The Mari folk and their faith

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The Mari folk and their faith

Postby Luigi » Sat Jul 14, 2018 1:02 pm

The Mari are a Finnic people closely related to Finns and Estonians. They live on the Volga river in Western Russia. Despite long periods of contact from Russian Christians and Turkic Muslims, the Mari have maintained their folk faith. Not only is the religion alive with over 100 deities, the clergy is also fully alive and functioning.

What an astonishing blessing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_people

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Native_Religion





Also their music is pretty awesome:











Main pantheon:

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Some gods and spirits in the Mari pantheon:[6][7]

Kugu Jumo, the main god, often seen as a monistic godhead. Also called Kugurak, the "Elder". He is associated with a duck.
Tul, god of fire, attribute of Kugu Jumo.
Surt, spirit of the household, attribute of Kugu Jumo.
Saksa, god of fertility, attribute of Kugu Jumo.
Küdryrchö Jumo, god of thunder.
Tutyra, god of fog, attribute of Kugu Jumo. And other attributes of the godhead.
Purysho, the god of fate, the caster and the creator of the future of all men.
Azyren, the god of death.
Shudyr-Shamych, the god of the stars.
Tylmache, worker of the divine will.
Tylze, the god of the Moon. Also known as Tõlze.
Uzhara, the god of the dawn.
Mlande, the god of earth.
Shochyn-Ava, the goddess[8] of childbirth.
Tunya, the god of the universe
Keremet, evil spirit
Many of these gods, specially those controlling natural phenomena, have female counterparts, with the name ending in ava ("mother"), like Tul-Ava, goddess of fire, Mlande-Ava, goddess of earth, Kudurcho-Ava, goddess of thunder, etc.
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Postby Masato » Sat Jul 14, 2018 1:44 pm

That looks positively dreamy! Lets go live there, Luigi!!

If I could speak russian and was single I might go check it out for a year or so. Amazing humans are still able to live like that in some places. Props to Russia, I can't see anything like that being allowed to function in the west.

I know a guy who tried to live in a wigwam in the summers in the Rockies, the fuzz took his camp down.


Hope nobody starts up the diversity card over there, looks precious

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Postby Masato » Sat Jul 14, 2018 1:45 pm

Here's the link to that angelic girl singing (wouldn't embed).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF8K14mR7CQ

What lucky SOB scores that woman's love, I don't know

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Postby SRBrant » Sat Jul 14, 2018 7:35 pm

100 deities? I like the variety.

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Postby Canuckster » Sat Jul 14, 2018 9:17 pm

Masato wrote:Here's the link to that angelic girl singing (wouldn't embed).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF8K14mR7CQ

What lucky SOB scores that woman's love, I don't know

Bring her to the states she'll be doing porn in no time.
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Postby Luigi » Mon Dec 03, 2018 5:24 am

Russian article published on traditional Mari medicine: http://komanda-k.ru/2010/mariiel/%D0%B8 ... 0%BA%D0%B0

Apparently they have accupuncture and use charms.
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Postby Luigi » Sat Feb 09, 2019 5:16 am

Mari grandmas rock a concert:



I justify putting it here because there is a part where that ritual bread makes an appearance :mrgreen:

Edit: wow didnt expect youtube to blow up my suggestions with Mari and Russian grandmas:









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Postby Luigi » Sat Feb 09, 2019 6:15 am

While watching the suggested vids I also found one which was explicitely religious, here is a Mari El news report on a winter festival, it includes an interview with a priest/wizard and amoung the activies they burn an effigy. Wish I could speak Mari and understand them:



Also found some wedding singers too young to include with the grandmas :mrgreen:



It reminds me of reading about Marina Takalo who learned many rune poems by being a wedding singer.
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