%0 Journal Article
%T Sensing ¡°Place¡±: Performance, Oral Tradition and Improvisation in the Hidden Temples of Mountain Altai
%A £¿lbey D£¿LEK
%J -
%D 2018
%X This article suggests that during two Ak Jang (¡°White Way¡±) Sary B¨¹r (¡°Yellow Leaves¡±) rituals in hidden open-air temples in Mountain Altai, kaleidoscopic relations are created through bodily movements, oral poetry, epic, and song. These components stimulate three interrelated senses of ¡°place¡± for participants: a topographical, indigenous ¡°place of gatherings;¡± a numinous interactive spiritual place; and a situational ¡°being-in-place¡± that serve to strengthen personhood and enable personal transitions in the face of difficult contemporary political and natural change
%K place
%K ritual
%K temple
%K Ak Jang
%K Sary B¨¹r
%U http://dergipark.org.tr/antakiyat/issue/41579/493627