Minvaleev, S. A. LUDIAN MATCHMAKING: TIME, PARTICIPANTS, ATTRIBUTES IN LIGHT OF MAPPING // Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2018. No 5 (174). DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2018.182


Ethnology, anthropology and ethnography

LUDIAN MATCHMAKING: TIME, PARTICIPANTS, ATTRIBUTES IN LIGHT OF MAPPING

Minvaleev
S. A. 		Institute of Linguistics, Literature and History, Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Keywords:
Karelians
Ludians
traditional culture
matchmaking
wedding
mapping		 Summary: The article, based on a wide range of sources, is aimed at presenting the geography of some components of matchmaking (the time of the ritual, its performers and their attributes) using the mapping method in the area of settlement of the Ludian Karelians. It is concluded that the components considered were of the Baltic Finnic, Karelian and Russian origin. The common Baltic Finniccomponents include the name of matchmaking (kožit’šuz) and matchmakers (sulhažet). The components of the Karelian origin include the time of marriage proposal and marriage (Christmas), participation of a sorcerer and a female matchmaker(sajannaine) in the matchmaking, the use of various matchmaking staffs. However, these components have got different on the territory of Ludian settlement. The participation of a sorcerer (tiedoinikka) in the matchmaking, as it was revealed, was peculiar only to the Northern Ludians on the border with the Segozer Karelians and was explained by the influence of the latter. The composition of matchmakers and wedding titles common among the Ludian people was formed under the enormous influence of the wedding traditions of the neighboring Russian population. The Russian impact was uneven, which is reflected in the maps.



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