Petroglyphs Located in the Republic of Karelia Attract Tourists
PETROZAVODSK, June 5 /The ITAR-TASS corr. Valery Potashov/. The tourist agencies have applied for visiting petroglyphs - ancient drawings carved on a rock.
The folklore museum of the Karelian town of Belomorsk has received a lot of applications.
As Vera Krotova, Director of the museum told us, the museum had never experienced such an interest to the ancient history of the human race. As a rule, the main tourist attraction served the famous Solovetsky archipelago, located not far from the town. The tourists had never heard about petroglyphs before.
"The situation has changed thanks to the Festival of the ancient culture held in Belomorsk in 2000," Vera Krotova said to the ITAR-TASS correspondent. "Nowadays, the Belomorsky petroglyphs has become one of the tourist attractions of the region."
The Association of the Young Artists Established in the Republic of Karelia
PETROZAVODSK, June 5 /The ITAR-TASS corr. Vladimir Zlobin/. The Association of the young artists has been established in the Republic of Karelia. The gifted young artists (their age ranges from 9 to 20) are involved at the Association.
Their first exhibition has been open today.
To solve the problem of the youth, a special Presidium has been established. Representatives of the Ministry of culture RK, deputies, and professional artists are among the Presidium members.
60 Types of Ancient Musical Instrument Kantele Presented at the Exhibition Held in Petrozavodsk
PETROZAVODSK, June 5 /The ITAR-TASS corr. Vladimir Zlobin/. The "Kantele" exhibition has been open in Petrozavodsk today. It is an ancient string musical instrument of the Karelians and Finns. The world famous songs of the epos "Kalevala" were performed under the sounds of kantele.
The exhibition presents about 60 models of the instruments. The kanteles, brought from the Komi republic, Mari-El, Udmurtia, and Hanti-Mansijsky autonomous district differ from each other.
The kantele, made by the Mansi, has attracted a lot of attention. The instrument dates back to
the XVIII century, the name is sankviltal. It is made of a single piece of fur wood and shaped as a boat. The strings are made of a deer tendon.
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