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Who helped create Taimyr land?
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Among the Nganasans, this bird is considered the shaman’s assistant: its beak helps to break through the ice thickness between the lower and upper worlds so that the shaman can return to the upper world after communicating with the spirits of the lower ...
Woodcarving with northern flavor
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Today our guest is Boris Frolov, head of the hazard control laboratory at the center for radiation and environmental monitoring of the Nornickel polar division’s control and analytical department. To tell the truth, Boris is the boss only during working hours. The rest of the ...
Spring Girl
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. This is a set of women’s clothing named Nareine, which in translation from Nenets means Girl-Spring. From time immemorial, the Nenets have passed from mouth to mouth many legends and myths related to the sky, nature, water, sun cult worship and ...
Wise lynx secret
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The image of this particular beast in the beautiful Evenk legend became the defining one for Olga Gamaliy, a graduate of the Norilsk College of Arts when she was creating the set of clothes. It is no coincidence that the slender ...
What clothes do tundra aristocrats wear?
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Evenks were called the aristocrats of Siberia, the French of the tundra and taiga. They also wore tailcoats, gave life to the word ‘shaman’ and considered ravens to be enchanted people. The uniqueness of their culture inspired Ksenia Kaushnyan, ...
Tundra, deer and idol spirits
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Look at the three-dimensional panel by Alexey Porotov. His deer, rushing out, mesmerize and make you look at the grace of the figures again and again. It’s hard to believe, but the northern peoples could create three-dimensional images - what we ...
When wood draws itself
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Norilsk Nickel announced the start of Star Corporation - the annual festival of creativity for its employees - in March 2020: in the musical and artistic direction and in applied arts. As a rule, there are a lot of proposals, ...
Pikes and Partridges
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Can you touch the North with your hands? Yes, you can. Paths to protected areas, the loons’ flight and even the northern lights... The beauty of the Taimyr peninsula has long been shown by northern craftsmen in their works - ...