SOCIALIZING FUNCTION OF PEASANT RIOTS OF BORN AND BAPTISMAL CYCLE (BASED ON THE MATERIALS OF TAMBOV TRADITIONS)
The article shows the analysis of born and baptismal riots, which were famous on the territory of Tambov region at the end of the 19 <sup>th</sup> - the beginning of the 20 <sup>th</sup> century. It is noted that children took a special place in the social organization of peasant way of life. They were a part of chain concerning the reproduction of ethnos; they were an object of parents' attention and their love, and also the love and attention of the whole village community. That was reflected in the law norms, traditions of everyday life and riot culture. Key positions in the system of traditional socialization of new-born children were riots connected with крещением, because social “born” of a child was happened only after making the important actions which were important for people and these actions were practice of many centuries.