RITES OF MASLENITSA CYCLE IN THE FOLKLORE OF CENTRAL-NORTHERN KAZAKHSTAN
The article describes an actual issue of modern folklore - Slavonic folklore in alien ethnic surrounding. The authors analyze condition of Eastern Slavonic calendar rites of Shrovetide series in polyethnic region. The work is based on the archive oral folklore material borrowed from Pavlodar State Pedagogical Institute and National University of Eurasia L. N. Gumilev (Astana). Authors' attention is focused upon specific being of Shrovetide rites and their connection with ancient conceptions and beliefs of Slavs