Musicology Annotation << Back The Songs of Exaltation of Wedding Rites of the Middle Kama Region Vera G. Boldyreva The songs of exaltation and their role in the wedding ceremony are discussed in the article. The wedding ceremony was formed on the territory of the Middle Kama on the basis of the resettlement of the traditions of different regions of Russia. The rite has a number of features, one of them is domination of the songs of exaltation. The extinction of the initiation line and the extension of the communication function, which is expressed in the increased role of magnifi cations, was the result of sociocultural processes. Keywords: the songs of exaltation, the wedding ceremony, territory of the Middle Kama, tradition of Sarapul. Contacts: E-mail: bold@udm.ru Pp. 17-24.