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WORLD ANTHROPOLOGICAL UNION

CONGRESS 2024​

Paper

Ritual baking of the Ob Ugrians from the collection of the Museum of Nature and Man.

presenters

    Larisa Porshunova

    Nationality: Russia

    Residence: Russia

    Museum of Nature and Man

    Presence:Face to Face/ On Site

The museum's collection contains unique examples of ritual baked goods in the form of deer and cows. These are the attributes of a bear holiday. The blood of a deer sacrificed to a bear was added to the dough. On the last day of the holiday, the figurines were broken with a ritual staff and everyone was treated to a treat. To receive and eat a piece of such baked goods was considered great luck& Today, the Ob Ugrians also have a tradition of presenting baked goods to their deities, which replace real sacrifices or symbolically increase their number. In addition to the bear festival, such baked goods are used during the ritual of feeding the moon and at the crow festival.

Keywords:

ritual baking, Ob Ugrians, bear holiday, storage of museum collections