{"id":4798,"date":"2012-12-12T15:12:23","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T22:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=4798"},"modified":"2012-12-12T17:24:45","modified_gmt":"2012-12-13T00:24:45","slug":"the-khan-of-the-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=4798","title":{"rendered":"The Khan of the Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Siberianwinterking\"<\/a>

The King of the Winter \u2014 Sakha Republic (NE Siberian) ritual costume.<\/p><\/div>\n

This man is costumed as the King (or Khan or Bull) of the Winter, as envisioned in the Sakha Republic of northeastern Siberia.<\/p>\n

Here is the translation of the page <\/a>about him in the Turkish Wikipedia, with a link to the photograph.<\/p>\n

The Turkic people of Sakha were originally followers of shamanic traditions before being converted to Orthodox Christianity, and some are going back.<\/a><\/p>\n

There seems to be a suggestion in the Wikipedia text that the bull horns might have been originally mammoth tusks, which would make more sense for that part of the world.<\/p>\n

The website English Russia <\/em>has a selection of photos of winter life there as well.<\/a> “Yakutia has turned cold into brand!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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