TOMSK, Feb 11 – RIA Tomsk. Selkup camp and a cult place will fill up the exposition of the Museum of Selkup Culture and Life in the village of Parabel of the Tomsk region; it is planned that new facilities will appear for the festival "Etudes of the North", the head of the culture department of Parabel district administration Irina Fokina informed RIA Tomsk.
Earlier it was reported that the museum of the Selkup culture in the open air "Chumel Chvach" was opened in 2016 within the framework of the festival "Etudes of the North". Initially, the museum had three traditional buildings: Selkup semi-dugout of the pre-Russian period, the chalmate (log hut) of the XVII-XVIII centuries and the hut of the Russian type. It was planned that over time seven more complexes would appear in the museum.
According to Fokina, in 2017 the museum was updated: there appeared a raw-hide tent (conical shelter of branches) with a birch bark cover, birch bark booths (summer stand in the forest), a dwelling at the place of hunting, a complex "Wood", in which the sacred trees for the Selkup were planted. The complex also includes a "hunting trail", where Selkup hunting inventory is presented.
"In this (2018) year to the "Etudes of the North" we will continue to develop the exposition ... In the plans of this year -is to equip the cult place of the Selkup and the settlement of the North Selkup type. Two such complexes will appear here additionally", – the agency interlocutor added.
She also noted that part of the ethnomuseum is planned to be transferred under the roof. There are discussions about the construction of the building, where authentic items of material and spiritual culture of Selkups will be collected, as well as information material.
According to open sources, the cult place – is the space dedicated to the divine powers and in itself having a special power. Often these are natural places, such as sacred springs, special tree, landscape or rock.
"Etudes of the North" – is the ethnic festival of indigenous peoples of Siberia, which takes place in Parabel district and every summer attracts several thousand guests from the Tomsk region and neighboring regions. Usually Khanty, Evenkis, Chulyms, Shors, Altaians, Khakass come to the festival.