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Photograph: Shaman near sacred tree - cedar. Selkup

Title:

Photograph: Shaman near sacred tree - cedar

Ethnic groups:

Selkup

Territory:

Tomsk province, Narym Krai

Date:

1888

Collectors-person:
Adrianov Aleksandr V.
Photographer:
Adrianov A.V.
Dimensions:

17,6 x 23,9

Number:

РЭМ 3954-27

Annotation:

Each local group of Khanty had their own sacred places. In the picture - a sacred place of the Vasyugan-Vakh Khnts, located near the village. Kalganakh: Kulon-igol-yakh (“people of the fish river”). There was a legend about these places that once there were two large clans of Ostyaks on Vasyugan - Kulon-igol-yakh and On-kul-yah, who fought with each other until the first clan won. A sacred place was named after him, where various sacrifices were made: pieces of cloth, squirrel skins, money. In such places, various cults were held with the participation of a shaman.