one of the oldest villages in karelia is called soft. it is on the bank of the saw finger river the waterway links to lakes it is famous for the fact that it is constantly changing flow. a river that links to large lakes but this place is unique because the river changes direction when it fills one of the lakes the water flows into the other when that one is trail to capacity it flows back into the first lake. even in the twenty first century when many villages have tap water locals prefer to take it from rivers for their daily needs just as their fairy tale ancestors from the colored folks picked it when the rivers are covered with ice in winter people make holes in it with the next the water of creating lakes and rivers is so clean it is safe to drink straight from the source even the lowest temperatures can do nothing to bridle the mountain streams the hills are not high they are almost entirely with trees. in the from the regions highest point is over there beyond the horizon according to the caliber of folk apic that's where the old

life in villages in karelia as north is still almost the same as it was hundreds of years ago winter in these parts last long and brings in its wake lots of snow and freezing temperatures any true karelian needs a solid wooden house a fireplace and several objects made of birch tree bark. in the old days it was used to make all sorts of objects by kitchen utensils bags and shoes it was also used to make talismans to protect people from the witch lo here and the evil spirits servants did you know they made all sorts of toys which children out of birch bark one of them was called sure cannot be kids would play with it and it was also thought to be a charm that would ward off evil spirits those bark is the top most layer of abilities three the northern people spent all their lives surrounded by things made of birch bark the ancient karelians even buried people rolling them in layers of birch bark. one of the oldest villages in karelia is called soft but it is on the bank of the saw finger river the waterway links to lakes it is famous for the fact that it is constantly changing flow at