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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

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
Kirghiz: house-world- universe of the nomad!

Kirghiz: house-world- universe of the nomad!
Kirghiz, inhabiting the massifs of the Tien Shan and Eastern Pamir, roam in a vertical direction - in winter in the valleys, in summer in the Alpine meadows. Transportable combined dwelling - yurt - ideally correspond to the main principle of the nomadic way of life - "All I have, I carry with myself." Kirghiz: house-world- universe of the nomad!
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
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