OLONKHO
the Yakut Heroic Epos

(Detailed description as it was written in candidate application for the 3rd proclamation of masterpieces of the oral and intangible heritage of the humanity.)

PREFACE

DESCRIPTION OF THE CULTURAL OBJECT

Historical Description

Ethnological Description

Cultural and Social Descriptions

Linguistic Description

OUTSTANDING VALUE AS THE MASTERPIECE
OF HUMAN CREATIVE WORK

THE SPECIFIC CREATIVE WORK
(MUSICOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CULTURAL OBJECT)

ROOTS OF THE PRESENTED OBJECT IN CULTURAL TRADITION

OLONKHO AS MEANS OF EXPRESSION OF CULTURAL TRADITION

Stage Transformation of Olonkho

Musical Transformation of Olonkho

Arts Transformation of Olonkho

Literary Transformations of Olonkho

OLONKHO AS MEANS OF EXPRESSION OF CULTURAL IDENTITY

TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF OLONKHO PERFORMING

EXISTENCE AND RISK OF DISAPPEARANCE

Prepared by

- Sakha Republic Public Organization "Association Olonkho",
- the Institute of Humanities of the Academy of Sciences of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)

with the support of

- the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation,
- the Ministry of Culture and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation,
- the Chairman of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO,
- the President and Government of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia).