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book about the headlines for you down here not put to the test as the u.n. general assembly scrutinizes a syrian crisis move is seen by some as an attempt to tighten the screws on russia and china and push through a new resolution to nations consider a one sided. europe gets hit with yet another wave of downgrades confidence collapses and the books future. e.u. presses ahead with its austerity crusade against reluctant greece. john as well as president arrives in the u.s. as the two john struggle to find common ground against the back from the bank can build up in pacific asia. but right now not a chance to the more about the incredibly diverse spectrum of culture and religion in russia today our special reports comes from the republic of mari el community

culture class overcome through a shared faith. this is how people of many ethnic groups prayed to ancient times. today this is the sort of worship but can only be found in this russian region. i'm. not allowed to worship in soviet times people like us who did were put on trial. as floods quakes and manmade disasters or. services like the use a rooted in ancient history these words were first spoken nearly a thousand years ago but the worship is gathering here now a thought to be europe's lost pagans. on one.

republic. over the centuries. it's. i. was.

i. speak different languages different regions of the country. these people spent most of the. trip to get away from. dozens of like minded folk. will take the traveling local to the most mysterious places in the republic. on the freeway as they leave the city he's promised to show them.

we go here. then we have to get. cold weather. now we're going to try to reach the most interesting places. the. point is a. few people have succeeded in reaching its peak it. often leads people astray. the drivers went missing.

people often get. something. contact with one another. eventually reunite a coup. 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. forward voltage to.

visit. the capital of. the musicians. folk songs to entertain 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 springing 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 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 the rock is then time and drum and stones as well as an altar russian style. in soviet times the cultural was turned into a holiday resort the tourists what 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 l. castle. we hear the doors creaking as they move from room to room. but they don't bother us we share a common grounds and get along with them quite well. in the village of. coffee live everybody is getting ready for the press office. cleans his body and above else before facing one of the most important events in his life as daybreak he will take part in one of the most patient of sacred rights for the marri people. take a candle to the secret group the mr 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 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 a maori raghad geese and ducks

a 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 the that's a bit of an imprint service is 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 as it was clear all to ground was on the left hand side people praying the sacred place as soon as we get to the religious noose allow for the time that.

the 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 the priestly prayers and. these pagan priest. it's know how to communicate with the gods people praying in a grove lost amidst pines and birches have strong beliefs 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. their requests and wishes on at this table. enormous pot suspended over a bonfire as there's a live side by side with the old. they're used to make porridge and just ceremonial meats broth. take the ducks and geese aboard. break up the bread into chunks and toss the pieces into the fire the brat. has been brought to by washington. 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 that five spuds have

been set aside for bonfires in this grow for example. in this one they pray to the god showed she loved. one of their asking for his grace in childbirth and happiness. and. the skin and organs of the birds are criminy to in the bond funds it's forbidden to take any leftovers from the sacrificial offerings from the grow.

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. 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 or. 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 culture 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. 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 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 new forest creatures covered with hair who had chosen to settle in the mountains caves. if they felt their breaths were they were on the. shoulders. had little contact with. these happened and long time ago. they were launched forests with tall trees.

legends about the region have been handed down over the centuries by mouth to mouth of the trove of 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 posed in exchange for a. the local people. around one thousand years old. living in this village say the oak tree used to help make women fertile and restore the me. 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 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 from parts 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 at the start of the expedition the 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. there 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 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. 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 were about to head home after the service. you get in a good to come here for a moment. 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 ordinary people cherish told 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 faith of the people. by coming here they have truly experienced the joy of communion. they hope it will stay with them for the whole. until the next president that will once again bring the maori people together. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture.

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