Winter rituals of the Udmurts | An ethnic minority in Russia

Exploring winter rituals of the Udmurts, the indigenous people of the Udmurt Republic, Russia. Let's learn about this ethnic minority by visiting their traditional festival of winter spirits, which in some ways can remind Halloween :) In this vlog, I travelled to a remote Udmurt village and spent the whole day with an Udmurt village gang listening to Udmurt folk music and partying on an ice rink with Udmurt and Russian girls. Also, I've learned so much about the culture and old traditions of this ethnic group. Enjoy!

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0:00 - The remote dying village in Udmurtia
0:43 - My previous summer trip to the village
01:14 - About the festival of winter spirits
02:12 - The Soviet/psychodelic setting
03:44 - Waiting for the party & drinking Russian tea
05:05 - Udmurt Halloween
07:24 - Trying to get warm at babushka's house
08:58 - Udmurt Santa & communicating with winter spirits
11:07 - Disco!
12:08 - Udmurt quidditch
13:18 - My impressions of the winter party in the village

| Music |

Loving Caliber feat. Sarah Pumphrey - I Want You Now
Mattie Maguire - Racing Hearts
Kikoru - Madame Pirate
Trailer Worx - Man With No Eyes
Walt Adams - Badlands
Gavin Luke - Paradigm Shift
Alec Slayne - Nemesis
Martin Klem - The Demon's Smile

| About me |
My name is Elena. I'm currently living in Izhevsk, a small city somewhere in the middle of Russia. Here on my YouTube channel I share videos about life in my country. From street food in Russian provincial towns and unusual places to visit here to some cool facts about Russian history, culture, lifestyle and mentality :)