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The most interesting facts about the shamans of Yakutia
When somebody is ill or dies, Yakuts ask shaman to “conclude" a contract with the devil about that… With loose flowing hair the shaman shouts in all throat, strikes in a drum, falls down to the ground and lies for a long time in a dead faint… |
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Scary stories: about a white deer and a restless corpse
Shamans often become the characters of favourite sories, that grandmothers tell their grandchildren during the long polar nights. Here one may read scary tales that were created in the remote Essey settlement populated mostly by Yakuts. |
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