Tundon Iltema Farewell to Spring

Part one Portrait of the Venetian merchant Josaphat Barbaro. An old map showing the places of his travels: the Azov region, the Northern Black Sea region, the Volga region. Drawings about the ancient Mordovian holiday "Tundonyiltema" in the book by I. Barbaro "Journey to Tanu". Quince River. Mordovian village Bolshoye Permiyevo, Penza region. Local historian, teacher - Ivan Tikhonovich Zazhorkin and a villager talk about the holiday (sinhr.). Part two Residents are preparing for the holiday. Festive processions, theatrical performances. I.T. Zazhorkin and a resident of the village talk about their participation in the holiday (sinhr.).

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Sound technicians Irina Akimova, Vyacheslav Korablev, operator of combined filming Stanislav Gubin, artists Ildus Azimov, Andrey Aleshkin, technical editor Svetlana Aleksandrova, film director Olga Dyakova, producer Larisa Mityanina, scriptwriter Andrey Aleshkin