Yakut Ritual Dance “Pattern”: concepts of life and death

This article reviews the Yakut ritual dance called “Pattern” which is connected to archaic funeral rite and concepts of life death intrinsic culture. The purpose this find in symbolic image-bearing elements indicating major consciousness — death; show exceptional value significance “life” constant ethnos consciousness; address as one ways display images; and, analysing meaning structure choreography, demonstrate transformation “death” into a new quality, symbol “life”. present study reveals movements by “changes into” life. methodological basis consists analysis bibliographic sources on dance. content are identical worldviews ancient Turkish people their death.