it is the most sacred place europe's only buddhist republic and the main attraction of kalmykia it's capital some are brought here by religion of those a curious to see its magnificence interior traditionally nearly all visitors walk around the temple clockwise to pay their respects to the goldeneye meet a statue of a shock. religion was frowned upon in soviet times i was just a little boy back then my grandmother taught me how to pray in secret in candlelight i folded my hands said prayer several times and bowed to the small figurine of the buddha after today any kalmia is free to enter the majestic temple as a philosophy and lifestyle is good islam is intertwined with the history and ethnicity of our people. steeply it was in caesar's ones when the stamp locals like saying that people there are guided by the devil. to live sometimes you realize that you're going around in circles but you can do anything about it. if you don't take a time out there in the stir you may get lost. in the muscles or what after all domestic animals like cows and sheep and camels either do somehow find th

kalmykia southeast of all the delta close to the town of like. a narrow channel links the silty lowlands overgrown with bull rushes to the caspian sea. hopes with homemade wooden cabins out in the open water fisherman live hedger in the summer and autumn they spend five months a year at sea many miles from family and friends. strong arabs and flows in the caspian sea make for drastic changes water levels they form underwater sandbags and thick sediment. long life boats like this one are the best form of transport and these hazardous parts. the fisherman have a hard job to do a cow make net is shaped like a long round chest with several meshes made of fine metal netting. quite often the nets catch seaweed as well as fish. only someone with a good deal of experience from a border coat of low sides and keep his balance. these are small fry so we release them. even this one is too small. this is no good either. on wawrinka grocery or. this car is ok i'll keep it by my two or three hundred kilo load of fish is a good carriage it will fetch a handsome

kalmykia is the step region in the south of european russia. five centuries ago nomadic tribes that served in ganga's khan's army brought their horses and sheep pier from mongolia they were called the oil rights. in the seventeenth century they were renamed comix after swearing an oath of allegiance. for the czar alexei romano. however they reserve the right to practice a religion of their choice. this alone poplar tree in the step is a sacred place for all comics. legend has it that a man by the name of burke can back she a comic turned buddhist monk planted it one hundred fifty years ago. his hope was that the seeds he had brought from tibet would grow into a whole grove but only one poplar survived the rigorous climate. the secret to its long life remains are. these kelman women are singing one of the world's most famous put history mantras in the shade of a tree the oldest even symbol. the words are in the historical indian language of sanskrit. account next of kept up shall manik beliefs in the spirits of nature since ancient times. and si

the international buddhist festival in kalmykia has brought together tourists and worshippers from india thailand and other countries barry curzon is an american doctor and personal physician to his holiness the dalai lama. he lives in the indian town of sala where he gives medical assistance to the needy. there the locals call him by the name venerable this is not barry's first visit. buddhism in comic is different then buddhism in other parts of the world you know during this very difficult seventy years it was that they nearly lost their culture completely and now they're reviving it and you can feel this revival for example i go to japan a lot in there they have a buddhist culture a buddhist history and many of the people say they're buddhist but when you ask them much about buddhism they don't know anything and you ask them where do they turn when their lives are in trouble and usually they turn to work or money but here they turn to the temple to the buddha to the teachers and that's a big difference to. the temple is open to worship present taurus to like even during preparations

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there is a saying in kalmykia a man would only put his with a side to proof is still in unarmed combat. on weekends many people leave towns and villages to attend local fairs traditional wrestling fights and the regular feature such events. the rules are simple to win contestants need to force any part of their opponent's body to the ground going for the legs is not allowed but the competent are allowed to grab the trousers of the south. up until the eighteenth century kalmuck wrestling with a rigorous martial arts fight has frequently caused heavy injuries to one another i would say it is a national sport practiced mostly by professional judo west and both freestyle classes restless. after the end of the bout when i was required to perform with dogs otherwise the audience will not recognise his victory such as the comic tradition. from. it is i was born in this time and lived there for fifteen years. in rome i like it here mostly because it's my home town. but otherwise i feel uncomfortable in a city jammed with crowds and motor vehicles. if that world is alien to me the american peop