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Even Language and Culture

DVD series. Videos by Erich Kasten.
Volumes of this archive are available at local libraries in Kamchatka.

Beyond cultural practices and other activities (KPN / ELC 5.2 / 6, see below) this database focuses on texts in Even. The so far collected data refer mostly to the linguistic variety that is spoken in the Bystrinski district in Central Kamchatka and amount (at the moment) to about 28 hrs. The texts are expected to be fully edited by 2007.

The given database shall serve, first of all, the purpose to preserve and to stimulate the further enhancement of the native people's cultural heritage in Kamchatka (see Kasten 2004, Kasten 2005). Thus, the material can be used within the local communities – among others –  as electronic learning tools in combination with its later print editions.

1      The remembered past

2      Traditional ecological knowledge

3      Material culture

4      Ritual practices and world view

5      Expressive forms of human-environment relations

        5.1  tales, legends, anecdotes
        5.2  dance and music
        5.3  decorative arts

6      Miscellaneous: conferences, workshops, festivals

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Last update: 13 October 2005