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Chukotka “The Ergyron Ensemble” Fribourg 2008 allotment 1
Introduction by Olga Letykai Csonka of The State Chukchi-Eskimo Group “Ergyron” (“Sunrise” in the Chukchi language). It was created in 1968 as a professional dance and song Chukchi-Eskimo group. In 1974 it acquired a status of a state ensemble. In August 2000, it was recognized as the most precious cultural heritage object of the peoples inhabiting he Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Ergyron is the only professional dancing and singing group in the Okrug. It is main keeper of national vocal, choreography and applied arts of not only Chukchi and Eskimo people, but also of other minorities peoples of the Far North-West of Russia: Koryaks and Chuvans, Lamuts and Evens, Aleutians and Evenks. Their traditions are reflected in Ergyron’s concert performances such as “Vylgykoramnat Rite”, “Whale Celebration”, “Awakening”, in music concerts and albums of traditional Chukchi-Eskimo songs, as well as in various theater performances. The ensemble is doing its best to preserve and multiply cultural heritage of the Chukotka population in folk plays, vocal and choreographic performances, in national costumes and articles of decorative and applied arts and crafts. The ensemble’s repertoire includes not just folk songs, dances and miniatures such as “Seagull Flying Against Wind”, “Gathering Eggs on the Rocks”, “Deer Slaughter”, “Walrus Hunt”, but also a ballet “Raven Legend”, an opera “A Girl and the Death”, and a musical “Fairytale about Good and Evil”, based on Chukchi and Eskimo legends and …
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