Ritual “Winter’s funeral“. Merjamaa / Russia

Radošā grupa “Merjama“ /Krievija/ Ritual “Winter’s funeral“. Merjamaa / Russia The Mystery “Farewell to Winter“ is based on the mask and puppet traditions of the Perm Finns. The shaman in the mask is a guide of souls, personifies the power of the cycle of natural cycles. She carries a Winter doll in her hands and buries it in a wooden house, leaving gifts to Nature (bread and ribbons) nearby. Similar dolls (“punk“) among the Perm Finns, as well as in the European North, in the area of the chronicle “Chud“ and “Merya“, is symbolized the container of the soul of a living or deceased person. For example, the people of Mansi and Khanty — relatives of “Chud“ and “Merya“, made after the death of each person his image, which was considered the repository of one of the souls of the deceased. In the video Winter’s funeral is performed in a smaller copy of a pagan burial structure called “golbets&qu