With a populace of more than 41,000, the Nenets are one of the biggest of the indigenous groups in Northern Siberia. Their region covers a huge area that stretches from the Kanin Peninsula at the White Sea in the west, right to the Taymyr Peninsula, a distance of in excess of 2,000 kilometers. These days, […]
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Two times per year, the Nenets of the Yamal Peninsula migrate 60 kilometers over the frozen Ob, a bay of the Arctic Ocean. This exceptional relocation can take as long as 24 hours. There is no field en route in it meaning it is a race to get to the opposite side before the reindeer […]
Yamal was considered so ungracious that Stalin built his jail camps there. But then a rich, bright, and flexible culture and antiquated shamanistic religion have figured out how to make due there. It is the home of the Nenets, caretakers of a style of reindeer grouping that is viewed as the remnant of a dying […]
March is the best month for the explorers to visit Yamal and to observe the Reindeer Herder’s celebration. The Reindeer Herder’s Festival is a one-day occasion, celebrated yearly in the Salekhard and Aksarka, the two significant towns inside the Yamalo-Nenets district in the Russian Arctic. In 2020, the celebration will happen on March 28th in […]