Edition: 2016

Selected by the Festival: RUSSIAN ANTHROPOLOGICAL FILM FESTIVAL 2015, Ekaterinburg, Russia

Award winner: BEST ANTHROPOLOGY AWARD

Year of production: 2014

Country of production: Russia

Set in: Russia

Duration: 23'

Film: Color

Directed by: Anatoly Dobryakov

In Udmurtia the ancestor worship it has been preserved exceptionally well. A family has been a bearer of this form of Udmurt beliefs for a long time. After the death of his parents every Udmurt should arrange a special thank-sacrifice. This rite is called «Yyr-pydseton» (literally «head and feet of the victim»).