| Annotation |
The article deals with a little-studied topic with the aim of studying localization of Buryat ritual hitching posts
serge in the space from Ust-Orda district to Cape Khoboy on Olkhon Island in the 21st century. The article is
based on the field observations and materials, literary and electronic sources. The hypothesis of the study was
proved – in conditions of globalization and active increase in international tourist flows, the Buryats are expanding
the boundaries of their own sacred world to create a specific system of protective mechanisms against intensive
foreign cultural influence. Sacred objects contribute to the preservation of the fragile ecology of the region.
One of the key methods used in the article is ideographic method, which is supplemented with analysis and
generalization. There are three entrance signs/complexes, in which the central place is given to ritual hitching
posts on the section of the R-418 highway from Irkutsk to the border of the Olkhonsky district. On this section
of the road there is a barisa, a ritual complex, with three serge. In the Olkhon region, nine serge are located at
the mouth of the river Angi near Mount Yordo where the Yordyn Games are held. On the island of Olkhon near the cape Burkhan, 13 ritual hitching posts have been erected in honor of the “13 northern noyons”, occupying a
special place in the shamanic pantheon of Buryats. There is a ritual hitching post serge on Cape Khoboy. The
researched cult objects were established in the 21st century by the decision of the population and are all-Olkhon,
and possibly all Buryat. The innovative character of the ritual hitching posts lies in their considerable size and in
their installation in places where they were not previously installed, thus expanding the sacred territory. These
considered Olkhon serge, despite of their increased size, retain their authenticity, in contrast to the stylized serge
standing on the entrance steles. A new organization of the socio-cultural space with the help of ritual hitching
posts indicates that the ethnic culture has been transforming into a national one. |
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