Functions of public calendary rates in the traditional culture of the Buryats of Prebaykalye (end of the XIXth - the beginning of the XXth centuries)

The analysis of the public calendar holidays of the Buryats of Prebaikalye showed that the masculine world was in the sacral Center oriented towards the rising strong sun for making collective sacrifices. This Center was multiplied by such objects as a mountain, fire, birches, a sacrificial animal. Men addressed the deity of Earth-Water and ancestors requesting to provide prosperity to the family.