The Commemoration Rite of Asiatic Yup'ik [Eskimos] and the Contemporary Ritual Space of Novoe Chaplino and Sirenkiki
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3779449 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dmitri A Oparin (a Department of Ethnology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University faculty of history, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 59-88 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology & Archeology of Eurasia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1061-1959 • E-ISSN: 1558-092X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2753/aae1061-1959520304 |
| OpenAlex | W2334209469 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
The article examines the practice of feeding ancestors and spirits, widespread among the Asiatic Yup'ik. The most organized and ritualized way of feeding can be seen in the commemoration of the dead. The author describes in detail the contemporary commemoration rite of the Asiatic Yup'ik; he shows its variations as well as individual traits of the present social and ritual context in which the commemoration is performed
Archaeology · Ethnology · Rite · Rite of passage · Sociology · Theology · Anthropology · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |