Традиционные украшения башкирских женщин

A number of researchers of studies on Bashkirs consider women’s national embellishments. Nonetheless, the analysis of the existing literature and specialized sources reveals insufficiency of the researches and publications. They hardly review the role of the traditional women’s jewelry in human life during the era of globalization and unification in many aspects, including the aesthetics. The age of constantly changing contemporary fashion makes ethnic ornaments a striking and authentic component of a female image. These ornaments gain the new stylish life, but maintain their original cultural essence, artistic canon and features, philosophy and ideology originating from the deep archetypes of the national consciousness. Upgraded jewelry are popular with younger and older people. Today they embellish special-occasion, every-day and business outfits. Absolutely, sources and reasons for such an artistic and aesthetic phenomenon in the today’s reality require overview through historical retrospective considering the nation’s social and cultural biography and folklore. The overview of the available research data on the topic form a theoretical foundation for further and more thorough studying. This article relies on folklore and ethnographic materials related to female clothes and jewelry. The materials are formed with the authors’ published and unpublished field notes. The article touches on the rich history of Bashkir women’s embellishments from the ancient time till present days, discloses their ideology, spiritual meanings, artistic features, social and aesthetic functions. The analytical approach is used for this research. It determines that national jewelry is mentioned in the folklore, in Bashkir fairytales, songs and epic poems in particular. Some ornament items discovered in the folklore materials are found nowadays. They give a modern woman’s outfit an ethnic feature, if she aspires for preserving her authentic identity in the global unification fashion.

Aesthetics · Art · Folklore · Ideology · Literature · Politics · Sociology · Theme (computing) · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · History