In this documentarish video we explore and reconstruct whistling arrow used by the Khanty, indigenous habitants of western Siberia. How the whistling arrows were used in the past among the Finno-Ugric peoples of North-West Eurasia, and how did these arrows look, sound and fly like.
The Khanty, and the neighbouring Samoyedic peoples too, were known to practice their sophisticated archery tradition of hunting birds with the help of these special whistling arrows still as late as 19th century. Although it is not known with certainty, even wider distribution of the hereby explored and arrow type and bowhunting tradition among many Uralic peoples is possible.
13 май 2018
