Broadcasting Reproductive Culture as a Way to Preserve Domestic Intangible Cultural Heritage (based on Materials from the Perm Province of the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries); [Трансляция репродуктивной культуры как способ сохранения отечественного нематериального культурного наследия (на материалах Пермской губернии второй половины XIX – начала ХХ вв.)]

Abstract

The article examines the problem of preserving Russian intangible cultural heritage through the formation and consistent implementation of that part of family rituals that was associated with the reproductive culture of the peasant community, which made up the majority of the population of the Russian Empire. In a similar way, the transmission of value and behavioral attitudes of the reproductive strategy took place from generation to generation. The study is based on materials from the Perm province, chronologically dating back to the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries. The main sources were descriptions of various rituals and records of folklore, preserved both in published form and in archival materials. Using various methods of historical science, including microhistory, the author managed to extract from descriptive source material the meaning that the peasants invested in each ritual element. It was found that the main mechanisms for transmitting the value and behavioral attitudes of Russian reproductive culture – the family and the Russian Orthodox Church – were aimed at one goal that was vitally important for the peasant community – the conception and birth of as many children as possible, preferably healthy ones. For this purpose, knowledge, traditions, customs and rituals have been passed on for centuries among the people, information about which was recorded by local historians, observers and scientists. All this entered the treasury of Russian culture, forming a fund of domestic intangible cultural heritage. Copyright © 2024 by Cherkas Global University.