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Prayer for the continuation of the human race, accompanied by the rite of divination on a tambourine and a tin bucket. The prayer sometimes changes from a song form to a prosaic one.

The prayer is accompanied by a rite of divination on a tambourine, then on an empty tin bucket. First, the request of present people for permission from the higher powers to perform the song-prayer is voiced. The prayer sounds in song form, then goes into verbal form four times. In prayer, people turn to all the supreme deities and ask for the well-being of the Khanty people (including the people of other territories). In order to strengthen it, E. D. Aypin and Spiridon Tylchin are included in the prayer. From time to time, the prayer is interrupted by divination with a tambourine and a tin bucket. Divination is associated with the well-being of the cosmic dwelling of people, which is dedicated to Kaltasch Nay Angki. The prayer is fixed with the four most powerful words (incantation): "Let it be as it is in this prayer!"

The Ob Ugrians, the Khanty language, the Surgut dialect

Folklore, Song folklore, Ritual folklore, Bear’s Holiday, Prayer

Ustje of Vatjegan station, Pokachi, Nizhnevartovsky District, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra

1988

00.23.56

A-3/6-6