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The subject of the study is the musical side of the Buddhist religion, which penetrated into the territory of ethnic Buryatia, and in the XVIII century was recognized by the supreme authority of Russia. The Buddhist cult, endowed with a high sacred meaning and mysterious mystery, was traditionally accompanied by rituals and worships in musical instrumental design. Such are the summer liturgies Maidari and Tsam, formerly held in the temple territories and popular with the people.
The description is based on the comparative method, which implies a comparative comparison of Buddhist rituals with Christian services designed to propagate theological truths. They are comparable to theatrical performances by the presence of their vocal part, the entertainment of choreographic costume numbers with pantomime, solo recitatives and choral episodes. The sufficiently branched and specific instruments of the orchestra are represented by a rather disharmonious combination of aerophones, idiophones and membranes, which exert an ecstatic effect on the psyche of the listener through overwhelming impressiveness and the creation of a state close to trance.
The scientific novelty of the study consists in newly discovered data on the interpretation of Buddhist rituals, which irretrievably lost certain components over the decades of their semi-legal existence in public space.
Keywords:confession, clergy, sangha, Buddhism, lamaism, hural (liturgy), mantra, huwarak, mystery, sacred.
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