Yegor Nakov is a wood craftsman by birth. He can leave for taiga during the polar night to search for one unique tree trunk for a future item. The cedar, the fir-tree, the larch or the birch - each tree has its own purpose. Yegor has many orders for beautiful traditional kitchen utensils of the Khanty. Now he is making a flat bowl of the cedar for meat and fish. Indigenous peoples of the North call it “khuvan”.
“Khuvan” made by an experienced craftsman is charged with special energy. A bowl full of berries - the cloudberries, the red whortleberries, slices of frozen fish “stroganina” is used to welcome guests and during ancient rituals, for example, within the Bear Merrymaking. The holiday “Yakty Khot” - the worship of the son of heaven goes back far into the past.
15 дек 2020
