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Since 1989 Panorama of Russia has specialized in academic and reference publications from the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Kul`tura Dorogi v Russkoi Miforitual`noi Traditsii XIX - XX veka
[ Culture of the road in Russian mythological and ritual tradition of the 19th-20th CC]
Moscow: Indrik, 2003 527 p. [16 ill.] Serie: Traditsionnaia Dukhovnaia Kul`tura Slavian. Sovremennye issledovaniia Hardcover. 14.5 x 22 cm ISBN: 5857591767 Language: Russian
This new volume in the series Traditional Spiritual Culture of the Slavs studies the complex of ideas, traditions and rituals related to moving (hitting the road). The monograph is based the author`s field studies in various regions of the European part of Russia as well as archive materials. Shchepan`skaia describes rituals of communication and life support on the road, structure of communities formed during traveling, structure of near road space: "scary places", "sacred spaces", road constructions, types of people on a road, etc. Bibliography. 20 illustrations.
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