12.12.2025
The project The Interactive Atlas of Indigenous Small-Numbered Peoples of the North, Siberia, and the Far East continues to introduce audiences to unique cultural heritage. The collection has been expanded with a video recording dedicated to the Evenki folkloric festival “Nurgenek,” a New Year celebration timed to the summer solstice.
The festival is conducted by elders, it begins at noon with the ritual “Ulekich,” an offering to the fire, during which participants address its spirit with requests for good fortune. This is followed by a purification rite, believed to ensure well-being for a person and their family. A vivid symbol of the beginning of the celebration is a wooden pole, which participants decorate with colorful strips of fabric and install in the center of a clearing.
The Atlas, developed by RSUH together with the Association of Indigenous Small-Numbered Peoples of the North, Siberia, and the Far East, creates a digital space for preserving and promoting living ritual traditions.
More details are available in the Interactive Atlas media library.
You can learn more about Even culture via the link.
