The Mari are a Finnic people closely related to Finns and Estonians. They live on the Volga river in Western Russia. Despite long periods of contact from Russian Christians and Turkic Muslims, the Mari have maintained their folk faith. Not only is the religion alive with over 100 deities, the clergy is also fully alive and functioning.
What an astonishing blessing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Native_Religion
Also their music is pretty awesome:
Main pantheon:
The Mari folk and their faith
That looks positively dreamy! Lets go live there, Luigi!!
If I could speak russian and was single I might go check it out for a year or so. Amazing humans are still able to live like that in some places. Props to Russia, I can't see anything like that being allowed to function in the west.
I know a guy who tried to live in a wigwam in the summers in the Rockies, the fuzz took his camp down.
Hope nobody starts up the diversity card over there, looks precious
If I could speak russian and was single I might go check it out for a year or so. Amazing humans are still able to live like that in some places. Props to Russia, I can't see anything like that being allowed to function in the west.
I know a guy who tried to live in a wigwam in the summers in the Rockies, the fuzz took his camp down.
Hope nobody starts up the diversity card over there, looks precious
Here's the link to that angelic girl singing (wouldn't embed).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF8K14mR7CQ
What lucky SOB scores that woman's love, I don't know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF8K14mR7CQ
What lucky SOB scores that woman's love, I don't know
100 deities? I like the variety.
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Masato wrote:Here's the link to that angelic girl singing (wouldn't embed).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF8K14mR7CQ
What lucky SOB scores that woman's love, I don't know
Bring her to the states she'll be doing porn in no time.
People say they all want the truth, but when they are confronted with a truth that disagrees with them, they balk at it as if it were an unwanted zombie apocalypse come to destroy civilization.
Russian article published on traditional Mari medicine: http://komanda-k.ru/2010/mariiel/%D0%B8 ... 0%BA%D0%B0
Apparently they have accupuncture and use charms.
Apparently they have accupuncture and use charms.
Mari grandmas rock a concert:
I justify putting it here because there is a part where that ritual bread makes an appearance
Edit: wow didnt expect youtube to blow up my suggestions with Mari and Russian grandmas:
I justify putting it here because there is a part where that ritual bread makes an appearance
Edit: wow didnt expect youtube to blow up my suggestions with Mari and Russian grandmas:
While watching the suggested vids I also found one which was explicitely religious, here is a Mari El news report on a winter festival, it includes an interview with a priest/wizard and amoung the activies they burn an effigy. Wish I could speak Mari and understand them:
Also found some wedding singers too young to include with the grandmas
It reminds me of reading about Marina Takalo who learned many rune poems by being a wedding singer.
Also found some wedding singers too young to include with the grandmas
It reminds me of reading about Marina Takalo who learned many rune poems by being a wedding singer.
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