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Aleksei Appolon explains a gambling game

“This is an old, almost forgotten game of chance, which could be called ‘Koryak Roulette.’ With it, one could win half a reindeer herd. But even as children, we liked to play it right after school. You would toss the figure up and then try to catch it in the holes, which required a lot of skill. The holes had different levels of difficulty, starting from the waist area up to the head of this human-like figure.”

Recorded by Erich Kasten during a workshop. Ossora, 2008