The Eastern Mari are a subgroup of the Mari people, a Volga Finnic ethnic group of Russia. Eastern Mari live outside of the Mari El Republic, east of the Vyatka River.[1] They are concentrated in Bashkortostan, particularly in the Mishkinsky District, Birsky District, and in Neftekamsk. Eastern Mari populations are also found in southern Sverdlovsk Oblast and in Perm Krai.[2]
 Eastern Mari women of the Ural region | |
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The Eastern Mari language variety includes loanwords and influence from Russian, Tatar, and Bashkir.[2]
About two thirds of Eastern Mari live in rural areas, and they are traditionally farmers.[3] Mari in Bashkortostan mainly practice a syncretic combination of Russian Orthodoxy and traditional Mari religion,[4] although Finnish Lutheran missionary efforts have established several Lutheran Mari communities in the republic which incorporate aspects of traditional Mari culture.[5]
References
edit- ^ Ivanova et al. 2020, p. 312
- ^ a b Ivanova et al. 2020, p. 313
- ^ Ivanova et al. 2018, pp. 213–214
- ^ Klyashev & Sadikov 2024, pp. 109–110
- ^ Klyashev & Sadikov 2024, pp. 113–115
Bibliography
edit- Ivanova, O. M.; Bilalova, L. M.; Guriev, E. A.; Gareev, I. S. (2018). The Eastern Mari Culture as Sinergy of Tolerance and Identity (PDF). 12th International Scientific and Practical Conference "Science and Society". London. pp. 209–222.
- Ivanova, O. M.; Guriev, E. A.; Bilalova, L. M.; Gareev, I. S. (2020). "Socio–cultural existence of modern East Mary subethnos". Amazonia Investiga. 9 (28): 311–319. doi:10.34069/AI/2020.28.04.35. ISSN 2322-6307.
- Klyashev, Alexander; Sadikov, Ranus (2024). "Syncretism and Identity: The Integration of Lutheranism among the Mari People of Bashkortostan, Russia". Journal of Contemporary Rituals and Traditions. 2 (2): 109–138. doi:10.15575/jcrt.373. ISSN 2988-5884.