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Water, Underground and Sky reindeer of Sikhirtya
Full text linkThe Sikhirtya (Nenets:сихиртя) were mythical people who lived in the tundra before the Nenets. According to legends, the Sikhirtya were small people, wearing beautiful clothes with metal pendants. They lived underground, inside of tall sandy hills and came out to the surface of the tundra at night or in the mist. The folklore image of Sikhirtya has mythologically imprinted features of the real people. According to the archaeological data, the predecessors of the Nenets were not involved very much into reindeer herding work but engaged in hunting to wild reindeer, sea mammals, and fishing. In this article, the author analyses one Nenets legend about the Sikhirtya and their mythological reindeer
In search of a warm hearth: :The fire in folklore and in the life of the Yamal Nenets
No full textIn the traditional culture of the peoples of the North, fire is believed to be animate and is treated with care and respect. The cult of fire is reflected in folklore, religion and multiple rules of behavior. The fire in a fireplace should be nursed and ‘fed’ only by the ‘people of the fireplace’, it must not be set burning by outsiders, even relatives, since they have their own fire. The fire provides heat, is used for cooking and unifies the family. The present article is based on Nenets materials and looks into the following ideas of fire: 1) fire as a symbol of protection; 2) fire as a unifying agent; and 3) using fire as a means of purification and an amulet for people, deer and the entire space of tundra. In Nenets folklore fire acts as a helper and warns people of danger, but it can also kill. Fire is considered to be of light and divine nature, it is supposed to be ‘fed’ by ‘pure food’. Meanwhile in the recent years many of Yamal tundra populations’ taboos related to stove fire have weakened, so that this fire can be used, for instance, for burning garbage. Along with this a special cult of open fire inside the chum persists. Even in the modern age of high technologies and the development of oil-and-gas industry, the populations of Yamal tundras continue to kindle open fire and keep it alive with wood, as they did centuries ago
Model for the tundra school in Yamal:a new educational system for children from nomadic and semi-nomadic Nenets families
No full textNenets, Khanty and Selkup:The Nenets, Khanty and Selkup language in education in the Yamal Region in Russia
Full text linkNenets, Khanty, and Selkup are the native languages of theindigenous population in the Yamalo-Nenets autonomousokrug (district, hereafter referred to as the YNAO). The districtis situated in Western Siberia, on the eastern side of theUral Mountains in the Russian Federation. The YNAO wasestablished by a decision of the highest executive board in theSoviet Union Government on the 10th of December 1930. In1977, the district’s legal status was changed to autonomousand after the collapse of the Soviet Union the YNAO becamea subject of the Russian Federation. The Nenets are officiallyrecognised as the main ethnic group in the YNAO. Next to theNenets, the Khanty and Selkups are also officially recognised asthe indigenous inhabitants of the district under the 1998 UstavYNAO (Osnovnoi zakon) Yamalo-Nenetskogo avtonomnogookruga (Charter of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District)
Processes of Remembering and Forgetting:Tundra Nenets' Reminiscences of the 1943 Mandalada Rebellions
No full textWhen we got reindeer, we moved to live to the tundra:The Spoken and Silenced History of the Yamal Nenets
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No full textIn the UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, the tundra Nenets and Northern Khanty languages are classified as identified and endangered. Forest Nenets is defined as an endangered language and the Selkup language iscritically endangered. The present linguistic situation in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District shows that, despite the official status of the native languages, there is an alarming situation of loss of native languages among young Nenets, Khanty and Selkups. The native language of each nation is its most important value and wealth, which must be preserved and transmitted to future generations. By documenting language data, we help preserve minority languages in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District.Abstract. In the UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, the tundra Nenets and Northern Khanty languagesare classified as identified and endangered. Forest Nenets is defined as an endangered language and the Selkup language iscritically endangered. The present linguistic situation in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District shows that, despite the officialstatus of the native languages, there is an alarming situation of loss of native languages among young Nenets, Khanty andSelkups. The native language of each nation is its most important value and wealth, which must be preserved and transmittedto future generations. By documenting language data, we help preserve minority languages in the Yamal-Nenets AutonomousDistric
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