MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF THE MATERIAL OF FOLK MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS – MULTI-PIPE WHISTLES

Using nucleotide sequences of ITS nuclear ribosomal DNA, the species identifi cation of plant material of folk musical instruments – multi-pipe grass whistles – from the territory of the Perm Territory and the Komi Republic was conducted. The obtained data showed that all plants belong to the family Umbelliferae. Most often, Angelica sylvestris is used in the manufacturing of multi-pipe whistles «pölyannez» among the northern Komi-Permyaks, ‟kuima chipsan” and ‟pölyanyas” Komi-Zyrians and ‟dudka” of the Perm Russians, but Conioselinum tataricum is considered the most preferred, although rarer. ‟Pölannez” of the southern Komi-Permyaks of the Yusvinsky district of the Perm territory are made from both Angelica sylvestris and relatively thin stems of Angelica archangelica.