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Indigenous people:  Selkup: Yamal

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  A traditional Selkup chum build of birch
  
  Traditional Selkup chum.
  
   

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  A selkup princess
  
  Luda Dibikova, Tolka, Krasnoselkupsky region
  
   

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  Big horns (a portrait of a Selkup reindeer herder)
  
  A portrait of a Selkup reindeer herder
  
   

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  Heating the drum before the Worship ceremony
  
  Tetyby, the Selkup shaman is sitting near the fire preparing his holly drum.
  
   

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  Krasnoselkup, a village by the river Taz
  
  Krasnoselkup is the centre of the Krasnoselkupski region In Yamal and administrative center of Selkup people
  
   

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  Two crazy guys on an Ural motor bike
  
  Russian people in Krasnoselkup.
  
   

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  The mighty river Taz.
  
  The landscape of river Taz from a helocopter.
  
   

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  Impossible to escape
  
  Swampy forrest near the Taz river
  
   

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  In the selkups village Kikiakki.
  
  In Selkups' village Kikiakki in the summer time.
  
   

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  An old Selkup man.
  
  Portrait of an old Selkup.
  
   

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  Selkup family in the village Kikiakki
  
  This family is living in Kikiakki village in Krasnoselkupski region.
  
   

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  On the mighty river Taz.
  
  A small ship on the river Taz.
  
   

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  Two tents near the Taz.
  
  Two tents near the Taz.
  
   

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  Living near the river Taz.
  
  An old Selkup man outside his chum near the riverTaz.
  
   

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  Preparing bread - Two old Selkup men.
  
  Two old Selkups are preparing bread in chum.
  
   

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  Living close to river Taz (2)
  
  A chum/tent an a traditional river boat close to the river Taz
  
   

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  Blue evening atmosphere by the river Taz
  
  A river transport boat (Kater) belonging to the administration of Krasnoselkup region, has found a place for the night rest - on its way to Ratta
  
   

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  Don't eat bearmeat - you can get trichinosis
  
  Zoia Vylka Ravna is reading advertisement - Don't eat bearmeat - you can get trichinosis.
  
   

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  Group of Selkup dancers.
  
  Group of girls from Selkupm ensemble.
  
   

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  A portrait of Selkup girl.
  
  Luda Dibikova
  
   

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  The center of Russia
  
  Zoia Vylka staying by the geographical center of Russia, calculated by Mendeleev in 1857.
  
   

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  Portrait of a fisher man. (Ket)
  
  A ket man
  
   

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  Who are coming?
  
  A Group of Selkup children.
  
   

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  A Selkup village in the taiga.
  
  Selkup people live both in tents and in wooden houses. Here is a "village" close to river Taz
  
   

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  Selkup sisters in front of the family house
  
  Four women in front of a house/cottage
  
   

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  A Selkup family.
  
  Inside of a Selkup house.
  
   

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  Group of Selkup children from Kaltunok.
  
  Group of Selkup children from Kaltunok.
  
   

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  A fur dressed Selkup ski.
  
  A woman holding traditional Selkup ski. The base is covered with reindeer skinn.
  
   

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  An old Selkup woman sitting by the river Taz
  
  An old Selkup woman sitting by the river Taz
  
   

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  A Selkup family with a child in a cradle
  
  A Selkup family with a child in a cradle sitting close to Taz
  
   

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  A boy and his taiga reindeer
  
  A boy and his taiga reindeer in front of the anti-mosquitoe smoke by the cattle-shed (reindeer-house).
  
   

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  A mighty taiga reindeer
  
  A mighty taiga reindeer
  
   

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  A selkup chum build of birch
  
  A selkup chum build of birch
  
   

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  Old babushka Valentina Kalinia
  
  Visiting an old Selkup woman, babushka Valentina Kalinia in the village Kajbejek 15 km from Ratta
  
   

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  A Selkup reindeer "cattle-shed"
  
  The Selkups build reindeer "cattle-shed" to protect the deers from mosquitoes
  
   

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  Smoke for the taiga reindeers.
  
  There are so much mosquitoes in taiga that people have to make smoke to protect the reindeer from them.
  
   

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  A Selkup proudly show us his big reindeer.
  
  A portrait of Selkup boy with reindeer.
  
   

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  A Selkup man in a traditional winter costume.
  
  A portrait of Albert Irikov in a traditional costume. See how similar the costume is to the Saami "pesk"
  
   

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  A Selkup family.
  
  A father and his sons.
  
   

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  Driving on the Taz river
  
  Along the river Taz, close to Ratta, Krasnoselkupsky region
  
   

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  Selkup snacks
  
  Drying fish.
  
   

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  A storehouse made of birch
  
  A Selkup storehouse made of birch in Kajbejek
  
   

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  The ceremony is about to begin
  
  Tetyby, the selkup shaman close to the fire on the banks of the river Taz
  
   

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  The Selkup shaman druming
  
  Tetyby, the Selkup shaman is using his drum in the sacred ceremony
  
   

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  Contact with the souls in the other world
  
  Tetyby - the selkup shaman
  
   

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  The Shaman was doctor, too. To day russian doc hav
  
  The Shaman was doctor and a priest. But the Russian doctors and the communist commissar took his place
  
   

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  Graveyard in taiga.
  
  An old Selkup graveyard in taiga.
  
   

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  A Selkup grave.
  
  A Selkup grave in Ratta.
  
   

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  Clothers for life in the next world
  
  It is typical in all Sibirian cultures when relativesn are put to the graves. The things and clothers of the dead persons in are left by the cemetery in case that he/she can use then in the "other world".
  
   

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  A Selkup child grave.
  
  Babies, who die before they got teeth, are buried in a special way. They cannot be buried under the earth, because they still are innocent; they have not eaten meat. Therefore they are buried inside a hollowed tree.
  
   

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  A new made river boat ready for fishing
  
  An traditional selkup river boat near the Taz river.
  
   

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  Selkup baskets of blueberries
  
  Selkup baskets of blueberries made of birch
  
   

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  A Selkup cradle
  
  A Selkup cradle
  
   

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  Village Tolka
  
  Aerial picture of the Selkup village Tolka by the Taz river