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Khanties from Vitold Donatovich Slavin's series of illustrations depicting the peoples of Western Siberia.
Vive Tolli's drawings of Estonian folk clothes. Love the bright colours and expessiveness.
Akpars's symbolic grave stands on the right banks of the Yunga river, opposite to Nuzhenal. On the gravestone is the flag of the Hill Maris and on it, their coat of arms with the image of none other than the snow leopard, Akpars.
THREAD ON AKPARS
This will be my third thread on the Cheremis wars. Previously I talked about the Meadow Mari princes Mamich-Berdei and Poltysh who fought against Russia. This time I will talk about Akpars, the prince of the Hill Maris who took a different side in this conflict.
Both phatries have different symbolism. The Mos are associated with the hare, goose, horse, birch and the Upper World. Their patron deities are the earth-mother Kaltash and the king of Middle-World Mir-Susne-Hum. The Mos people are described as rich, clean and beautiful.
Up until the 18th century Ob-Ugrians were split into 2 phratries or clans: the Mos and the Por. These essentially formed 2 sepаrate societies with their own customs, rituals and beliefs. All phratry members were considered relatives, thus marriages were arranged exogamously.