To Hear Ergo To See, or On the Acoustic Specifi city of the Ceremonial Performances of Amur Peoples

The present article presents the analyses acoustic components of traditional culture of the peoples \nliving in the South of the Far East Region. Recognizing the significance of “ceremonial performance \ntext” as a compound system of choreog-raphy, stage design and acoustic component, the author \nemphasizes the performance basis of the ritual syncretism. The author demonstrates that the roots of \nthe Amur acoustic world perception should be sought for in the system of visual, emotional and sensual, \nkinetic components associated with the imitation nature of the Amur ceremonial performances. The \nresearch develops the idea that due to syncretic consciousness, the acoustic layer of Amur rituals \ndid not just provide the audience with some audial impressions, but also translated them into visual, \nthereby proving the audiovisual unity of a tribal man’s consciousness

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