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Post by jam on Oct 11, 2005 11:01:24 GMT -5
Ok. I guess that's natural, If you live so far away. ps. Don't you have any contact with your Kanthy family? (Im sorry bout all the questions, but I'm at work, and there's nothing to do today, so I'm a bit bored  ) |
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Post by zemelmete on Oct 11, 2005 11:10:59 GMT -5
Ok. I guess that's natural, If you live so far away. ps. Don't you have any contact with your Kanthy family? I have contacts with my mother only. Pity that I haven't been in Western Siberia so many years. I want to travel there, but as always - no time, no money etc. |
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Post by zemelmete on Oct 11, 2005 11:26:53 GMT -5
Hehe this is another hijicked forum. Were is left volgid anthropology?  |
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Post by jam on Oct 11, 2005 11:43:22 GMT -5
Would you say that Mari is a little bit more Turkic influenced than the others?
I've noticed that Nenets also have some sort of metal head chains '(I don't know what it is called?), but the Mari ones look much more like the Turkic coin headgear (For Women)
Yes, we better stay on topic, because I hate when others hijack the threads!
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Post by zemelmete on Oct 11, 2005 12:08:57 GMT -5
Metal chains have been very popular among all uralic nations. It is linked with archaic believing that loud sounding metal pendants, chains etc. protect wearer (especially woman) from evil spirits.
I have one book about mari dress. Earlier mari instead coins used metal chains with pendants with animal and bird figures.
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Post by jam on Oct 11, 2005 12:17:29 GMT -5
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Post by zemelmete on Oct 11, 2005 12:33:22 GMT -5
Of course mari are heavily influenced by turkic nations. They have been neighbours for centuries. But despite that mari culture wasn't overturkised. It still had many original elements. Many mari are mixed with tatars, bashkirs etc., but not all of them. The thing is that almost all turkic nations practice islam while mari are christians or pagans. I think it is not hard to understand how religions segregate nations (and especially if to speak about islam). Even mari and tatars live side-by-side, they usually don't intermarry.
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