Kichigilans show and tell their traditional things

Dima and Anna Kechigilan systematically show us traditional things from their storage shed (serai, in Russian). Year of birth is estimate. Mother of three daughters. Works in Institute for Advanced Teacher Training, Palana. She was born in a yaranga on the tundra. Learned Russian as 4th language sta...

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Other Authors: Anna Kichigilan, Dmitri Kichigilan, Valentina Dedyk, Alexander King, Christina Kincaid, Ira Kichigilan
Format: Moving Image (Video)
Language:Russian
English
Published: Alexander King 1997
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Online Access:https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1313342%23
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Summary:Dima and Anna Kechigilan systematically show us traditional things from their storage shed (serai, in Russian). Year of birth is estimate. Mother of three daughters. Works in Institute for Advanced Teacher Training, Palana. She was born in a yaranga on the tundra. Learned Russian as 4th language starting in grad school and extensive residence in Kamchatka (1995 5mos, 1997-98 17 months). Had very good conversational skills by summer 1997 and fluent by early 1998, at least in listening. Has thick American accent. Knows a few words of Koryak for social situation. Learned Russian at university and several months in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Fluent in Russian with soft American accent. Many Kamchatkans mistake her for Polish or some other western Slavic woman. Knows a few words of Koryak for social situations.