Ethno-confessional neotraditionalism of the Khakas: The search for identification grounds
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https://doi.org/10.25178/nit.2023.1.7Keywords:
shamanism; Manichaeism; Christianit; Tengrianism; native land; ethno-confessional modernism; ethno-confessional traditionalism; ethno-confessional neotraditionalism; ethno-confessional identity; worldview; Khakassia; Khakas peopleAbstract
The purpose of this article is to analyze the evolution of the ethno-confessional identity of the Khakas people. In its course, on the one hand, the continuity of the shamanic foundations of faith and cult practice was preserved. This led to a more developed form of religious identity — Tengrianism. On the other hand, the Khakas joined other religious systems (for example, Manichaeism and Christianity), and this formed the well-known phenomenon of “dual faith”.
The author pays a special attention to the processes of sacralization, desacralization and resacralization of the most important value of native land. It is concluded that the doctrine of Tengrianism is being revitalized. However, this phenomenon is controversial and causes discussions not only in the academic circles, but also in the society.
In modern Tengrianism, traditionalist, modernist and neotraditionalist tendencies have appeared. Traditionalist actors, as a rule, adhere to strict observance of the dogmas of the religious doctrine and the rules of the cult practice. While comprehending the worldview of Tengrianism, modernists who mainly belong to the national intelligentsia tend to be non-confessional in the interpretation of the creed and prone to liberal forms of cult practice. Neotraditionalist actors seek to use traditional forms of ethno-confessional identity as a resource to raise the motivation of ethnophors for achieving ethnic solidarity and intensification of modernization. Unlike traditional forms of shamanism and Tengrianism, contemporary actors actively construct a new social reality using legislative practice (for example, for the protection of sacred sites), institutional forms of organization (societies, movements, actions, etc.), and, finally, science.
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Anzhiganova L. V. Etnokonfessional’nyi neotraditsionalizm khakasov: poisk osnovanii identifikatsii [Ethno-confessional neotraditionalism of the Khakas: The search for identification grounds]. New Research of Tuva, 2023, no. 1, pp. 125‑136. (In Russ.). DOI: https://doi.org/10.25178/nit.2023.1.7
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Larisa V. Anzhiganova, Katanov State University of Khakassia
Doctor of Philosophy, Professor; Professor, Department of History, Katanov State University of Khakassia.
Postal address: 90 Lenina Prospekt, 655017 Abakan, Russian Federation.
E-mail: alv_9@mail.ru
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