keywords
Udmurt, non-Christian Udmurt, rituals, initiation, ritual songs, spring rituals, traditional calendar, ritual practice, prayers ritual food