people here take pride in the fact that all local women learn to play from a young age is a very ancient traditional musical instrument in the old days it strings were made from. horse hair locals insist effortlessly music reveals the food character of the people on the. plane has been handed down from generation to generation there are very many music players here because this place. is a well known village and. the road that ran right through the village used to be called the shackle road. to siberia as

a result. of the. if this road formed a link between russia's capital and its siberian parks. it connected the country's western and eastern region it's. russian poet alexander pushkin once travelled along it it was used by stage coaches with. linnet could be has been at the head of the golden oldies 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 these days that is why we seek to stick together in order to safeguard our language culture and of course the land where we live in realistic is to be missed must be

one or the burial site is the only one of its kind in the gorn about risk region cattle breeder's of and in the rainy and tribe were 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. this is occurring in the world with 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 our heads have been found and some of the skeletons in the skulls of other men were fractured with an axe in.

the romas convoy suddenly stops at the edge of a swamp it's too dangerous to drive any further the traveler spend a good deal of time walking around the frozen silt when they manage to measure the swamps depth everybody realizes that attempting to cross the swamp is out of the question we can't go any further here we will have to look for another routes. and there is one and a half meters of water underneath it. however another road makes up for their misfortune it leads to what for centuries has been known locally as the fortress smells of. 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 whole of the forest creatures covered with hair who had chosen to settle in the mountains caves. were

black haired women with enormous breasts. if they felt their breasts were a endurance when they were on the move they slung them over their shoulders. they had little contact with people. everybody was afraid of them. and this happens every time. they were lunch forests with double tree. legends about to go in the muddy screeching at the handed down over the centuries by the mouth to mouth of the truth knows a great many ancient stories relating to the mother and people who one of them

tells the story of an old oak tree several generations of modern people have closed and it's changed for the rest. of the good of the local people guard this tree is sacred it is around one thousand years old. old healers living in this village say the oak tree used to help make women fertile and restore the mill of beat oh well. this giant of a tree is seven meters thick and more than thirty meters tall some scientists believe the marielle oak is russia's oldest. a medieval 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 the way places one of them is high on the bank of a river in the district. obstacles provided protection for the inhabitants of these

fortifications. team mari people came to his grave from all over 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. and now it's time for you again ian vereker mentioned off to join other worshipers at the prayer in appealing to the gods they do so to the singing of an exodus touched sacrificial animals. this is followed with a meal shared by all those taking part in the ritual giving out food from enormous pots to bring people together according to their beliefs people get closer to the gods by eating in this way. mari people from all over. even though

living in moscow. everywhere in russia try to be here for these. before nightfall finally they set out for the start of the expedition. depression. norma's plates of the very center of a field they hold their vehicles as a safe distance from it. and the people living in this village used to plough these fields and grow crops on it. it's one noids they were awakened by loud noises. when they came here it was surprised to see a large trades in the middle of the field water in the bottom right. scientists have found a subterranean st anthony for depression when it erodes the top layer of the soil

the ground sinks this 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 yet ok i'm almost there now but there is no water here the local people prefer not to descend into the depression because this kind of cataclysm might happen at any time. let them get it but there is much to be learned from such expeditions people think that such things are only found in faraway lands and they are much closer to home. yevgeny commit was pleasantly surprised just as he and his wife vera were about to head home after a service. you can

a good search come here from oops. the priests whitecap 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 is expressed their sentiments in front of the sacred tree. always she gets health and happiness. the commission of couple has taken a plunge into the ancient face of it people. by coming here they have truly experienced the joy of cooking. they hope it will stay with them for the whole. until the next christmas that will once again bring mary people together.

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alkies minefield costs and r.s.s. feeds and now an apology along. as violence in the middle east as always it's big you one that's doing the fighting these days storing your words over what to do about syria ought to talk about the good all of it. and have plain pin the blame game on iranian israel's prime minister says tehran is responsible for the bombing of its embassy in india and attempted bombing in georgia and i figure pointing has escalated tensions were between the two countries so was this a tit for tat act or an excuse for israel to attack.

and the greek government makes a desperate attempt to save itself from the fall appeasing global markets for the moment by sending thousands to the streets to protest so will the new austerity plan be a no. good evening it is monday february thirteenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for is out there watching our t.v. . well several members of the united nations general assembly are working on a new resolution they hope to vote on regarding the future of syria for one hundred ninety three nation body convened today after the resolution proposed by the u.n. security council was turned down a little more than a week ago after vetoes from russia and china today's meeting of the general assembly and then a full day for of members voicing their disapproval of the situation in syria and of the assad regime well without

a vote and without any documents circulating showing what the general assembly will ask for our correspondent ana stasia churkin to spend the day monitoring the meeting and we spoke a little while ago she gave me her take on what will and won't be accomplished and also the latest coming out of the meeting. well the latest is that this meeting has definitely last of the entire day we've been hearing speeches from dozens of countries that started early in the morning and of course like you mentioned christine this comes only a week after a double veto from russia and china blocks an arab and western backed resolution on syria at the security council but what we saw today and are still continuing we'll be seeing in the days to come is an attempt from the saudi arabia and qatar to go to another body of the united nations and attempt to find some kind of decision there and even though the general assembly does consist of over one hundred ninety members we have to keep in mind that it's not nearly as powerful as the security council because whatever decision comes out of the general assembly is by no means

binding it's only seen as a recommendation by the rest of the international community and what's key here is that the text of this supposedly resolution of the general assembly will be voting on voted on has not even been circulated get from what we're hearing on the ground even though that's what we've been expecting a goal to take place all day today we're hearing that maybe documents will be circulated in the hours to come either by the saudis or egypt we're going to have to wait and see but the key here is that it's that we're hearing about it's going to be pretty much the same document that russia and china vetoed and russia's and china's problem with it said that it seems biased to the countries saying that it only needs the syrian government as the main cause of the conflicts going on on the ground in syria but not the arms groups the armed groups and that's something that continues to be a major sticking point the recognition agata two sides to this conflict by the international community i think is an important point you make regarding the difference between the u.n. general assembly the u.n.

security council what's the point then i mean if the u.n. g.a. despite having a lot more members has a lot less tower one of the actual points of today's meeting are they just trying to send a message are they trying to put pressure on russia and china what do you gathering is the point of all this. the luckless scene from what we understand the message the point of this really is to send a symbolic message to the syrian government more so that russia and china because we've been hearing all these countries make speeches today see a thing that's the syrian government is committing atrocities so really this is another opportunity for those who do support regime change on the ground to send out criticism towards the syrian government but many experts are saying really but the fact that under this symbolic diplomatic gestures being attempted to united nations does not really mean much because any sort of document is not going to help stop the crisis on the ground unless it pushes for a cease fire so many are saying that should be priority or prioritized at the

general assembly these days and not just you know a lot of words of criticism and that's what we've been seeing at least today that initial resolution of course supporting the arab league and their plan to ask the syrian president bashar al assad to step down. the arab league also is hoping that the u.n. will send peacekeepers into syria and again this plan was met with some competing arguments talk a little bit about the different sides in terms of sending peacekeepers into syria why or why not do people think that's a good idea. well the there definitely have been some sort of i guess suspicion and wondering in terms of exactly what kind of mission these peacekeepers would have on the ground as you rightly say the arab league did suggest sending troops of peacekeepers onto the ground in syria but this is something that first of all it does not this has met with somewhat of a question that is not prepared to accept as of yet and we've heard from russia say

that first of all it does kind of believe that it was not the best idea to suspend the observer mission on the ground first of all and russia has been saying that this is something that. would be considered but more details are needed in terms of exactly what kind of numbers you know when and what kind of exactly specific reasons the peacekeepers would be very for because from what we understand right now of course there is no peace to keep on the ground but russia saying let's push for negotiations and a cease fire of both sides first before any such consideration would begin to really make sense. just just one final question on a start you mentioned that as of now from what you've learned from what you understand no vote is expected today at the u.n. general assembly. when up and says continue then tomorrow the next day until something is decided on can something actually be decided and that's what we're expecting definitely some sort of documents will be passed around by the saudis and

a car we are of course we know that this document is going to be pretty much the same thing that was vetoed at the security council but wasn't expecting yes in the days to come is this sort of vote to take place and whether or not it's going to have some sort of significance is really a big question mostly symbolic in this particular case because like we said the general assembly does not have any binding power when it comes to conflicts around the world and all right in our new york studios r.c. a correspondent on the star feature can. and today secretary of state hillary clinton met with the prime minister of turkey to discuss the problem in syria and made it very clear that they're looking for a political solution they say as of now they won't consider putting international troops there and less the syrian regime agrees but there are so many signs the u.s. is not giving up its quest for a change in regime in syria saying it's only a matter of time before the assad government collapses now as history shows

washington may find a way around any barriers including the u.n. if it decides to push its own agenda in syria artie's guy an egyptian has more. what synod mandate having failed to reach international consensus on syria it's been a complete waste of time washington prepares to act around the u. way for the time being the administration firmly rules out any form of u.s. military intervention in syria but the pentagon is busy filling out an attack strategy on syria just think case should the president call for action experts say history shows the absence of international consensus would not be an obstacle to washington if it decides to go ahead with intervention the united states sees the u.n. as a tool of convenience if the u.n. is supple in going along with the united states then the united states is fine to have a u.n. sanction for its actions but when the u.n. and the people of the world or the countries of the world resist then the united

states says the u.n. is unwilling to do its job and then uses other instruments like nato or other military arrangements they did in the case of yugoslavia they did that in the case of the iraq war whenever the u.n. doesn't go along the u.s. then says well the heck with you one will use some other instrument for the exercise of american power last year the u.n. security council authorized need to protect civilians in libya but the mission resulted in regime change the libyan authorization of force was very specific and it didn't authorize regime change in the countries. that partook in operation clue you know actually for exceeded the u.n. mandate in their operation i think that symbolic of the fact that these libya these u.n. mandates really are useful in the terms of international law and it's just the reality of it he do countries have flooded libyan rebels with weapons despite a u.n. arms embargo u.s. government wants to you one but they want to you want to do the u.s. bidding way of the united states uses the united nations in regard to be israeli

post in question is very emblematic when the united nations passed resolutions which it has done repeatedly demanding that the israelis get out of the west bank an earlier gaza and earlier than some. i united states didn't enforce those resolutions they didn't demand it be. enforced when it came to the united nations saying the palestinians have a right to be a recognized state the united states acted as if it was a crime against humanity that the united nations there take up the issue of palestinian rights we can see here a manipulation of the united nations when it does with the united states wants fine but when it stands with the palestinian people which it has repeatedly over and over again then the united states government republican or democrat from a way to condemn the united nations. the u.s. also did not support the resolution on syria for the work by russia which would call for all sides in the conflict to stop the violence and to start

a dialogue instead he chose to take science in a simple. one might describe the us towards the u.n. you need to go around. but why would all the card approach to the world body might . it make a bad recipe for well i'm going to. argue. till i had an r t two bombs one detonated in india the other diffused in georgia both aimed at israeli embassies and now israel is putting a big target on iran claiming it for both of those bombs already the very latest on the escalating tension. in the scene. people calling what you said for free and fair elections. again we're still reporting from

there. you can hear behind me loud explosions really. gave. a. registering gerard is right great but it's like a derivative of actual paper it's a food product essentially. it's much stronger than anything you buy a lot of. dolls of times stronger than any kind of the hospital you ever put you know.

there are heightened tensions today over who was behind a pair of attempted attacks that took place at two of israel's and the seats one in india and one in georgia now in new delhi india an israeli diplomats car was destroyed and at least four people injured including a diplomat's wife who was in the car a bomb targeting the israeli embassy in tbilisi georgia was diffused before it went off israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is blaming iran and if this is the case many believe it would be in retaliation for a series of killings of iranian nuclear scientists in iran though has denied any involvement but no question this will serve to make worse what is already a pretty bad situation and relations between the two countries to discuss those earlier i spoke to steve in london writer and host of the progressive radio news hour. well in america you can you can guess what if. i haven't shared so i really want to marry completely i can be only contain myself for

a cure but certainly accusations against iran and hezbollah will floor the second fairest if i had a blame anybody and i certainly don't have any evidence but if i had it if i had a need. i mean i mean it's open territory or attempted it it was a state of principle over them but i recall last october the alleged why if you have the saudi ambassador in washington and supposedly where. the charities didn't buy at best this milk here it didn't even rise to level over the movie and yet lives reached an american food the us people in other countries just laugh at them and charges was so ludicrous israel makes charities american based charities christine but nowhere with it's just provided. one

motivation with an aside israelis intelligence agency have for targeting two israeli embassy. well the motivation will be to blame it on the. lower but israel has no compunction about to leap to is will those anybody else if it serves their intention america is no compunction about killing americans the same americans it didn't meet creators of war so we have no interest in the security well we'll be here when the gum ball in terrible condition of water leak physically ill treated very very marginal bush they don't get it clearly needed israel is pretty much the same way but but you always need to ask one key question when something like this comes out keep going to go one thing or earth would read america again i read kenya of tensions with the wrists already accusations clawing

against the room rate no again no evidence so anything including its alleged nuclear weapons program is entirely bogus according to u.s. intelligence as of march two thousand and eleven is no evidence whatever proving it if it is from the evidence proving it but you sure you can if it ever lives incessantly israel is me if you wish me i'm making any gear bluster accusations no charities he bore no underwear is ones and still call him the saudi ambassador. a real can't possibly have anything between play doing so that is seems like to me a it seems to me that there is already so many people looking for an excuse to launch an attack against iran that it would be a little troubling to to wonder what their motivation might be but you know there

are people out there steven who say israel i mean not israel iran is testing the waters they want to see how far you know these threats will girl against them i mean is there any value to that. others though all the hysteria were rare and in the past two hundred plus years years i don't read it's not attacked another country and at least two hundred years he three hundred years i ran for it and no one in the region the all the time to read once the war was when it was attacked by saddam hussein and a million a radio as well lost four hundred thousand iraqi lives were lost and america's dirty hands were but i'd be a terrorist thing you begin with should he get out or if he ended up making syria needs to be continued under ronald reagan and he's already and was. america wanted to rid destroy.