Funeral Customs of the Northern Khants



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Photos:

Photo 1.
A. horse pulling a sleigh-borne coffin to the graveyard. The Azovy village, the Shuryshkary region, the Tyumen province (oblast). Photo by the author, 1988.
Photo 2.
The construction of a gravehouse. The Azovy village, the Shuryshkary region, the Tyumen province. Photo by the author, 1988.
Photo 3.
Graves in a Khant graveyard. The Azovy village, the Shuryshkry region, the Tyumen province. Photo by the author, 1988.
Photo 4.
A grave in a Khant graveyard. The Yohan Ov village, the Shuryshkary region, the Tyumen province. Photo by the author, 1989.
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A doll image. The Ovgort village, the Shuryshkary region, the Tyumen province. Photo by the author, 1979.
Photo 6.
A small house for the doll image of a Khant, died in an unnatural way. The Ovgort village, the Shuryshkary region, the Tyumen province. Photo by the author, 1976.