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The Sacral Center and the Outside World: The Problems of Interaction

Type of publication: Research Article

About author(s)

I.A. Selezneva | ir_selez@mail.ru

Keywords

new sacral space, Okunevo, social institutions, mass media, religious organizations

Abstract

Various aspects of interaction of a sacral centre in the Okunevo village Muromtsevo district, Omsk oblast’ formed in the early 1990s and attracts many pilgrims, with the outside world are discussed in the paper. The outside world include social institutions (authorities, mass media, Russian Orthodox Church and etc), as well as the local population and persons which infl uence on this sacral complex. The obtained information will allow the identifi cation of points of contact sacral center and the outside world and determine the levels of interaction, from positive cooperation to confrontation

Funding Information

This research was supported by the following institutions and grants:
Russian Foundation for Humanities, grant 14-01-00431

Citation

Selezneva, I.A. 2014. The Sacral Center and the Outside World: The Problems of Interaction. Etnograficheskoe obozrenie 5: 59-73

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