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In Selkup culture, the world is separated into three worlds. The Selkups live in the middle world - taiga people. They are engaged in fishing, hunting, gathering. They live in houses, observe the continuity of generations and inhabit nature with the spirits. Heavenly deities live in the upper world. Only birds can rich  them. The Selkups deify the heavenly bodies: the Sun personifies life on earth and goes hand in hand with the Moon. And people see day and night.

Festive female old style hat made off three parts: 1. front, 2. crown, 3. back. The open part at the back is for hair (braids). Since ancient times, the Evens considered girlish hair and braids to be the definition of beauty. The most important were length, thickness and luster. Girls from an early age were taught by their mothers on how to care for their hair and were strictly monitored. During festivals nomads from different remote camps, other clans and even other tribes came to secretly look for "brides". The continuation of the future of their kin depended on this.