Feasts and rituals
Feast in the Georgian culture

Feast in the Georgian culture
the cultural life of the Georgians feasts play an important role. Till present time mass feasts are the essential festive event which continues keeping to the archaic scenario of the participants' behavior Feast in the Georgian culture
Settled fishermen and hunters: peoples of the Amur

Settled fishermen and hunters: peoples of the Amur
Traditional culture of Nanaians, Ul'chi, Negidalts, Nivkhs, Oroki, Orochi and Udeghe belong to the type of settled fishermen and hunters. Settled fishermen and hunters: peoples of the Amur
Kalmyks: nomads of Europe

Kalmyks: nomads of Europe

Kalmyks is the only people in Europe who speaks language of the Mongolian group, confesses the world's oldest religion - Buddhism - and is the representative of the nomadic culture. All this bounds Kalmyks to its ancient motherland - Central Asia… Kalmyks: nomads of Europe

Kazakhs: being a nomad means to be alive

Kazakhs:  being a nomad means to be alive
In the language of the Kazakhs words "to live" and "to roam" are synonyms as well as permanent moving with the flocks of cattle was not only a way of life of the nomad but also a basis of his world outlook... Kazakhs:  being a nomad means to be alive
Sea hunters

Sea hunters
The first nation meeting the new day on the territory of Russia is the Asian Eskimo (1292 people) who lives at the very edge of Chukotka - on the coast of the Bering Strait and the Gulf of Anadyr. Sea hunters
Reindeer breeders of tundra (Nenets, Chukchi, Koryaks) and wild reindeer hunters (Nganasans, Ents).

Reindeer breeders of tundra (Nenets, Chukchi, Koryaks) and wild reindeer hunters (Nganasans, Ents).
Nature, which cannot be separated from the life of the northern peoples, has to a large extent formed their culture, occupations and way of life - nomadic or half-settled. For tundra inhabitants - Nenets, Chukchi, Koryaks who live in the severe Arctic conditions - the basis for the economic set-up was the consumer reindeer breeding. Reindeer breeders of tundra (Nenets, Chukchi, Koryaks) and wild reindeer hunters (Nganasans, Ents).
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