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With the support of RN-Uvatneftegaz (part of the Rosneft oil production complex), a festival of the culture of the indigenous peoples of the North, “The Wealth of the Uvat Taiga,” was held in the regional center of Uvat.
The festival was held for the third time. Every year it attracts more and more participants and this year it was the most numerous – about 1,500 guests from all taiga settlements of the Uvatsky district visited it. The winter festival originated as a fair of folk crafts, but with the support of oil workers it acquired the format of a cultural festival.
The cultural program of the festival included national vocal and dance performances. Guests of the festival took part in master classes on making national Khanty amulets and dolls, painting plates with traditional northern ornaments with images of animal symbols of the Uvatsky district. The building of the district House of Culture housed an exhibition of paintings “Beliefs of the Khanty People”.
During the sports program, the participants competed in national sports – throwing a tynzyan on a khorey (a lasso on a pole used to drive deer), archery, jumping over sleds, pulling a stick, etc. The sports and hunting tournament, a competition for agility in overcoming an obstacle course, was especially spectacular. An entertainment and development program was organized for the young guests.
The fair stalls offered traditional crafts to the guests of the festival: fresh-frozen and smoked fish, meat, berries, pine nuts, fur and bead products. In addition, visitors could try national cuisine: northern fish soup and tea made from taiga herbs and berries.
Preservation of the national culture of the indigenous peoples of the North and their traditional way of life is one of the significant areas of Rosneft’s social policy. The Company’s enterprises implement many social projects in the regions of their operations, develop the infrastructure of northern villages, help reindeer herder families, improve the material and technical base of educational institutions, social and medical facilities in the areas of original residence of indigenous peoples.
RN-Uvatneftegaz supports representatives of the Khanty, Mansi and Evenki of the Tyumen Region. Oil workers together with the administration of the Uvatsky municipal district presented the indigenous people with equipment for traditional trades – snowmobiles, boat motors, gasoline generators of electricity, as well as motor oil from Rosneft for engines. In total, in recent years, the company has handed over more than 160 units of equipment to Khanty families.
The company also provides access to winter roads and ice crossings, which it builds for production needs, and organizes fuel supplies at the deposits closest to the camps.
In addition, with the participation of RN-Uvatneftegaz, the ethnographic cultural center “Uvas Mir Khot” has been created and is developing in the vicinity of Tyumen, which in translation from Khanty means “House of Northern People”. National ritual holidays, cultural events, concerts, interactive excursions, lessons in local history and native language, and master classes are held on the territory of the center all year round.
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RN-Uvatneftegaz, a subsidiary of Rosneft, is exploring and developing a group of fields located in the Uvatsky District of the Tyumen Region. The Uvatsky project includes 19 licensed areas with a total area of over 25 thousand km2.
Department of Information and Advertising of PJSC NK Rosneft February 17, 2025
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