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Traditional Nogai Costumes
Nowadays representatives of the ancient Turkic Nogai people are scattered across Russia and Europe. The Republic of Karachaevo-Cherkessia is one of the original homes to this indigenous people, who today are very careful to preserve their traditions. In 2008 in the mountainous republic in southern Russia, the theatre of the national Nogai costume, Suyumbike, was founded. Find out what traditional folk ornaments have been preserved, why trousers are part of women’s dress and how to tell the difference between Nogai girls from Crimean and Astrakhan in RTG’s new programme.
Fishing Festival on Bolshoi Utrish Island
Tourists looking to relax on the beach aren’t the only ones that head to Russia’s Black Sea resorts in the summer – fishing aficionados grab their poles and line the banks to take part in the spin fishing festival. Dozens of people flock to the village of Bolshoi Utrish, located 15 kilometres outside of the resort-city of Anapa, for the three-day festival. This part of the Black Sea coast however, is not the easiest to manoeuvre; the area is rocky due the fact that the coastline is formed by large boulder deposits. But this is exactly what the fishermen need. They are interested in the marine predators that frequent rocky coasts: Black scorpionfish, gobies and horse mackerel. If they’re extra lucky, they might even catch a croaker. Here the prime fishing season lasts from the end of May through October, but the most avid fishermen visit Bolshoi Utrish year round. The hunt for the sea pr...
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Fishing Festival on Bolshoi Utrish Island
The View From Up On High. The Churches of Veliky Novgorod
It is better to die than to allow one’s gods to be insulted,” the people of Novgorod stated, resisting attempts to convert them from their pagan beliefs to Christianity. In the face of this opposition, Prince Vladimir’s envoys resorted to brute force. With fire and the sword. It was in this way that Novgorod was brought round to the Christian faith in the 10th century. But a new strength was born out of that fire. Christianity united the different tribes and groups. Two centuries later, the majority of the churches in this medieval city were part of a vast monastery. Every community in Novgorod had its own church – the inhabitants of each neighborhood in the city, even streets, merchants working in the different trades, aristocratic families. The church signified heavenly patronage and affirmed the existence of the community within the sacral space of the city. The history and architectu...
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