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The Nenets are nomadic reindeer herders. In fact, they are the last tribe of their kind that herds reindeer in this way. The reindeer play a critical role in the Nenets culture. In fact, they rely heavily on their reindeer for everything from tools and clothing, to food and transportation.
The Nenets are an indigenous people living in the Extreme North of the Russian Federation. They speak a language totally unrelated to Russian, practise an animistic religion, have Asian facial features and are traditionally nomadic reindeer herders.
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Specifically, the nomadic lifestyle the Nenet people have been accustomed to for generations is in danger as the oil industries encroach on reindeer pasture and territory. [11] Approximately half of the 10,000 Nenets people in the Yamal Peninsula are nomadic and herd reindeer. [11]
Aug 21, 2019 · For thousands of years indigenous Nenets people have led nomadic lifestyles. The Khudi family is one of 12,000 Nenets still migrating along the same routes as their ancestors did.
Aug 3, 2018 · Russia’s most iconic reindeer folk, the Nenets, continue to practice their unique herding style in modern times. This practice has survived a tumultuous history, and the Nenets remain the keepers of Siberia’s Arctic despite new challenges threatening their traditions and way of life. The Nenet culture and way of life has survived the Soviet ...
Dec 19, 2017 · The author’s aim is to address one aspect of Nenets’s life impacted by modern globalization: their dwelling space. Their traditional dwelling, the “Mya” has been only marginally changed and is still in use in almost all the areas in which Nenets families and communities can be found.
