Musicology Annotation << Back Sound emulation (voice imitation and tunes of decoy) in the traditional culture of Karelian Anna V. Kalaberda This article discusses the sound emulation (voice imitation and tunes of decoy), which appeared in antiquity and related hunting. Currently, the traditional culture of many ethnic groups samples preserved relic of syncretism. The subject of the study are vocal imitation and mankovye tunes traditionally used Karelians while hunting animals (moose) and birds (wild geese and grouse). Sound imitation is not only one of the fundamental mechanisms of intonation and modal thinking culture, but, included as onomatopoeia in vocabulary contributed to the formation of language. The spectrum described onomatopoeic funds is largely due to the feature of the natural landscape, in which the voices of certain species of animals and birds betray the original sound image of the area and determine the specifi city of the sound space of the traditional culture of different ethnic groups. Keywords: voice imitation, tunes of decoy, Karelian hunters, sound space, traditional culture. Contacts: E-mail: anna.kalaberda@yandex.ru Pp. 10-16.