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Udihe

“Fall. Krasnyi Yar village” by Ivan Dunkai. Oil on canvas; 60×80 cm (2010).

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“Udihe Hunter” (with carved wooden idols) by Ivan Dunkay. Watercolour; 30×60 cm (2006). Image source http://dunkay.ru/galereya

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“Winter Hunting Hut” by Ivan Dunkay. Oil on canvas; 80×100 cm (2006). Image source http://dunkay.ru/galereya

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Agzu hills

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Photograph by Maria Tolskaya.

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Agzu rainbow

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Photograph by Maria Tolskaya.

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Agzu street

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Photograph by Maria Tolskaya.

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Agzu street view

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Photograph by Maria Tolskaya.

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Agzu war memorial

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Photograph by Maria Tolskaya.

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Udihe

The alder tree girl

In this folktale, a fairy nurses an alder tree into a girl in order for her to look after her baby daughter.

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Aleksandr Pionka

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An old woman and her tiger cub

This contemporary Taiga legend tells of an unlikely friendship between an old woman and a tiger cub.

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Back-carrier (burden-frame)

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Photograph by Maria Tolskaya.

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Udihe

The bear hunt

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A story about the speaker and her husband’s encounter with a bear on the river Dzali.

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The bear, the tiger and the man

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A folktale about a bear and a tiger who go in search of a two-legged animal, reputed to be the strongest of all.

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Bibliography for Udihe

Published resources on Udihe include traditional stories and major studies on the grammar and lexicon.

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The bird cherry song

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A children’s ditty traditionally sang while softening bird cherry fruits.

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Bird cherry tree shavings in Udihe culture

An account of how to make cherry tree shavings and their range of uses in the Udihe community.

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Bird-cherry tree shavings used in baby cradles and as kitchen sponge.

Photograph by Maria Tolskaya.

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Bridge over Bikin in Krasnyi Yar

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Photograph by Maria Tolskaya.

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A chipmunk in the taiga forest

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Photograph by Maria Tolskaya.

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Drying the green beans

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The fairy and the ten bald spirits

A folktale about a fairy whose magical tricks and malice save her from being eaten by ten bald evil spirits.

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The flower wife

A tale about a man’s quest to find his lost wife after she is reincarnated in a flower.

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The fox wife

A story about a man whose beautiful new bride turns out to be a fox.

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The fox with ten tails

Illustration by Gennadii Pavlishin from a collection of Udihe folk tales (V. Kialundziuga, "Dva solntsa" (Khabarovsk, 1974)).

This tale is about a man who fights the fox with ten tails to get the beautiful bride he desires.

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Gamuli and Amuli

A folktale about two girls travelling around looking for husbands.

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Ginseng hunting

A personal story telling how the Udihe used to hunt for ginseng roots.

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Handmade gloves

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Photograph by Maria Tolskaya.

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A house made of tree bark

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Photograph by Maria Tolskaya.

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How I tamed a roe cub

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A true story about a couple raising an abandoned roe cub.

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How Udihe elders used rotten ash tree

An account by an Udihe woman explaining how her community used pieces of rotten ash tree for newborns.

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Hunter’s winter hat (Ud. bogdo)

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Source: http://www.sakhalin.ru/Region/crossroads/crossroads.htm

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A hunting trip

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A true narrative about an Udihe woman going on a hunting trip on the river with her husband and her son.

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The iron bird and the silver bird

A folktale about a hero. Helped by the silver bird, takes revenge on the evil iron bird who killed his family.

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Klavdiya Kolenchuga

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Udihe

Krasny Yar

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Krasny Yar

Photograph by Maria Tolskaya.

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Krasnyi Yar

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Photograph by Maria Tolskaya.

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Krasnyi Yar street view

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Photograph by Maria Tolskaya.

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Lexical glosses for Udihe (English)

An index of the English translations of the Udihe lexical words found in the texts.

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Lexical words in Udihe

An index of the Udihe lexical words found in the texts.

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Lidiya Simanchuk

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The moose and the frog

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A short fable about a naive bored moose who challenges a clever frog to a race.

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My newborn son’s death

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An account of the passing of an Udihe woman’s newborn son.

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Nadezhda Kukchenko

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Nadezhda Kukchenko

1922-2010

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Nadezhda Kukchenko (on the right) with Maria Tolskaya. Krasny Yar, 2006.

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Nadezhda Kukchenko in her garden

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The oriole grandson

A folktale about a woman searching for her grandson, changed into an oriole bird for killing too many birds.

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Polina Sun in an Udihe gown

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Portrait of Evdokiya Kialundziga by the Udihe artist Ivan Dunkay. Watercolour; 50×50 cm (2006). Image source http://dunkay.ru/galereya

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Portrait of the Udihe writer Nikolay Dunkay (1930-2004) by his nephew, artist Ivan Dunkay. Oil on canvas, 50×70 cm (2002). Image source http://dunkay.ru/galereya

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Published texts in Udihe

Published texts in Udihe include illustrated primers and traditional folktales.

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The river Bikin

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Riverbank in Krasnyi Yar

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A roe (Capreolus pigargus)

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Source: http://www.rors.ru/ru/activity/trofei/maket3/kosula.htm

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Running barefoot in winter

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A speaker’s story about an Udihe amusement from her childhood: running around in the cold barefoot.

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Sable trap

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The seven sisters

A folktale about seven sisters living together. When the eldest turn into an evil spirit, the others must flee.

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Shaman’s belt

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