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10th-century Merya jewellery represents a distinctive craft tradition of the Volga-Finnic peoples, designed to serve both as a marker of social status and as spiritual protection. Women of the Merya tribes wore heavy, multi-layered bronze ensembles that produced a characteristic chiming sound with every movement.

The visit to Setomaa is blessed ✨

Traditional Sámi culture divides the year into eight distinct seasons based on ecological shifts, weather patterns, and the lifecycle of reindeer herding: Dálvi [winter], Giđđadálvi [spring winter], Giđđa [Spring], Giđđageassi [spring summer], Geassi [summer], Čakčageassi [autumn summer], Čakča [autumn], Čakčadálvi [pre-winter].

Traditional Selkup vestments are highly functional, cold-weather garments originating from the indigenous Samoyedic people of Western Siberia. Designed for survival in subarctic environments, historical attire utilizes reindeer and deer skins ❄️

I love cooking everything in a wood-burning oven. The smell of firewood always fascinates me

Vottovaara — [mountain of victory] 🧡

"Votto" is the transcription of the Sámi word vuajjta — to conquer, to overcome, to win. In the Finnish language: voitto - victory, and in the Karelian language: voitto - victory, profit [pronounced in both languages as "voitto"].

🏔️ "Vaara" translates from Sámi as "mountain". There are also two other similar sounding words: vārr - path, road, and varrь [var'] - forest. However, in Sámi origin toponyms, "vaara" is always applied to the geographical object "mountain". In the Karelian language: vuaru - mountain, and in the Finnish language: vuori - mountain, hill.

Udmurtian fire

Mari traditional 🧡

The Enets were known as the Yenisei Samoyeds. "Enets," derived from enete/enneche, meaning "person" or "man". The Enets language belongs to the Samoyedic branch of the Uralic language family, alongside Nenets, Nganasan, and Selkup. It has two distinct dialects: Tundra Enets and Forest Enets, which differ significantly in speech and aspects of identity.

The words minä, mina, miä, mie, minā and all of their colloquial or dialectal versions come from Proto-Finnic minä [I, me]; ultimately from Proto-Uralic minä [|] 🧚🏻‍♀️

Himzés minták — [Hungarian embroidery]

I'm planning to make jewelry inspired by the Kven flag 🧡

While preparing the history of Finno-Ugric cuisine, I thought about creating a map of textile history. This would be gorgeous, as it would also show the interactions throughout history

Thinking about Udmurt traditional clothing

Cozy

It's perfect to start the beginning of the month with a sauna. Blessed November 🌿

Vepsian traditional clothing 🤩

Vepsian wedding ✨