СОПОСТАВИТЕЛЬНЫЙ АНАЛИЗ РЕЛИГИОЗНОГО ОФОРМЛЕНИЯ КЛАДБИЩ И НАДГРОБИЙ ЧУВАШСКОГО НАСЕЛЕНИЯ ЦИЛЬНИНСКОГО РАЙОНА УЛЬЯНОВСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ

Abstract

On the basis of long-term ethnographic field research, the religious features of the pagan and Orthodox Chuvash burials of the Tsilninsky district of the Ulyanovsk region are considered: the planning and maintenance of cemeteries, the design of graves and tombstones. A high degree of stability of the preservation of burial traditions among the Chuvash pagans, in contrast to the baptized, was revealed. Along with the significant differences identified, there are also similarities, which are reflected in the tradition of visiting a cemetery and commemorating departed ancestors.