ASIAN STUDIES. AFRICAN STUDIES.
Issue 1, 2014
CONTENTS
| Section | GEOCULTURAL SPACES AND CODES OF THE CULTURES OF ASIA AND AFRICA | ||
| Codes UDC | 316.6 | Page | 111-116 |
| Title | Concept of mOgOya in Manden proverbs | ||
| Author 1 | Zavyalova O. Yu. | St.Petersburg State University 199034, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation candidate of philological sciences, associate professor e-mail: jontan@mail.ru |
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| Summary | The article is devoted to one of the central concepts of mutual relations between Manden people - mOgOya - humanity as people�s characteristic. Each people have a concept characterising the basic quality (qualities), valued in the society and, as a rule, such concepts are difficult to translate. In this article the author tries to penetrate into the essence of such concept by means of the analysis of bamana proverbs. Value of a person in the Manden society, as well as in all collectivist societies, is defined by a value for a group of people, instead of its personal achievements. Therefore, the concept m?g?ya includes a concept of priority of society over an individual, intercommunication of people, and their interdependency. In accordance with mOgOya, people mutual relations are based on unity, debt, understanding, mind and reciprocity. Understanding of such concepts as mOgOya is a key to understanding of many processes in a modern Manden society. | ||
| Keywords | oral tradition, proverbs, worldview, Manding people. | ||