ETHNORESTAURANTS OF POLTAVA AS CENTERS FOR PRESERVATION AND PRESENTATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to analyze the activities of ethnic restaurants in Poltava as socio-cultural spaces for the preservation, representation and transmission of cultural heritage and to clarify their role in the popularization of historical and cultural traditions. The following methods were used to conduct it: historical and cultural – to clarify the features of the formation of ethno-restaurant culture in Poltava; historical and comparative – to compare the concepts of different ethno-restaurants; structural and functional – to study the function of ethno-restaurants and their role in the formation of local cultural identity, the development of cultural tourism and the popularization of gastronomic culture. Summarizing the results of the study, we state: at the early stages of the formation of the international system of cultural heritage protection, priority attention was paid to the preservation of material cultural monuments. In modern scientific discourse, cultural heritage is interpreted as a multidimensional sociocultural phenomenon that encompasses not only material objects, but also a set of traditional knowledge, sociocultural practices and forms of collective experience, customs, skills and mechanisms of cultural transmission. The results of the study allow us to consider ethno-restaurants as specific cultural and communication platforms that perform the functions of preserving and popularizing intangible cultural heritage. Their activities are based on the comprehensive reproduction of the ethno-cultural environment through traditional gastronomy, hospitality practices, folklore images, musical culture, symbolism, elements of folk art and thematic design of the space. The study of the ethno-restaurant space of Poltava showed that local catering establishments are involved in the processes of updating cultural heritage. They contribute to the preservation and popularization of the traditional gastronomic culture of the Poltava region, acting as important centers of representation of local identity. At the same time, some of them are an example of intercultural interaction, ensuring the popularization of the cultural heritage of other ethnic groups in the socio-cultural space of Poltava.