The films
In 2019, four films have been edited and published about four ceremonies of the Tatyshly district Udmurt: Gurt vös’ (village ceremony, Malaya Bal’zuga, 2014), Мör vös’ (Vil’gurt villages group ceremony, Novye Tatyshly, 2013), Elen vös’ (All the Eastern Udmurt ceremony, Kirga, Kuyeda district, Perm’ kray, 2013), Tol Мör vös’ (Vil’gurt villages group winter ceremony, Novye Tatyshly, 2016). These films have been demonstrated and given to the population in 2019. They have been published in five languages: the original language is Udmurt, there are subtitles in Russian, English, in Estonian and in French.
Edited films
Гурт вöсь / Gurt vös’ 62 min, 2019
Мöр вöсь / Mör vös’ 66 min, 2019
Элен вöсь / Elen vös‘ 46 min, 2019
Тол мöр вöсь / Tol mör vös’ 67 min, 2019
Original language: Udmurt,
Subtitles: Russian, English, Estonian, French.
Director, Cinematographer: Liivo Niglas
Ethnographers: Ranus Sadikov; Eva Toulouze, Laur Vallikivi, Nikolai Anisimov
Film presentations
Mör Vös’:
Tartu Worldfilm festival 03 2019 (Eva Toulouze, Liivo Niglas)
Izhevsk 06 2019, (Liivo Niglas, Ranus Sadikov, Eva Toulouze, Laur Vallikivi)
Novye Tatyshly 06 2019 (Liivo Niglas, Ranus Sadikov, Eva Toulouze)
Gurt vös’:
Paris INALCO, 11. 2018 (Eva Toulouze, Nikolai Anisimov),
Bal’zyuga 06 2019 Liivo Niglas, Ranus Sadikov, Eva Toulouze
Conference presentations:
1-5/3/2018 – Russia’s folklorists congress. Presentation: Молодые удмуртские жрецы (the
young sacrificial priests).
10-18/5/2018 – Mission in Hungary : 3 lectures in Budapest University: 1 ) A Varkled-Bodja
udmurtok szertartásai (The Varkled Bodya Udmurt ceremonies) ; 2. A Baskortosztán
udmurtoknak vallása (The Bashkortostan Udmurt’s religion) 3. Terepmunka a Baskortosztán
udmurtoknaál (Fieldwork by the Bashkortostan Udmurt).
17-20/9/2018 – Field symposium in Ludorvaj : Drinks in the VolgaUral region. Presentation:
Пить или не пить. Заметки о культуре питья у удмуртов (To drink or not to drink. The
Udmurt’s drinking culture).
6-9/11/2018 – organisation of a conference on Udmurt ethnographic groups in INALCO
Presentation: The Eastern Udmurt.
29/11 -1/12 – The Excellence centre for Estonian studies’s yearly conference on diasporas.
Presentation with Nikolai Anisimov : a diaspora in the Volga region : the Eastern Udmurt.
2019
18/3/2019 – Film presentation about the Udmurt rituals at Worldfilm, Tartu
25/4/2019 – Lecture on the Eastern Udmurt at Izhevsk University.
4/6/2019 – Film presentation on Udmurt rituals at Izhevsk University library
4-6/6/2019 – Russia’s Fenno-Ugrists’ Conference, in Izhevsk. Presentation: Роль жрецов в
современныh удмуртских обрядах (The role of sacrificial priests in today’s Udmurt rituals).
2-6/7/2019 – Congress of Russia’s Anthropologists and Ethnographers КАЭР Kazan. Two
presentations on Eastern Udmurt religion.
5-17/8/2019 – Festival Trance Vilsandi. Ecture about Udmurt traditional religion’s
rituals.
2020
15/10/2020 –100 years of Udmurt Republic. Online presentation: Болььшекачяково – вчера
и сегодня (Bol’shekachakovo yesterday and today)
21/10/2020 – The Excellence centre for Estonian studies’s yearly conference on sleep and
dreams. Presentation with Nikolai Anisimov : Uni ja unenäod moodsas udmurdi kultuuris
(Sleep and dreams in modern Udmurt culture).
28/10/2020 – Video lecture about Bol’shekachakovo rituals. Estonian Literary Museum.
Online access on the Estonian Literary Museum’s homepage.
3/12/2020 – Conference Permistika Izhevsk. Online presentation: Observations on the language situation by the Eastern Udmurt
2021
7-11/7/2021 – Russia’s Congress of anthropologists and ethnographers КАЭР Tomsk Online
presentations with Tatiana Vladykina : 1. How Udmurts addresss God in their prayers 2.
Challenges of Udmurt prayers’ scientific publication.
30/8-3/9 – Congress of European Association for the study of religion, Pisa. Presentation of
films about Udmurt rituals with Liivo Niglas et Nikolai Anisimov
20/9-2/10 – Conference-festival de NAFA – Belém, Portugal : presentation and lecture about
the films on Udmurt rituals. With Liivo Niglas
6-8/10 – Conférence Ižehevsk: Finno-Ugrians, Slavonians and Turks. Online presentation:
Удмуртские куриськоны. Письменный или устный жанр? Гибкость традиции (The Udmurt kuris’kon : a written or an oral genre? Flexibility of tradition).
11-12/11/2021 – Autumne doctoral school. Presentation with Nikolai Anisimov : Magic in
Udmurt villages today.
15-16/12/2021 –Kreutzwald Days at the Estonian literary Museum. Presentation, with Laur
Vallikivi: Udmurdi puskari rituaalne kasutus (The Udmurt moonshine’s ritual use).
2022
10-11/2/2022 – Conference for Valey Kel’makov’s 80th birthday. Presentation in Udmurt:
Куриськон азьвыл вакытэ но туннэ (The kuris’kon, earlier and today)
8/4 2022 – Conference for Kristi Salve’s 80th birthday. Presentation: sacred places by the Bashkortostan Udmurt.
28/5 – 6/5 – Budapest : book presentation at Budapest University4/5, book presentation in Szeged and film 5/5. Interview at Hungarian television 5/5.
27/6-3/7 – – Congress of European Association for the study of religion, Cork. Panel about Finno-Ugric animism. Presentation: Udmurt religious landscape.
22-27/8 – CIFU XIII. Panel about Finno-Ugric animism. Presentation: Udmurt religious landscape.
22/9/2022 – Nature and culture in rituals, narratives and beliefs.