Russian folklore expeditions, 2006 season

[Yelena]

Dear colleagues,

Thank you  very much for support to the Russian Folklore Expedition project in 2005 fieldwork season. Special thank you to Dr. Jane F. Hacking, Associate Professor of Russian Department of Languages and Literature (University of Utah), Margaret Mckibben, librarian (Seattle Comminity college), Tsetsuya Yamomoto, post-graduate student from Russian Department (Sapporo University), post-graduate student Moriah Hart from University of Oregon (folklore program),
Michael Young, a student from Middlebury college (Russian Department), a student Anna Berman from Brown University (Russian Department).
 
We welcome you and your students to participate in folklore and ethnographical expeditions in 2006 season. We are happy to announce that our expeditions are included in Earthwatch Institute program - 
http://www.earthwatch.org/site/pp2.asp?c=crLQK3PHLsF&b=1192395


Additionally we are happy to announce 
 
1) the expedition to Smolensk province, Yershichi district in May, 8-20, 2006 to document rare ethnographical ritual of Community candle (Obryad mirskoi svechi),
 
2) the expedition to Irkutsk province, Zima district (Ukrainian village - Batama)
http://www.russianexpedition.com
 
Thank you very much for your attention,

sincerely yours,
Dr. Yelena Minyonok
Chief of Folklore Archive
Institute of World Literature
(Russian Academy of Sciences)
Russia, Povarskaya st., 25a

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