North Caucasus Number 33

A special issue of the film tells about the ethnographic holiday in the Argun Historical, Architectural and Natural Museum-Reserve. Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Shatoisky district, with. Greyhound. Dilapidated watchtowers high in the mountains; men and boys perform a religious ceremony: they stand in a circle, trample, clap their hands and sing. Director of the Argun reserve V. Aliev with a bouquet of flowers is walking in the meadow; talks about the revival of forgotten traditions (sinhr.). Residents of the village of Borzoi welcome guests in national costumes; visitors are served a dish with a lamb's head, legs and dumplings; they cook kebabs, boil pilaf, bake pies, roast corn in the oven; old people in the courtyard of the house sing and play dechig-pondur; girls collect water in jugs and carry them uphill on their shoulders. Wedding ceremony at the holiday. A rider with a fluttering white scarf on a saber; the bride is being taken in a carriage; the groom throws a cloak at the girl's feet; mother with a bowl in her hands leads the bride. The oldest residents in the Chechen language talk about the past of the village (sinhr.). An ancient cemetery near the village of Borzoi. Ancient gravestones; V. Aliev walks among the graves, examining and showing the inscriptions.

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Lyricist P. Finkelberg, speaker K. Slanov, music producer V. Belyansky, sound engineer V. Kachurin, editor F. Besaeva