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Culture of the Yakuts, Siberian Horse People. Fine Arts Museum in Yakutsk, Russia

Bolot — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:45:19 +0000

The current post is sequal to the previous one, “Olonkho, Sakha Heroic Epos, In Timofei Stepanov’s Painting The Upper World.” This time we post images of crafts and attributes of the Sakha (Yakut) people’s past daily life.

Yes, photographs were taken in The National Fine Arts Museum of the Republic of Sakha-Yakutia in Yakutsk, Siberia / Russia.

In the following images you’ll see crockeries for horse milk, female horse saddles, talisman-like crafted calendars, female clothes, belts, other national clothes and… mammoth tusk crafts.

Each picture shows that the Sakha people is the nation that cultivates and breeds horses.

By the way, click images to enlarge.

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Olonkho, Sakha heroic epos, in Timofei Stepanov’s painting The Upper World

Bolot — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:43:52 +0000

Love visiting National Fine Arts Museum of Republic of Sakha-Yakutia (www.sakhamuseum.ru) in Yakutsk, Russia. Many paintings, sculptures, installatons.

Hereby, I am eager to show parts of one painting done by the well-known Yakut artist, Timofei Stepanov.

He was the first artist, who depicted the Yakut heroic epic called Olonkho in the series of paintings.

Olonkho is a heroic epic tale of the Sakha people. The poetic tales, which vary from 10,000 to 20,000 verses (or more) in length, are performed by the Olonkho singer and story-teller. Wiki.

In 2004, it was proclaimed by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. UNESCO.

Timofei Stepanov was named as a Olonkho story-teller in fine arts. Indeed, one painting is like one big tale with many small stories. As a proof, see below fragments of the above piece called The Upper World.

From last visit to the museum, I’ve got many photographs, so keep following.Similar Posts:

Jewelry with Yakutian diamonds. Made by EPL Diamond LLC

Bolot — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:20:57 +0000

See exclusive jewelry made in Yakutia with Yakutian diamonds by EPL Diamond LLC.

EPL Diamond LLC is the Yakutsk-based company that polishes ALROSA’s diamonds and produces its own jewelry. It has all the right to use the motto “EPL Diamond. Diamonds of Yakutia.” Indeed, diamonds it uses are mined, polished and crafted in Russia’s Siberian Republic of Sakha-Yakutia.

See more diamond photographs.

By the way, the above 1-million-rubles diamond ring was given to the winner of the last lottery from EPL Diamond yesterday.

EPL Diamond’s website and facebook page.

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The 2012 Miss Virtual Yakutia online beauty pageant. Beginning.

Bolot — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:21:18 +0000

As far as you know, SakhaInternet LLC, a major Yakutsk City portal owner, hosts annual Miss Virtual Yakutia online beauty contest, that gives all Yakutian young ladies a chance to show their beauty online and get evaluation, awards and people’s recognition.

It has been conducted since 1999. Currently, it is one of major events of the year.

We published posts dedicated to previous Yakutia online beauty pageants.

Good news! The 2012 Miss Virtual Yakutia contest has started.

Here’s the schedule:

Nov. 25, 2011 – Jan. 25, 2012. Participants application period.
Feb. 1 – 7, 2012. Semifinal online voting.
Feb. 24 – March 2, 2012. Final voting.
March 7, 2012. Final show. The winner announcement.

Above and below are photographs of the first participants:

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Extreme Cold Winter Weather in Yakutsk, Siberia / Russia. -50C -52C [photos]

Bolot — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:23:03 +0000

A few years ago, the Moscow-based Independent correspondent Shawn Walker arrived in Yakutsk, the administrative center of Siberia’s Republic of Sakha-Yakutia, in the deep winter. I think it was January. So, he wanted to visit Oymyakon, but he was lack of time adn eventually he didn’t make it to that coldest inhabited village.

Shawn returned to Moscow and wrote and an article with many Yakutsk winter images. He called his piece “Journey to the coldest city in the world.” That was like a bomb in the UK

Since that moment, mass media started to use the phrase “the world’s coldest city” for Yakutsk in their own stories. That’s actually true. Oymyakon, for instance, is not the city, it is a small village, though it has -60C as the average temperature in the late December and January.

Meanwhile, we are taling about Yakutsk City and its winter with -50C and -52C. That’s the temp we’ve got this week. Enjoy photographs.

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-51C in Yakutsk, Siberia / Russia today [photo + videos]

Bolot — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:47:23 +0000

Today we had -51C (-59.8F) in a daytime, though in the morning a local meteo station registered -49C (-56.2) that meant school free time for kids of 1st to 8th grade. Anyway it’s bitterly cold.

Below, watch two short videos I made today during the lunch time.

Photographs taken by my DSLR camera are coming… Keep following. By the way, you can find many daily Yakutsk winter photographs on twitter @yakutia.Similar Posts:

Feel Yakutia in winter a little bit. The Indigirka River in Oymyakon. Wallpaper.

Bolot — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:02:34 +0000

Feel Yakutia in winter a little bit. Put the photo of Oymyakon’s Indigirka River on your desktop.

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Merry Russian Christmas!.. Today’s photos of the tree in Yakutsk, Russia

Bolot — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:54:40 +0000

Today is the Russian Xmas! The right time to say “Merry Christmas, friends!”

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Miss Yakutia 2011. Beauty constest in Yakutsk, Siberia / Russia [photos]

Bolot — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:23:06 +0000

This post is published a little bit late, but think guys will like it for sure.

As you know, every December Yakutsk hosts the Miss Yakutia beauty contest. It is not done online. Everything happens on stage. See how the beauty pageant went in 2011.

Ok, There must be no mmore words said. Enjoy Alexey Pavlov‘s photogaphs.

In the above photo: Olesya Kondakova-Zaharova, who won the last year’s Miss Yakutia beauty competition.

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The 2012 New Year fireworks in Yakutsk, Yakutia, Siberia / Russia [photos]

Bolot — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:17:17 +0000

Happy New Year, friends!!! Wish you all the best dreams to come true!!!! Thank you for staying with Yakutia the last year. Let’s do it again in 2012

Meanwhile, enjoy the New Year fireworks happened in Yakutsk, Russia.

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