Costume in the system of traditional culture of Mari nation

The article considers Mari ethnic costume as a part of traditional culture, dynamically developing system consisting of interconnected elements. Mari costume was formed alongside with the adjustment of the ethnic group to the climatic conditions of the region; it played an important role in the process of inculturation, embodied the aesthetic ideas and formed aesthetic preferences, as well as it was closely linked to the ritual sphere, religious and magical concepts of the ethnic group