Karelia. “At the edge of the Vep villages. Mysteries of the ancients.
Description:
13.00 transfer for a tour with a visit to the Veps Ethnographic Museum - a branch of the National Museum of the Republic of Karelia, a tour of the Veps village, a performance of the Veps folklore collective
• Together with the museum you can:
...touch the pages of the history of the Veps - descendants of the legendary tribe
.. Make sure that the Veps are skilled masters of stone mining and processing. At the end of the XVIII - early XIX centuries, the number of such masters - waste workers reached several thousand (wanderers are men who went to work in other areas). Peasants of the Veps region built houses in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Riga, Revel.
...to be amazed at the skill of the Veps embroiderers, on the homespun canvases of which appeared mysterious paintings with ancient symbols made with red threads on a white canvas.
... to get acquainted with the traditional occupations of Veps: fishing, hunting, agriculture
... listen to the Vepsian song performed by the folk choir, the history of which dates back to 1936.
...to admire the splendor of Shoshhin raspberry quartzite from the only deposit in the world. Porphyry, as it was called before, was used in the decoration of the Kazan and St. Isaac's Cathedrals, the Winter Palace, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. The stone was first exported outside Russia in 1847 to France for the construction of Napoleon's sarcophagus.
.. Taste traditional Veps wickets baked in the oven according to old grandmother's recipes
The price includes:
Transport and excursion services on the route and on the ground, entrance tickets, tea with wickets.
The price for 1 person is indicated for a group of at least 5 people