THE LAMENTATIONS OF THE PEOPLES OF DAGESTAN: POETIC TECHNIQUES AND MEANS
The article considers poetic features of the lamentations of the peoples of Dagestan. Lamentations belong to genres of funeral and ritual poetry. Originated in ancient times, lamentations have come a long way of its development. They reflect the echoes of archaic beliefs developed by the people since ancient times, going back to the early forms of religious beliefs - paganism, premonotheistic religions, which eventually underwent modifications, transformed and began to perform the functions of artistic techniques and means. The authors analyze the specific forms of lamentations, and identify their functional features in the general system of ritual and magical funeral rite. In the process of analysis of the actual material it is shown that the poetic means used in lamentations - images, motives, figurative and expressive means (appeals, comparisons, metaphors, personifications, etc.) contribute to the comprehension of the depth of the spiritual world of the people, its worldview and artistic enrichment of the genre nature of lamentations.