Famous Yakut Knives. Ajar Varlamov s Photograph.
Ajar Varlamov, a friend of mine, rocks. Yesterday he visited 2010 Yakutsk Yakut/Sakha Knives Fair. He was really lucky. He had taken pictures of the famous Yakut knives before they were sold out. See his 35 elected photographs. Read the rest of this entry…
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See the first portion of old photos. 42 photographs. Scanned and presented by Misha Maltsev, a London-based Yakutian.
My comment: I think scanned old book pictures have their own aesthetics.
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Tuyara Shaposhnikova is a Yakutsk-based artist. Photos by Ajar Varlamov. See more art pieces. Read the rest of this entry…
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Dusya Romanova's paintings. Yakutian fine arts. Photo by Ajar Varlamov.
The Linden-Museum Stuttgart is presenting in cooperation with the Russian Museum of Ethnography (Saint Petersburg) the exhibition Shamans of Siberia. This exhibition highlights the ancient belief systems of Siberian peoples to deal with the world beyond.
Shaman Feder Poligus and his helper spirits. Evenks. Yenisei Province. 1907/1908.
(Copyright: The Russian Museum of Ethnography St. Petersburg
Photo: I. Sacharov / A. Dreyer)
Siberia is known as a land of diverse climates and extraordinary landscapes. Its widely unknown wilderness and the fascinating cultures of its indigenous peoples have always attracted researchers and visitors to learn more about that part of the world. This exhibition highlights the ancient belief systems of Siberian peoples to deal with the world beyond.In their view, spirits choose humans to become shamans to act in altered states of mind as intermediaries between the spirit realm and the human world in times of anxiety and crisis.
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