Poll results: the World Cup favorite teams in Yakutsk, Siberia

The Yakutsk-based news portal Ykt.ru is conducting the poll asking Internet users which one of football teams they support at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Russia didn’t make it to the final, so it is not in the list.

So… Poll results show that Yakutsk definitely loves Brazil. This national team is like a must to admire. By the way, I am among Brazil fans. In my case, I like their way of playing. They are artists, indeed. The town dwellers also support England and Germany… England? Because of Rooney, Beckham (though he is not in the team), Manchester United, Chealsea, Premier League… Germany? Well, easy to say “Just because”… But it won’t be true. Germans have guts!

If by any chance you would arrive in Yakutsk, start talking about football, but with guys, certainly. Ladies prefer Sex & the City instead When discussing the current team standings, please, make stress on Brazil, Germany and England, and recall Honduras and South Korea as well.

 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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Yakutsk State University / North-Eastern Federal University

Summer School: 9.08.10.-28.08.2010

 (for German Students)

Spiritual legacy of the Northern peoples has attracted anthropologists from all over the world including researchers from Germany. Their exploration of the Arctic region made a major contribution to development of the science in Yakutia, particularly in the Humanities. History of the peoples inhabiting the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), their culture, traditions and customs can be of great value for students as well as for young scientists from Germany.

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A popular German newspaper RP published Doris Heimann’s article dedicated to Yakutsk under the title “Jakutsk – kälteste Stadt der Welt. Minus 45 Grad sind normal” (Yakutsk, the coldest city in the world. Minus 45C is regular temp.)

I remember Doris Heimann, Moscow-based RP reporter. She was in Yakutsk two years ago. A year ago she published her story. And only now I digged out her story.

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Good news for Berlin-based blog readers! You have an unique chance to try the Yakut national cuisine prepared by the famous Yakutian cook, Innokentyj Tarbakhov from January 15th till January 21st, 2010, in the Russian pavilion of Green Week International Agriculture Exhibition.

This event became possible thanks to Yakutia’s official delegation’s participation in the Berlin exhibition “Green Week.” By the way, the delegation led by Yakutia’s Vice Premier Ayal Stepanov, have a rich visit program, that includes meetings with German companies Big Dutchman Int. GmbH, Prullage Systeme, Zimmermann Stalltechnik, Conow Anhaengedau GmbH & Co. KG, Arntjen Germany GmbH, and Duraumat Agrotec GmbH.

Don’t also miss the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) presentation within the framework of the exhibition on Jan. 16, 2010, 14.35-14.55.

Shaman music of Siberia meets Western Club Music

No.3 at World Music Charts Europe 2001
Nominated “Best of WMCE 2001″

Intensive interpretation of shamanistic singing from Sakha (Siberia), combined with todays western club-culture | from tradtional and mystic essays, ritualistic ceremonies to modern urban forms .. with shamanistic singer Stepanida Borisova from Siberia.

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“It’s mystical, it’s modern, it’s low beat danceable, it sounds sacred and at the same time sounds urban…. it’s great!!!” (DJ Tonyy Sao Paulo).

“The music of Sakha (Yakutia) originates 3000 Years before Christ. It has relations with Sankrit music from India , which is thought of as one of the earliest musics of this earth.” (P. Amrod/N.Y.C.)

“THROAT SONGS OF THE SIBERIAN SHAMAN – This is a unique opportunity to gain some insight into this ancient and powerful means of vocal expression and to receive training from a performer of renown in both the folk and theatre worlds.” THROA

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