Natal'ia Yaganova depicts hunting scenes through dance

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"When they kill snow sheep, they usually imitate the snow sheep and dance as they walk – uf-uf-uf. They jump and portray the snow sheep. They move like walking people. The bears, just like Seriozhka Yakovlevich and also Yura and Kolya danced them, perform such movements. And these bear movements resemble those of the snow sheep; they are similar in a certain way. And so they usually sing and dance when they have killed bears. Look, Zhenia Shilov demonstrates the movement well, just like how bears walk in the forest. Last year we also saw bears there. These bear movements are amazing."

Recorded by Erich Kasten. Lesnaya, 2001.