Raisa Avak

Clothing and decorative arts Raisa Avak

This is the second book in the series of learning and teaching materials on Even language and culture that is on clothing and decorative arts. The given collection of texts provides us with a broad documentation of this intriguing part of Even material culture and art work. The information that is given in Even language with Russian and English translations documents as well the particular dialect that is spoken by the Evens who once made their home in the southern parts of Kamchatka. Besides academic purposes these editions are aimed to sustain the particular local speech and knowledge of the Even people who live in Kamchatka, and to encourage and support their transmission to future generations.