service is like the is a rooted in ancient history these words were first spoken nearly a thousand years ago but the worship is gathering here nell a thought to be europe's last pagans. are not online or in. it's.

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lands on the freeway as the city. we go here and then we will start with you. then we have to go off the roads here. coming here in such cold weather. now we're going to try to reach the most interesting places nation is the point where we will look for. caves. republics highest point is mount. only

a few people have succeeded in reaching its peak it's this mountain often leads people astray during this expedition three vehicles lost their way the drivers went missing and the walkie talkies weren't working. people often get lost in this area they just lose their bearings there is something odd going on when we can't establish contact with one another either by phone or walkie talkie. explorers eventually reunite according to them. is considered a zone of abnormal activity local people often see unidentified flying objects. at . two hundred meters above sea level is the true apex.

war lord. of the. visit. the capital of. the musicians. folk songs to entertain and residents with their traditional melodies centuries ago. was a fortress. but large scale development has recently begun. a large swamp has been replaced with an embankment buildings looking like castles complete with towers and ramparts sprang up here just a short time ago with us. this is a kind of renai sorts. this place is incorporated many aspects of venice. and here we see

a northern influence with danish and dutch elements. similar buildings went up in the mary ellen republic quite a long time ago one example is a magnificent old castle standing on the banks of the volga two hundred kilometers from. it was built amidst a thick forest by russian eristic rats of the show much of. the council was built not only by russian masters but also by foreign ones. they too lengthy style to the consul. here you can see the rock is then time and drama. as well as an alter russian style. in soviet times the cultural was turned into a holiday resort the tourists were apprehensive about the building local people

spoke of ghostly inhabitants who they believed to be the castles guardians. today the castle is as imposing as it ever was the message doors leading into hollow rooms still produce a sinister creak. the real ghosts. we hear the doors creaking as they move from room to room. but they don't bother us we share a common ground and get along with them quite well. in the village of. coffee if everybody is getting ready for the press office. cleans his body you know both else before facing one of the most important events in his life that's daybreak he will take part in one of the most patient of

sacred rights for the marri people. to moral take a candle to the sacred grove the mr weeks were such candles are made of him candles bought from shops are no good for this purpose they should be homemade. the candle symbolizes the link between me and god it will take my prayer to him. he is your for giving a mother a blessing in her son's life giving god. unlike christians who pray in church these worshipers go to a grove where they seek communion with nature but before setting else they say a brief prayer and. everybody coming to the grove brings domestic waterfowl with them they serve as

food for both the gods and the people you have getting to mention the office decided to sacrifice the fattest gives him his household m.r.e. regard geese and ducks as symbols of home and between three basic elements these creatures walk on earth swim in water and fly through the air. eight hundred animals were sacrificed here including a blue collar and a ram as well as nice and ducks. one woman from the romas team has a good knowledge of the area and she provides a running commentary for them that said to have been appraised service is taking place near the five sacred trees each tree is dedicated to a particular diety. everyone carefully follows the guides words as they take in the sights along the way as it was clear road to ground was on the left hand side

people praying this sacred place as soon as we get to the religious time that. special day that the committee of couple has been looking forward to as arrived at last. vera and you have jenny have reached the sacred grove situated one hundred kilometers from. they brought was a fellow of the sacrifice birds have also been brought by mary from all over the republic also the two off the press to their gods. at first the grove resonates with goose oaks soon after that there are only the echoes of priestly prayers and. these pagan priest. know how to communicate with the gods people

praying in a grove lost amidst pines and birches strong believes in the forces of nature they insist their faith is the world's oldest. people come with what we call sacrificial waterfowl. bring our desires ease and grievances along to. discuss their problems with the priest. and communicate by means of this tree. as their requests and wishes on that this table. enormous pot suspended if a bone finds the lips side by side with the old. there used to make porridge and just ceremonial meats broth. take a look at the docks in d.c. . they break up the bread into chunks and toss the pieces into the fire the bread and cheese have been brought to by washing peers. this is help people in russia

worship before the arrival of christianity the maori have prayed the same way to their gods for several millennia. old these people are offering prayers to many goats which is the five spots have been set aside for bonfires in this grow for example. in this one they pray to the god. they were asking for his grace in childbirth and happiness. and. the skin. in the bond funds it's forbidden to take any leftovers from the sacrificial offerings from the grove. resistance. but a culture. this

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for. the south. to strict in the south west of madill is full of historic sites some rich and legends but the shortest road that ends on the shore of the volga the great russian river. from here affair it's needed. local pigeons even.

to the other. people here the fact that. from a young age it's a very traditional music. music with. people on the. plane has been handed down from generation to generation you know that there are very many. displays that

. route. this road formed a link between russia's capital and its siberian part. connected the country's western and eastern region it's. russian poet alexander pushkin once travelled along it it was used by stage coaches. has been at the head of the district for several years during this time he's been able to restore a dozen historical landmarks. we marry from the western bank of the volga

are not great in number there are only fifty or sixty thousand of. these these that is why we seek to stick together in order to safeguard our language. and of course the land where we live. and. the burial site is the only one of its kind in the region cattle breeder's of an iranian tribe buried here in the second millennium b.c. the time when the egyptian pyramids were built when excavation work was over scientists restored the burial place to its original appearance. the. twenty eight men between the ages of eighteen and twenty five are buried here there was also a woman and a man who was forty five to fifty years old when he was buried we think he was

a blacksmith those men had died in battle arrow heads have been found and some of the skeletons skulls of other men were fractured with an axe. the romans convoy suddenly stops at the edge of a swamp it's too dangerous to drive any further. the travelers spend a good deal of time walking around the frozen silt when they manage to measure the swamps and everybody realizes that attempting to cross the swamp is out of the question. we. will have to look for another routes. and there is one and it is of water underneath is. however another road makes up for their misfortune it leads to what for centuries has been known locally as the

fortress mountain. the maori people who lived here a long time ago used it as a hideout against intruders legend has it that the maori people were terrified of being caught by the of new forest creatures covered with hair who had chosen to settle in the mountains caves. if they felt their breaths were. they had little contact with. them.

this happened to long time ago. they were launched forests with tall trees. legends about the region have been handed down over the centuries by the mouth to mouth of the trope knows a great many ancient stories relating to the lottery people. one of them tells a story of an old oak tree several generations of married people have closed for a rest. it. used to help. of a tree is seven meters thick and thirty meters tall some scientists believe the. is

russia's oldest. city is found several kilometers away from the ancient. in the middle ages protection from invaders by building their settlements in the way places one of them is high on the bank of a river in the district. natural obstacles provided protection for the inhabitants of these fortifications. team people came to this from the region to pray for. people in the surrounding villages still tell the story of the. twenty six of the gods. to join the prayer in appealing to the gods. to the.

sacrificial animals. this is followed by taking part in the ritual. to bring the people together. people get closer to the gods by eating in this way. mari people from all over have come here even those living in moscow and st petersburg. everywhere in russia trying to be here for this process of us. before nightfall the romans finally find what they set out for at the start of the expedition the depression. norma's pit in the very center of a field they hold their vehicles at a safe distance from it the people living in this village used to plough these fields and grow crops on it. but. they were awakened by loud

noises. when they came here they were surprised to see a large crazy in the middle of a field with some water in the boat some. scientists have found a subterranean stream beneath the depression when it erodes the top layer of the soil the ground sinks. with slope is very slippery and very steep i get scared at times i might be buried by sliding rocks a prospect i don't particularly relish. ok i'm almost there now. well there is no water here local people prefer not to descend into the depression because this kind of cataclysm might happen at any time. but there is much to be learned from such expeditions people think that such things are only found in faraway lands but they are much closer to home.

yevgeny was pleasantly surprised just as he and his wife vera what about to head home after the service. you get a good to come here for a moment. the priest's white cap was ceremonially placed upon his head as a token of great respect. no i'm not able to keep a low profile or stand on the sidelines i will have to be directly involved in the prayers of ordinary people cherish hope they will look to me with hope and in my words as i express their sentiments in front of the sacred tree.

i wish you good sales and happiness. the committee of couple has taken a plunge into the ancient face of the people. by coming here they have truly experienced the joy of communion. i hope it will stay with them for the whole. until the next president that will once again bring the maori people together. if blinds. would be soon which brightened if you knew about someone from finest impressions. screens for instance on t.v. dot com. wealthy british style stock. markets

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five from our studios in central moscow you're watching r t with me and now we have a developing story this hour for you the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has blamed the wrong for attacks on its diplomatic staff in the indian and georgian capitals while the wife of his in the israeli diplomat and her driver were reportedly injured in a car bomb blast in new delhi to these see the device was discovered before it went off. now joins us live with details she's following this developing story tasso what exactly happened in these incidents today and what prompted the claims that iran is responsible. well what's happening with the two reports that we have gotten today the details do remain very sketchy even the identities of the people that may have been injured in those attacks have not been confirmed yet but.