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Festival of the first fish (video + photos)

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Title

Festival of the first fish (video + photos)

Contributor

Natalia Aralova

Country

Russian Federation

Genre

Unspecified

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image/jpeg
video/x-mpeg2
text/x-eaf+xml

Persistent Identifier

https://hdl.handle.net/1839/00-0000-0000-0019-D442-7

Description

This session contains a number of videos illustrating the celebration of the festival of the first fish: 1) 02-nachalo : the festival is being opened by a dance of the local Even folklore ensemble "Nulgur" 2) 03-obrjad_ochischenija : a ritual for purification takes place 3) 04-nevod_s_ryboj : a symbolic first fish of the season is being "caught" with a fishing net 4) 05-ryba_plyvjet : a symbolic first fish of the season has just been "caught"; a member of the local Even folklore ensemble "Nulgur" is imitating the migration of this fish 5) 06-razdacha_plavnikov : a symbolic first fish of the season has just been "caught"; a member of the local Even folklore ensemble "Nulgur" is distributing parts of the fish 6) 07-ryba_plyvjet-2 : a symbolic first fish of the season has just been "caught"; a member of the local Even folklore ensemble "Nulgur" is imitating the migration of this fish 7) 08-nurgenek : the Even folklore ensemble "Nurgenek" from the village Anavgaj is presenting a dance 8) 09-nulgur_tantsy : the local Even folklore ensemble "Nulgur" is performing a dance 9) 10-nulgur_pesnja_tanets : Sergej Petrovich Adukanov, member of the local Even folklore ensemble "Nulgur" is presenting an Even song; then "Nulgur" performs the dance "Successful fishing" 10) 11-ljubovj : the local Even folklore ensemble "Nulgur" presents the dance "Love" 11) 12-soperniki_drugie_tantsy : the local Even folklore ensemble "Nulgur" presents various dances The photos show the process of cooking fish soup.

Description

This session was recorded in Esso, Bystaja district. Every year the day of the first fish is celebrated, when the fish (different kinds of salmon) start spawning. The celebration is usually held at the meadow on the bank of the river Uksichan. At the beginning the local Even folklore ensembles "Nulgur" and "Nurgenek" performed several rituals and then the presented a programme which included dances and songs. During the festival the fish soup (russ. "ukha") is being cooked and distributed among all guests. Video data were recorded with JVC Everio Camera (MOD files were later converted in mpeg). The photos show: 1) preparing salmon for fish soup 2) cooking fish soup 3) open-air concert of traditional dances 4) dishing out free fish soup

Description

This session contains a number of videos illustrating the celebration of the festival of the first fish:

1) 02-nachalo : the festival is being opened by a dance of the local Even folklore ensemble "Nulgur"
2) 03-obrjad_ochischenija : a ritual for purification takes place
3) 04-nevod_s_ryboj : a symbolic first fish of the season is being "caught" with a fishing net
4) 05-ryba_plyvjet : a symbolic first fish of the season has just been "caught"; a member of the local Even folklore ensemble "Nulgur" is imitating the migration of this fish
5) 06-razdacha_plavnikov : a symbolic first fish of the season has just been "caught"; a member of the local Even folklore ensemble "Nulgur" is distributing parts of the fish
6) 07-ryba_plyvjet-2 : a symbolic first fish of the season has just been "caught"; a member of the local Even folklore ensemble "Nulgur" is imitating the migration of this fish
7) 08-nurgenek : the Even folklore ensemble "Nurgenek" from the village Anavgaj is presenting a dance
8) 09-nulgur_tantsy : the local Even folklore ensemble "Nulgur" is performing a dance
9) 10-nulgur_pesnja_tanets : Sergej Petrovich Adukanov, member of the local Even folklore ensemble "Nulgur" is presenting an Even song; then "Nulgur" performs the dance "Successful fishing"
10) 11-ljubovj : the local Even folklore ensemble "Nulgur" presents the dance "Love"
11) 12-soperniki_drugie_tantsy : the local Even folklore ensemble "Nulgur" presents various dances

The photos show the process of cooking fish soup.

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