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11, Pushkinskaya str., Petrozavodsk, 185910, Russian Federation
Researcher, Institute of Linguistics, Literature and History, Karelian Research Centre, Russian Aca-demy of Sciences
Valentina P. Mironova
https:/orcid//org/0000-000163105561
E-mail: Tytkija@mail.ru Tel.: +7 (814) 278-44-96
11, Pushkinskaya str., Petrozavodsk, 185910, Russian Federation
PhD in Philological Sciences, Senior Researcher, Institute of Linguistics, Literature and History, Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences
The study was funded from the federal budget as part of the state project assigned to the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
This article focuses on Karelian “runes” (epic songs) as a component of the Republic of Karelia’s intangible heritage and on ways used to popularize them. Rune poetry has for centuries remained one of the main oral folk-art genres among Karelians, performing magical, curative, didactic, and esthetic functions. The bearers of the rune song tradition were the Karelian-speaking peasantry. Changes in the social and economic system and shrinking of the language environment have caused the epic song tradition to decline. At present, however, there are active efforts to revitalize and popularize it in a variety of ways. As far as traditional methods, new collections of scientific papers and republication of previously ones are issued. In addition, artists produce pictures based on runes, illustrate new editions of them, and organize exhibitions, which are also available online. In the realm of music, new vocalization techniques are employed in addition to traditional forms of rune singing. The youth audience is involved by the re-telling and comic-book rendition of rune texts, tabletop games and contests based on them, and by using online platforms. The efforts to promote rune singing have been enthusiastically supported by NGOs, which seek material on renowned performers and help perpetuate their memory. Adaptation of archaic rune poetry to current realities and the use of innovative formats facilitate wider public interest.
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