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EARTH–WATER is a dual mythologized deity in female image, protector of nature pow­ ers; an image of the Motherland. It combines male and female principles, includes the unity of time and space, a person and nature. Thus, a healing Bashkir spell describes the ancient origin of the mother­earth with a...

EASTER (Christ’s day, Resurrection of Christ, the Great day, Bright Christ’s Sunday) is the main Christian holiday dedicated to the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is held the first Sunday after the spring new moon. People clean their houses, bake kulich cakes, cook cottage paskha dish, paint eggs...

EICHENWALD Anton Aleksandrovich (13.5. 1875–1952), composer, conductor, folklorist, music and public figure. For more than 20 years, he collected Bashkir ethnic songs and tunes, as well as studied Bashkir ethnic music. More than 4,000 samples of song folklore of the peoples of the Volga region and Central...

ENIKEYEV  Gaysa  Khamidullovich  (2.7.1864–March 1931), Deputy of the 3rd (1907– 12) and 4th (1912–17) State Duma. In 1883–93, he collected works of musical folklore of Bash­ kirs and Tatars, recorded about 500 songs. The compiler of the manuscript “Ancient Bashkir and Tatar song” (known as “Collection...

EPIC B a s h k i r, folklore is a heroic narrative about the past. It tells about the whole picture of ethnic life and harmonious unity of the world and heroes. The main sources for the E. formation are myths, stories about the first ancestors (see also Cultural hero). Epics were classified by Kirey...

“ERVEL MARIY”     (“Eastern    Mari”) M a r i   e t h n i c   c u l t u r a l   a u t o n o m y i n B a s h k o r t o s t a n, a NGO established in Ufa in 1989. Has branches and departments in local Mari communities. Annually holds the Inter-Regional Eastern Mari ethnic dance contest “Silver Cord”,...

ETHNIC CULTURAL CENTER OF KRYASHENS i n B a s h k o r t o s t a n, a NGO established in Bakaly, Bakalinskiy District, Bashkortostan in 1998. A part of the Union of Kryashens Ethnic Cultural Centers of Bashkortostan, Tatarstan, Udmurtia. Rural ethnic cultural centers are present in settlements with Kryashen...

ETHNIC CULTURAL CENTERS, NGOs. Established in Bashkortostan in accordance with Russian laws “Concerning Non-Governmental Organizations” (1995), “Concerning Non-Profit Organizations” (1995), etc. There are more than 40 NGOs (2019): Azeri Ethnic Cultural Center, “Ak Bata”, “Ala-Too”, “Wiedergeburt”, “Revival”,...

ETHNIC DANCE is a folklore dance performed in its natural environment. It has certain traditional moves, beat, costumes, etc. The Bashkir E.d. reflect some peculiarities of labor activities, different customs and beliefs, imaginative perception of nature, the habits of animals and birds. The dances...

ETHNIC DRAMA is a folklore theatrical performance which does not have a fixed text as its basis and exists in stage form. Its origin re­ lates to the dramatic elements of ritual folklore, ethnic games, minstrel’s, joker’s, buffoon’s, se­ sen’s art, etc. It has prose and poetic forms. E.d. can be characterized...

ETHNIC GAMES are historically estab‑ lished  activities  (amusements,  shows,  larks, sport, dancing, singing and other contests) of entertaining  nature,  which  reflect  traditional worldview, beliefs, customs, folklore develop‑ ment, social relations and household of people. E.g. aim to foster and...

ETHNIC MUSIC i s  m u s i c a l  f o l k l o r e, vocal and instrumental art of people. Traditionally it exists in oral and written forms, it is transferred from one generation to another. The main feature of E.m. is that its traditions are preserved. They include anonymity, syncretic connection with...

ETHNIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. Modern field research notes that traditional musical instruments of people of Bashkortostan has preserved their peculiarities and keep developing: Detailed descriptions of the harmonica appeared in 1985 in different constructive and national variants, then the dumbyra was...

EVDOKIMOVA Elena Viktorovna (b. 30.8. 1960), public figure. Organizer and artistic di­ rector of the Russian folk ensemble “Tausen”. Candidate of Philology (1995). Research is de­ voted to the problems of folk linguistics, cul­ tural linguistics, linguistic aspects of S.T. Aksa­ kov’s work. Author of...