essay
Daily life and holidays of the Siberian village in the eighteenth and first half of the nineteenth centuries
russian traditional culture: religion, gender, and customary law • Armonk, N.Y. • Published In 1992 • Pages: 159-224
By: Minenko, N. A. (Nina Adamovna).
Abstract
Russian peasants observed a number of holidays and rest days that helped them break the monotony of agricultural labor. This study discusses the most important religious holidays and other organized ceremonials in the calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church. Celebrations also included communal feasts and a range of organized leisure time activities such as group singing, dancing, horse racing, and games. Such activities reinforced the cohesion of the village community while accommodating structural cleavages and power inequalities along wealth, age and gender. Aspects of daily life are also covered, highlighting the difficulties faced in such things as communication and health care in the vastness and cold of Siberia.
- Region
- Europe
- Sub Region
- Eastern Europe
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Historian
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2019
- Field Date
- 1976, 1986
- Coverage Date
- 1700-1863
- Coverage Place
- Siberia, Russia
- Notes
- N. A. Minenko
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 92004775
- LCSH
- Ethnology--Russia (Federation)
- Folklore--Russia (Federation)
- Russians--Intellectual life
- Russians--Folklore
- Russia (Federation)--Social life and customs