download the official anti up location on the phone on pod touch from the i.q. exam still. life on the. video. on ts minefield costs and says feeds now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. resistance is not our politics but our culture. is could. its own. cultures of resistance on the march seems.

more news today violence is once again fled up the phone these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china operations are today. please i've. spoke.

but. it was. this is also it was a check of the headlines as campaspe of. russia's foreign minister says there's a risk of repeating a libyan style scenario there's foreign intervention in syria also means that the west is building a case against the assad regime that could be used to justify military are trying. to finance ministers say they have no received assurances from britain but it's comedians on the stand we see for the six nations are downgraded by a ratings agency to. gather out of a terror run as russia's military predicts the west might decide on

a strike against iran the source about this follows tel aviv sensations that this government state is behind monday's attacks targeting israeli embassies in india and georgia but several dreading the day. as adeline's and right now we all see a chance to learn more about the incredibly diverse spectrum of culture and religion in russia and today our special report comes from the republic of mari el where a community culture clash has been overcome through a shadow. 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 we hope to have prayer 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. and i don't want to.

it's. i. i. i. these people spend. too much. to get away from. dozens of like minded folk.

history. to the most mysterious places in the republic. as the city. team. we go here and then we will start with you then we have to go off the roads here. and. extreme coming here in such cold weather. now we're going to try to reach the most interesting places destination is the point of where we

will look for. caves. the republic's 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. however all the explorers eventually reunite according to them. is considered a zone of abnormal activity local people often see unidentified flying objects here at. two hundred meters above sea level is the true

apex. to. hold the floor. of the. visit. the capital of. the musicians they sing mary 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 shower 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 it is then time and drum and stones as well as an alter 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 of doors leading into hollow rooms still produce a sinister creak. but there are 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 a common ground and get along with them quite well. in the village of. coffee live everybody is getting ready for the press

service. cleans his body you know both counts 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 secret group 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 to 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 coffee has 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 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 it'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 tube or all views on the left hand side people praying the sacred place as soon as we get to the village of new salons 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 brought was a fellow of a sacrifice. 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. it's know how to communicate with the gods people praying in a grove last 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 water fell. bringing our 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 pot suspended of a bone files the lips side by side with the old. they're used to make porridge and just ceremonial meats broth. to take a look at the docs indy's

a boy. break up the bread into chunks and toss the pieces into the fire the bread and cheese has been brought to by washed. 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 east people are offering prayers to many gods which is where 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. of the birds are criminy to in the bond funds it's forbidden to take any leftovers from the sacrificial offerings from the grove.

resistance is not politics but a culture. is couldn't just. sign on it's own. cultures of resistance on marching. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something

else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. soon which brightened a few pounds from finest impressions. who threw stones on t.v. dot com. district in the south west of madill is full of historic sites and rich and legends

but the shortest road that ends on the shore of the volga the great russian river from here affair is needed local pigeons have even memorised the boats should there's a flux of regularly features a ride from one shore of the volga to the other. i'm.

on the. plane has been handed down from generation to generation 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. russian poet alexander pushkin once travelled along it it was used by stage coaches with.

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 breeders 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 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 new forest creatures covered with hair who had chosen to settle in the mountains caves. were black. if they felt their breasts were when they were on the. shoulders. they had little contact with.

these happened and long time ago. there were lunch forests with tall trees were. legends about the region have been handed down over the centuries by mouth to mouth of a trove 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. it .

used to help. the giant 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 oak in the middle ages protection from invaders by building 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 from the region to pray for. people in the surrounding villages still tell the story of the maori who sacrificed twenty six to the gods.

to join. prayer in appealing to the gods. to the. 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. everywhere in russia try to be here for this press of us. before nightfall the romans finally find what they set out for at the start of the expedition the depression. 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 at the bottom. scientists have found a sub to raney and 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 was there is no water here local people prefer not to descend into the depression because this kind

of cataclysm might happen at any time. that 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 comanche cough 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 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 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 commission of couple has taken a plunge into the ancient face 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 to get. the mushers that so much i can tell you what i do a lot already one of them was all we're going to take your pick moment iowans of

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