Genesis and Origin of the Esoteric Culture in White Shamanism: A Historical–Cultural Analysis

Abstract

In the article, a scientific explanation is given about the origin of the white shamanism according to Buryatia and Mongolian shamanic traditions and the very shamanic esotericism of Tengerism, precisely its connection with Indo-Iranian cultural tradition and the tradition of the Indus Valley civilization, with D.N. Dugarov’s explanation based on his historical and archaeological research.

Study of Childhood Culture Among the Siberian Indigenous Peoples (On the Field Research Material of the Chulym Ethnocultural Group in the Tyukhtet District of the Krasnoyarsk Territory)

“…Prolonged relevance and consistency of research interest in the environment of indigenous ethnic groups explained primarily, by the fact that socio-cultural practices of these territories are found in their extreme contrast to the way of life of other nations, and to the present day in some measure preserve this specific aspect. As a result of the research activity is now possible to observe the addition of two polar points of view in relation to the cultural heritage of indigenous peoples, manifested as the basic contradiction of modern science on this issue, and the dispute of cultural realities [5], [6], [7], [8]. This contradiction can be formulated as recognition of the need to preserve the cultural heritage of indigenous peoples and at the same time the unacceptability of inhibition processes of modernization of the changing ethnic group.…”