Abstract
Background. The article is devoted to the construction rituals of the Middle Dnieper region – on the example of the Kyiv, Cherkasy and Poltava regions, which are part of the historical and ethnographic region. Methods. The research used observational methods that allow the most complete interpretation of the obtained results. Results. Ethnographic materials of the second half of the 20th century, as well as oral testimonies of contemporaries of those times collected during field research, are an important source of information about construction traditions that have been preserved in the memory of the local population and reveal the peculiarities of the construction rituals of the Middle Dnieper region. Conclusions. The study reveals the origin of prohibitions, omens, and customs that accompany the selection and procurement of building material for housing construction.
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