Chapitre I. La fête annuelle

• Published in: Études mongoles et sibériennes, centrasiatiques et tibétaines
• Main Author: Lambert, Jean-Luc
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: Centre d'Etudes Mongoles & Sibériennes / École Pratique des Hautes Études 2003
• Subjects: alliance; chamane; mythe; rituel; marriage; myth; ritual; shaman; litt; geo; Frozen Lake; Nganasan*; polar night; samoyèd*; samoyed*; Taimyr
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4000/emscat.1360; http://journals.openedition.org/emscat/1360

The three Nganasan groups (Avam Nganasans, Taimyr Nganasans, Vadeev Nganasans) organize their annual festival towards the end of the polar night at the end of January. This is a large-scale ritual which may last up to nine consecutive days. During the festival young bachelors dance and wrestle on a...