THE RAMADAN HOLIDAY: RITUAL AND MYTHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS AND ETHNOCULTURAL SEMANTICS

Abstract

Ramadan or, as it is also called by the Azerbaijanis, the "Festival of Fasting", according to typology is a religious holiday. Azerbaijanis began to celebrate this holiday after adopting the religion of Islam and continue to celebrate it to this day. However, the fact is that this holiday, which has a religious origin, has already become a national holiday due to its ethnocultural typology.
The main custom or indicator of the month of Ramadan is fasting. Fasting is a mechanism of spiritual cleansing. Although a person observes fasting both physically and spiritually, it is mainly based on a spiritual factor. This is not self-torture, but a method of cleansing and strengthening the spirit.
Ramadan is a complex of ceremonies covering a month. A rite is a folklore model of behavior belonging to a collective. Although Ramadan is a religious holiday associated with Islam, in essence it is a folklore event.
In the article, based on the personal conclusions of the author, collected as a result of collecting information, as well as philological literature, an attempt was made to study the ritual and mythological foundations and ethnocultural semantics of the Ramadan holiday.