МАЛОДОСЛІДЖЕНІ АСПЕКТИ ТРАДИЦІЙНОГО ВЕСІЛЛЯ УКРАЇНЦІВ / UNEXPLORED ASPECTS OF TRADITIONAL UKRAINIAN WEDDING

Курочкин Александр. Малоизученные аспекты традиционной украинской свадьбы. В статье акцентируется необходимость внимательно проанализировать развлекательно-игровую программу традиционной свадьбы украинцев, включающую в себя, в частности, «непристойные» обряды, песни, игры и танцы. Изучение этих явлений народной культуры долгое время тормозилось из-за преследований политической, церковной и моральной цензуры. Ключевые слова: свадьба, язычество, христианство, игра, песня, танец, обрядовая эротика. Kurochkin Oleksander. Unexplored aspects of traditional Ukrainian wedding. The article emphasizes necessity to carefully analyze entertainment and game program of traditional Ukrainian wedding, which includes, in particular, the "obscene" rituals, songs, games and dances. The study of these phenomena of popular culture was for a long time hampered due to political persecution, the church and the moral censorship presure. Nevertheless, vivid and original Ukrainian wedding studied several generations of scientists. This case paid tribute to many ukrainian and foreign ethnographers, historians, folklorists, musicologists and other experts. Lack of focus on entertainment and gaming component is an old flaw of our ukrainian ethnology. Censorship and persure of erotic folklore continued in Soviet Union times. Suffice it to recall that even in academic publications “Ukrainian wedding ceremonies and songs”, which were published in 70-80 years of the last century, editors were forced to distort facts, and to escape from publication some of authentic texts because of its "obscene" content. The history of wedding folklore discuss the reasons of disappearing of any rituals. Initial culture was based on a synthesis of philosophical ideas and art forms. But over time, due to the destruction of old ideological foundations of ancient ritual form or phenomena became artistic activities and holiday entertainment, or gradually were replaced by the sphere of life. Key words: wedding, heathendom, Christianity, game, song, dance, erotic ritual.