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.

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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. 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. 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. explorer 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. to.

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 republish 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 share much of. the council was built not only by russian masters but also by foreign ones. they too lent these tile to the castle. here you can see baroque is then time and drama. as well as an altar russian style. in soviet times the cultural was turned into a holiday resort but tourists were apprehensive about the building local people spoke of ghostly inhabitants who they believed to be the casals guardians.

today the castle is as imposing as it ever was the message doors leading into hollow rooms still produce a sinister creak. the. the real ghosts in all castle. we hear the dogs greet kin as they move from room to room. but they don't bother us we share common grounds and get along with them quite well. in the village of. live everybody is getting ready for the press service. cleans his body and above 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. take

a candle to the sacred grove the mist weeks for 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. 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 a maori raghad 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 coffee 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 all the that said to have an appraiser basis taking place near the five sacred trees each tree is dedicated to particular diety. everyone carefully follows the guides words as they take in the sights along the way. i roll to the ground was on the left hand side people praying this sacred place as soon as we get to the religious new so last little time left.

the special day that the committee of couple has been looking forward to as arrived at last. vera and you have jenny had reached the sacred grove situated a hundred kilometers from. they thought was a fellow to 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 their only the echoes of priestly prayers and . these pagan priest. know how to communicate with the gods people praying in a grove last amidst pines and birches have strong believes in the forces of nature

they insist their faith is the world's oldest. people come with what we call sacrificial waterfowl. and grievances along to. discuss their problems with the priest. and communicate by means of this tree. as their requests and wishes on at this table. enormous pots a suspended of a bone fuzz the lips side by side with the altar there used to make porridge and just ceremonial meats broth. take a look at the docks in d.c. aboard and see. they break up the breton two chunks and toss the pieces into the fire the bread and cheese has 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 gods which is where the five spots have been set aside for bonfires in this grow for example the wall morgue. in this one they pray to the god should she love social i want to bear asking for his grace in childbirth and happiness. and. the skin tones on the organs of the birds are criminy to in the bond funds but it's forbidden to take any leftovers from the sacrificial offerings from the grove. resistance is not politics but a culture. is could get. on its own.

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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 us in the world is this that is why we seek to stick together in order to safeguard our language culture and of course the land where we live in the midst of. 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 romas 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 a half meters 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 you forest creatures covered with hair who had chosen to settle in the mountains caves. breasts. if they felt their breasts were when they were on the. other shoulders. they had little contact with. them. this happened to a long time ago. they were lunch forests with tall trees. legends

about the region have been handed down over the centuries by the mouth to mouth of a tribal knows a great many ancient stories relating to the larry people. one of them tells a story of an old oak tree several generations of married people have posed in its shade for a rest. the local people. around one thousand years old. living in this village say the oak tree used to help make women. this giant of a tree is seven meters thick and more than thirty meters tall some scientists believe the. is russia's oldest.

city is found several kilometers away from the ancient oak in the middle ages the maori sought protection from invaders by building their settlements in out of 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 grove from the region to pray for a russian victory over napoleon people in the surrounding villages still tell the story of the maori who sacrificed twenty six horses to the gods. now it's time for you. to join other worshipers at the prayer in appealing to the gods. to the singing of an exodus touched sacrificial animals.

this is followed with a meal shared by those taking part in the ritual giving out food pots to bring the people together according to their beliefs people get closer to the gods by eating in this way. everywhere try to be here for the service. before nightfall finally they set out for the start of the expedition. depression. pit in the very center of a field. 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 crater in the middle of a field. where the bottom. scientists of. 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. once 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.

was pleasantly surprised just as he and his wife vera what about to head home after the service. you get in a good to come here for a moment. the priests 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 ordinary people cherish hope they will look to me with hope and in my words is expressed their sentiments in front of the sacred tree. and we should good

sales and happiness. the commission of couple has taken a plunge into the ancient faith 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 to get. download the official placation two on the phone on pod touch from the choose our story. life on the go.

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