THE “DONKEY WALK” IN RUSSIA IN XVI–XVII CENTURIES: THIS CONTENT AND SEMANTIC TRANSFORMATION
The article is devoted to the history and semiotic transformations of “Donkey walk” practiced in Russia in XVI–XVII centuries on Palm Sunday which was a ritual reenactment of Jesus Christ’s entry into Jerusalem. The autor analyzes role of spatial icon in dissemination of religious values and specifics of dissemination of spatial icon in Russia. Discussed the origin of “Donkey Walk” and semantic transformation that occurred through interperation of the ritual in Russia. It is concluded that the content of “Donkey Walk” in Russia was significantly enriched: there was deep understanding of events of Sacred history and their active experience, when elements of the worldly life in all their manifestations get a sense of the sacred. However, from the 2nd half of the XVII century there was a gradual desacralization of the ritual associated with the General trends of secularization.
Keywords: “Donkey walk”, Palm Sunday, the spatial icon, sacred space, Pokrovsky Cathedral, the symbolism of liturgical vestments, willow symbolism, secularization
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Issue: 2, 2015
Series of issue: Issue 4
Rubric: ARTICLES
Pages: 115 — 125
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