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DOI: 10.46698/VNC.2021.15.8.003
MOVING GAMES AND COMPETITIONS IN THE MEN’S SUBCULTURE OF TRADITIONAL OSSETIAN SOCIETY
Bagaev, Alan B.
Kavkaz Forum. 2021. Issue 8.
Abstract:
The men’s subculture and its inherent ideological attitudes were especially
important in the life of the traditional society. In a transformed form, the men’s
value system, way of thinking and form of behavior inherent in traditional
society continue to exist in the modern society. This explains the relevance
of a comprehensive study of men’s subcultures of the traditional society.
A comprehensive study of traditional men’s subcultures is important for
understanding the hidden trends of evolution and the objective perception of
the principles of development of the modern society. To a large extent, the men’s
subculture manifests itself in the competitions, games and amusements that
existed in the men’s environment.
This work analyzes Ossetian traditional men’s games and competitions,
a characteristic element of which was fast movement, running, climbing,
jumping. The scientific novelty is determined by the fact that this work is the first
comprehensive study of active men’s games based on the Ossetian material.
Ethnographic material, folklore texts served as a source in the development of the
problem posed.
This article identifies and examines the most common competitions and
games among the Ossetian men’s population, which involved fast movement;
noted stereotypes of men’s behavior during participation in the reviewed
competitions and games; analyzed the modifications found in some of the
men’s games and competitions; the influence of active games and competitions
on the strengthening the intragroup solidarity in men’s teams in the traditional
society was revealed; the military-applied significance of some of the games and
competitions considered is determined; the existence of a correlation between
religious and magical rituals and traditional men’s games in the traditional
Ossetian society has been established; the impact of transformations in public
consciousness on men’s competitions and stereotypes of men’s play behavior is
determined.
Keywords: men’s active games, men’s subculture of the Ossetians, traditional society, Ossetian men’s competitions, Ossetian folk games
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