FEMALE HEAD-DRESS ‘CHUKHTA’ AND ITS KINDS AMONG THE AVARS

Autor: Maysarat Kamilovna Musaeva, Madina Bagavutdinovna Gimbatova
Jazyk: English<br />Russian
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Sovremennye Issledovaniâ Socialʹnyh Problem, Vol 9, Iss 4, Pp 107-118 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2077-1770
DOI: 10.12731/2077-1770-2017-4-107-118
Popis: Purpose. The article deals with the ‘chukhta’ – in the past one of the most common Dagestan kinds of female head-dress, which nowadays is practically extinct. The goal of the work is to describe the varieties of the chukhta of the Avars and peoples of the Avar group. Methodology. The research is based on the historical-comparative method, the method of involved observation, as well as the principle of historical and cultural reconstruction. Results. The result of the work is the fact that the authors have recorded an important ethno-symbolic element of material culture – the female head-dress ‘chukhta’. The chukhta in its various modifications has always been considered the most informative element of the costume of the Avar woman. Basing on the works of pre-revolutionary researchers and field ethnographic material collected by the authors in Mountainous Avariya at different times, the authors distinguish several kinds of chukhta (according to its form, way of wearing, decorative elements, color and quality of the fabric), which reflected the society the woman belonged to, her social status, financial standing and age. The chukhta and details of its decoration were the pride of the woman and to tear it from her head was equivalent to an insult. Practical implications. The results of the research can be applied by education and cultural workers and can also be used in the regional content for the exposition “National costume” in the museum of traditional culture and the multimedia historical park “Russia is My History”.
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