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26/11/2019. Power of Vepsian Land
November 23, 2019:
In the morning, Vepsians’ speech, Vepsian folk music, songs, proverbs and sayings were heard at the conference hall of the National Library of Karelia.
The screen showed the territory of Vepsians who are indigenous people of the North-West of Russia filmed from a bird's eye view, covers of books in Vepsian language, a map of the territory between the Lake Onega and the Lake Ladoga, stories told by Vepsians, speeches by scientists who have devoted their activities to the study of customs, traditions and language of Vepsians, creation of Vepsian literature.
The Karelian regional public organization “Society of the Vepsian Culture” presented to the public a collection of ethnographic films in Vepsian language Vepsän man vägi (Eng.
Power of Vepsian Land) created with funds from the grant of the President of the Russian Federation received by the Society through the 2018 competition.
The collection includes six short films, each of which has a certain theme: general information about Vepsians, their history, language, literature, folklore, national cuisine, traditional occupations, and folk crafts. The basis for the creation of films was the scientific research of scientists of the Institute of Language, Literature and History of the Karelian Research Centre of the RAS.
The project aims to preserve and popularize the cultural heritage of the Vepsians and is attractive to those who are interested in the history and culture of the Vepsians. Among them, there are schoolchildren, students, local historians and our curious readers, experts in the Veps language and culture, who have participated in creation of the films.
The implementation of the project was a wonderful event for the 30th anniversary of the Vepsian Culture Society, which is celebrated in 2019.
The presentation of new films about Vepsians created in the framework of the project Power of Vepsian Land was interesting, and all the participants agreed that the day started well and successfully.
