Lach ethnic dance company performs at the Alhalalalai ritual of giving appreciation to nature for its gifts in the Itelmen village of Pimchakh, Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Participants of the Alhalalalai ritual of giving appreciation to nature for its gifts in the Itelmen village of Pimchakh, Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Participants and tourists at the Alhalalalai ritual of giving appreciation to nature for its gifts in the Itelmen village of Pimchakh, Kamchatka Peninsula, feed the Khantai idol. Men carry the idol in a circle for everyone to offer the Khantai a coin or a piece of food.

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Participants of the Alhalalalai ritual of giving appreciation to nature for its gifts in the Itelmen village of Pimchakh, Kamchatka Peninsula, erect the Khantai, an idol shaped as a fish man which protects the Itelmens from bad luck and brings good luck in fishing.

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Participants of the Alhalalalai ritual of giving appreciation to nature for its gifts feed the Khantai in the Itelmen village of Pimchakh, Kamchatka Peninsula. Men carry the idol in a circle for everyone to offer the Khantai a coin or a piece of food.

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Participants of the Alhalalalai ritual of giving appreciation to nature for its gifts feed the Khantai in the Itelmen village of Pimchakh, Kamchatka Peninsula. Men carry the idol in a circle for everyone to offer the Khantai a coin or a piece of food.

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Participants of the Alhalalalai ritual of giving appreciation to nature for its gifts feed the Khantai in the Itelmen village of Pimchakh, Kamchatka Peninsula. Men carry the idol in a circle for everyone to offer the Khantai a coin or a piece of food.

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Participants of the Alhalalalai ritual of appreciation to nature for its gifts in the Itelmen village of Pimchakh, Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Participants of the Alhalalalai ritual of giving appreciation to nature for its gifts in the Itelmen village of Pimchakh, Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Participants of the Alhalalalai ritual of giving an appreciation to nature for its gifts dance around a camp fire in the Itelmen village of Pimchakh, Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Participants of the Alhalalalai ritual of giving appreciation to nature for its gifts sit around a camp fire in the Itelmen village of Pimchakh, Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Participants of the Alhalalalai ritual of giving appreciation to nature for its gifts in the Itelmen village of Pimchakh, Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Participants of the Alhalalalai ritual of giving appreciation to nature for its gifts dance around a camp fire in the Itelmen village of Pimchakh, Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Participants of the Alhalalalai ritual of giving appreciation to nature for its gifts in the Itelmen village of Pimchakh, Kamchatka Peninsula

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A participant of the Alhalalalai ritual of giving appreciation to nature for its gifts in the Itelmen village of Pimchakh, Kamchatka Peninsula, cuts a Khantai out of a tree stem. The Khantai is an idol shaped as a fish man which protects the Itelmens from bad luck and brings good luck in fishing.

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A young participant eats partridge berries at the Alhalalalai ritual of giving appreciation to nature for its gifts in the Itelmen village of Pimchakh, Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Girl wash salmon fish to make a soup for participants of the Alhalalalai ritual of giving appreciation to nature for its gifts in the Itelmen village of Pimchakh, Kamchatka Peninsula.

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A seal is cut for making a soup for participants of the Alhalalalai ritual of giving appreciation to nature for its gifts in the Itelmen village of Pimchakh, Kamchatka Peninsula.

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