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The Springfield, Ohio woman whose social media post was among the first to spread a baseless claim of Haitian immigrants stealing and eating locals’ pets says she’s deeply regretful and never ...
Also among Kets (like at several other Siberian peoples, e.g. Karagas [40] [42] [43]), there are examples of using skeleton symbolics, [55] Hoppál interprets it as a symbol of shamanic rebirth, [44] although it may symbolize also the bones of the loon (the helper animal of the shaman, joining air and underwater world, just like the shaman who ...
A cattery is any building, collection of buildings or property in which cats are housed, maintained, cared for, and bred. A cattery can be anything from a simple building associated with a residence to a state-of-the-art facility with CCTV, televisions, and water features. There are two general types of catteries: cat boarding and cat breeding.
Altai shaman with drum, Russian Empire, 1908 [34] Altai shamanic drum Traditional Altai shamanism is rich with mythology and supernatural beings . Popular deities included Erlik , the god of the underworld, and Oyrot-Khan, a heroic figure who is a composite blend taken from historical Zungarian (Oirat) Khans and ancient legendary heroes.
Decorated tapestry with seated goddess Tabiti and rider, Pazyryk Kurgan 5, Altai, Southern Russia c. 241 BCE. [2]The Pazyryk [a] burials are a number of Scythian [3] [4] [5] Iron Age tombs found in the Pazyryk Valley and the Ukok plateau in the Altai Mountains, Siberia, south of the modern city of Novosibirsk, Russia; the site is close to the borders with China, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.
The Altai Republic (/ ... It is a part of the Siberian Federal District, and covers an area of 92,903 square kilometers (35,870 sq mi), ...
Golden Mountains of Altai is the name of an UNESCO World Heritage Site consisting of the Altai and Katun Natural Reserves, Lake Teletskoye, Belukha Mountain, and the Ukok Plateau. As stated in the UNESCO description of the site, "the region represents the most complete sequence of altitudinal vegetation zones in central Siberia, from steppe ...
The Chelkans (native name—Chalkandu, Shalkandu) are a small group of Turkic Indigenous people of Siberia.They speak the Northern Altai Chelkan language. [2] Those residing in Altai Republic are sometimes grouped together with the Altai ethnic group and those in Kemerovo Oblast are grouped with the Shors; however, they are recognized as a separate ethnic group within the list of Indigenous ...