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Koryak 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 / KLC 5.2 / 6, see below) this database focuses on texts in Koryak. The so far collected data refer mostly to the linguistic variety that is spoken by the Nymylans (coastal Koryaks ) in and near Lesnaya. More text collections refer to Chauwchuvens (reindeer herder Koryaks) of the Tigilski and Olyutorski rayons and to Koryak groups living at the east coast of Kamchatka (Karaginski rayon). The data amount (at the moment) to about 76 hrs. The texts are expected to be fully edited by 2008.

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