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Sensing “Place”: Performance, Oral Tradition and Improvisation in the Hidden Temples of Mountain Altai

“Mekân” Algısı: Altay Dağı’nın Gizli Tapınaklarında Gösteri, Sözlü Gelenek ve Doğaçlama

İlbey Dölek

Journal
Antakiyat
Pages
261–289
Publication Date
2018-12-30
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Abstract

This article suggests that during two Ak Jang (“White Way”) Sary Bür (“Yellow Leaves”) rituals in hidden open-air temples in Mountain Altai, kaleidoscopic relations are created through bodily movements, oral poetry, epic, and song. These components stimulate three interrelated senses of “place” for participants: a topographical, indigenous “place of gatherings;” a numinous interactive spiritual place; and a situational “being-in-place” that serve to strengthen personhood and enable personal transitions in the face of difficult contemporary political and natural change.

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This article suggests that during two Ak Jang (“White Way”) Sary Bür (“Yellow Leaves”) rituals in hidden open-air temples in Mountain Altai, kaleidoscopic relations are created through bodily movements, oral poetry, epic, and song. These components stimulate three interrelated senses of “place” for participants: a topographical, indigenous “place of gatherings;” a numinous interactive spiritual place; and a situational “being-in-place” that serve to strengthen personhood and enable personal transitions in the face of difficult contemporary political and natural change.

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Dölek, İ. (2018). Sensing “Place”: Performance, Oral Tradition and Improvisation in the Hidden Temples of Mountain Altai. Antakiyat, Cilt: 1 Sayı: 2, 261–289. https://ajindex.com/articles/1061135

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