The Principle of Carnivalization in Constructing a New Rituality of Festive Culture (Using the Maslenitsa Holiday (Pancake Days) as an Example)

Festive culture changes over time under the influence of various objective and subjective circumstances. The rituals accompanying festive events also undergo transformation, which is conditioned not only by the logic of cultural development, but also, among other things, by the absence of a model of the original action. This allows for a multi-variant construction of a festive and ritual action. In modern times, it is more correct to speak of constructing a new rituality within the framework of festive culture. This new rituality organically includes elements of modern culture that are fixed in people's minds as traditional, but, in essence, are not. The article examines the issue of using carnivalization as a principle of such construction, which has a dual character. The example of Maslenitsa shows the transformation of the festive ritual action and the variants of its modern embodiment

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