The “live canon” of traditional culture

In this article traditional culture is represented as a “live canon” and determined by the stability and continuity at the same time. Notable features of the traditional culture acquire a new reading. The mechanism of translation is not the memorization of the sacred text, but cognitive act, during which the knowledge about the culture is transmitting. “Easy ritual” reproduction of traditional culture based on the inheritance of tradition in everyday life, with the participation of social memory. The stable nucleus and changeable peripherals are released in the culture structure. This structure defines a flexible mechanism of inheritance and dynamic nature of the transmission of cultural meanings. The unique spatial and temporal conditions of culture life form diversity of traditional culture.