Shor Shamanic Epic Folktales

Zusatztext

<span>The Shor are a small indigenous minority in southern Siberia occupying southern Kemerovo Oblast. Their population numbers under 12,000. The Shor language belongs to the Khakass subgroup of the Uyghur-Oguz group of Turkic languages. Only about 1,000 people speak the native Shor tongue today. The Shor heroic tales are the largest and most long-standing genre of Shor folklore. They were generally performed at home in the evening or at night. They not only served as a relaxing activity for people, influencing their spiritual peace, but also served a magical role, protecting them from evil spirits. As with the oral traditions of original cultures, these tales exemplify the Shor¿s connection to `story¿ as something tangible, corporeal and animate. This very special manuscript depicts and preserves two of these epics.</span>

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<span>Alexander Arbachakov was born within the Shortsi Aboriginal group of southern Siberia in 1964. Arbachakov is an environmentalist, specialising in forestry. He is vice-president of the Shortsi People's Association, and he takes great pride in recording and exhibiting the beauty of his homeland through the media of photography and film.</span><br><br><br><span>Luba Arbachakov was born in 1963 in the small village of Onzas, in the heart of the Mountains Shoria. Luba is an environmentalist as well as a folklorist and philology specialist. She is chief field specialist of Shortsi folklore and ethnography, and she is known for her painting and poetry.</span>

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