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  • Šamaan
    Šamaan

    1997 | Documentary, Anthropological | Director: Lennart Meri

    „The Shaman“ was filmed on July 16, 1977 in the northernmost coast of Eurasia, on the Taymyr Peninsula, at the Avam River, simultaneously with the shooting of the documentary „The Winds of the Milky Way“. The Nganasan shaman Demnime (1913 ̶1980) was 64 years old at the time. The documentary about Demnime's incantation ritual was completed 20 years later.

  • The Winds of Milky Way
    The Winds of Milky Way

    Original title: Linnutee tuuled

    1977 | Documentary, Anthropological | Director: Lennart Meri

    The sequel to „The Waterfowl People“. The author of the film interprets the kinship, linguistic and cultural relations of the Finno-Ugric peoples. Finns, Vepsians, Votes, Setos, Erzya-Mordvinians, Mansis, Hungarians, Sámi, Nganasans and Estonians appear in the film. The film was shot in 1977 on locations in northern Finland, Sámi, Vepsia, Votia, Mordovia, Khantia-Mansia, Hungary, the Taymyr Peninsula, Setomaa region in Estonia and in Saaremaa and Muhu islands, Estonia. Some footage was also filmed in Nenetsia in 1970.

  • The Waterfowl People
    The Waterfowl People

    Original title: Veelinnu rahvas

    1970 | Documentary, Anthropological | Director: Lennart Meri

    A documentary about the cultural and linguistic ties of the Finno-Ugric and Samoyedic peoples. Speakers of the Kamassian, Nenets, Khanty, Komi, Mari and Karelian languages were filmed in their everyday settings in 1969 and 1970. The footage was shot in Nenetsia, Khantia-Mansia, Uzbekistan, the Komi Republic, Mari El, Karelia and Estonia.

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