FUNERAL AND MEMORIAL RITUALS AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE KADAR ETHNOS

Abstract

The article describes the Kadars funeral and memorial rites. Due to the conservatism the rites reflect the traditional values of the ethnos under study from the author’s point of view that indicates and saves the Kadars ethnic identity. The study of the funeral ritual procession of the Kadars is of great importance because of the fact that it contains some information about life, culture, traditions and outlook of the ethnos under study. The article also studies lamentations and ways of grief expression in the funeral rites of the Kadar ethnic group. The texts recorded in the villages of the Kadar territory of the Republic of Dagestan are under study. The scientific point is the investigation of the non-studied rites and lamentations of the Kadar funeral and memorial rituals, and the study of the conceptual semantics of texts.