#Chyskhaan

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Companions of Christmas day 4: Chyskhaan, Khaarchana, and Ekhe Dyyl

Chyskhaan

One of two traditional giftgivers of the Yakut of Siberia (the other being Ekhe Dyyl), Chyskhaan lives north of Oymyakon, the coldest town in the world. Since time began, people have brought him gifts on the longest night of the year as a tribute, in the hopes that he will mitigate the cold and allow warmth and daylight to return to Siberia (though slowly and evenly, that the villages might not be flooded from the snow melt).

He spends the week of Christmas going through the offerings and taking what he will need for the year, and then, on New Year’s, he distributes the remaining majority of gifts to children and those in need who, regardless of their station, are treated by Chyskhaan with the dignity and ceremony as would befit a king or queen.

Ekhe Dyyl

Ekhe Dyyl is one of two traditional giftgivers of the Yakut people of Siberia (the other being Chyskhaan). Whereas Chyskhaan is imperious and icy, a reminder of the command that winter holds over the lives of those who live most deeply in its grip, Ekhe is warm and unpretentious, a proud bumpkin and boisterous reveler who rides a dirty, shaggy bull named Ükerinto into the towns and villages he visits.

When presented with a bowl of delicious mare’s milk, Ekhe will wave his brushwhip over a child and a gift will appear in their hands.

Khaarchana

Khaarchana is the granddaughter of both Chyskhaan on her mother’s side and Ekhe Dyyl on her father’s. From birth, she learned to bounce back and forth between their very different holiday celebrations and expectations. Chyskhaan’s reverent and solemn traditionalism and Ekhe’s edacious, riotous merrymaking are often at stark contrast, as are the grandfathers themselves: Chyskhaan has, on more than one occasion, called Ekhe a classless, gluttonous yokel, and Ekhe has let Chyskhaan know that the former considers the latter a stuffy, bumptious snob.

When the winter giftgivers were, for a generation, expelled from Russia following its revolution, Khaarchana realized that children across Siberia would suffer greatly from the absence of her grandfathers. Despite the danger posed by Stalin’s minions and the difficulty in reconciling the two seemingly different approaches to the holidays, Khaarchana decided to fill their shoes, making sure that no child in (what is now) the Sakha Republic would go without during winter festivities, and that the festivities themselves would be as rich and wonderful as they had ever been.

Going in with no experience, she consulted the longtime friend and colleague of both grandfathers, Santa Claus, whose advice was to be true to herself. The celebrations of the winter holidays are always changing and growing, and reverence and merrymaking needn’t be mutually exclusive.

Knowing the peril that her mission would put her in, Santa gave Khaarchana a magical snowflake, which, when worn on her head, would render her invisible, allowing her to plan and maneuver under the eyes of the Russian secret police, only removing it and allowing herself to be seen on the New Year when she would hand out the presents she had strategically hidden in homes across Siberia.

When her grandfathers were eventually permitted to return to the Russian-controlled region, they found that Khaarchana had kept the spirit of love and giving alive during their absence, and had unified their two approaches into one one messy, inconsistent, glorious celebration. Though both were resistant to change, and to each other, Chyskhaan and Ehke began to accompany Khaarchana on her rounds, and, though they still bicker like old hens, they have become close friends, while Khaarchana, in addition to her role as giftgiver, is the patron of all who have to navigate the sometimes-conflicting holiday celebrations (and schedules) of more than one family.

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Happy December, friends! Each year around this time I post up drawings of Christmas and other winter holiday figures, along with narratives to explain the practices with which folklorists and holiday buffs might be familiar. When stories exist, I use them; when they don't, I do what I can to piece together what folklore surrounds them to fill in the gaps (or, in some instances, defer to the theories of my friend and fellow narrative reconcilianist Benito Cereno). I hope you enjoy them!

[samdelpapa]

balrad.hu Dove meno 40 gradi è all'ordine del giorno 7 - 9 minuti Meno 61 gradi sono stati misurati a Ojmjakon il 12 dicembre 2022, che, sebbene abbia quasi raggiunto il minimo record di dicembre (-62,8 gradi), era ancora lontano dal record assoluto, che è di -67,7 gradi. Questi valori sono considerati estremi anche in Siberia, difficile credere che siano stati misurati in un insediamento abitato stabilmente. Si potrebbe dire che siamo alla fine del mondo, a prescindere, i viaggiatori coraggiosi vengono qui in piccoli numeri dalla primavera all'autunno, ma solo i più determinati vengono qui in inverno, più simili a troupe televisive o meteorologi. Ojmjakon, Siberia Chyskhaan, il signore del freddo, è una figura importante nel folklore della Yakutia Dove stiamo cercando? Oymyakon è un piccolo villaggio nell'estremo oriente della Russia, nel distretto di Oymyakonsky della Repubblica di Sakha (noto anche come Yakutland), sull'altopiano Jana-Oymyakon, lungo il fiume Indigirka, 30 km a nord-ovest di Tomtor. La sua altezza sul livello del mare è di 745 metri. Sulla base della temperatura media invernale, questo è l'insediamento abitato in modo permanente più freddo sulla Terra. Najchladnejšie obývané mesto sveta je sibírsky Ojmjakon: Teplomer im mrizol pri -62 ⁰C - Fotografia č.3 | Nový Chas I residenti di Oymyakon, il luogo permanentemente abitato più freddo della Terra in Yakutia, sono andati a fare un tuffo quando la temperatura dell'aria è scesa a -57°C. Molti degli affluenti del fiume Indigirka fuori Oymyakon non gelano mai in inverno a causa delle sorgenti attive, quindi la temperatura dell'acqua rimane di circa 1/2°C pic.twitter.com/QVAEbFkuth — The Siberian Times (@siberian_times) 6 dicembre 2021 Ha preso il nome dal fiume Ojmjakon, il cuinomesi dice derivi dalla parola even kheium: "macchia d'acqua non ghiacciata; luogo dove i pesci trascorrono l'inverno". Tuttavia, secondo un'altra fonte, deriva dalla parola even heyum (kheium potrebbe essere un errore di ortografia), che significa "lago ghiacciato", e questo è più vicino alla realtà. In epoca sovietica la popolazione raggiungeva le 2.500 persone, oggi ci sono solo 800-900 residenti permanenti. Copia https://www.instagram.com/p/CmtvDCxtnFU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[theniftycat]

Just a small note for you here, Jesus.

The first photo is of Chyskhaan, the Yakut version of Ded Moroz. He's not quite Ded Moroz himself.

lord, the people you’ve put on this earth to work are plagued with visions of old men fucking nasty

[transrightsjimin]

that recent sportlife commercial we keep seeing on tv seems so offensive?? i think it's based off the chyskhaan from siberia and me nd my friend r so thrown off every time it comes on

[mymemetransferpage]

Chyskhaan (Ayaz Ata) > Loser Santa Claus via /r/TurkeyJerky https://ift.tt/3Ghj45i

[cyclicblogsaboutfriends]

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sartorialadventure​:

Yakut fashion, Sakha Republic (Yakutia)

1. Yakut outfit by Augustina Filippova, photo by A. Cheban

I had no idea about this place and ethnicity, that it’s in Russia and that they had such bitching outfits.

There’s a whole bunch of indigenous cultures in Siberia and a lot of them have really cool traditional clothing!

(Magnificent blue-coated Chyskhaan, aka the King of the Cold and his Snow Maiden Khaarchana. Pictures: NVK Sakha, Alex Cheban)

Ne feledkezzünk meg a jakut télapóról sem!

[a-muscaria]

Chyskhaan, Lord of the Cold

costume by Avgustina Filippova

photography by Victor Li-Fu

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Companions of Christmas 15: Chyskhaan, Lord of the Cold One of two traditional giftgivers of the Yakut of Siberia, Chyskhaan lives north of Oymyakon, the coldest town in the world. Since time began, people bring him gifts on the longest night of the year as a tribute, in the hopes that he will mitigate the cold and allow warmth and daylight to return to Siberia (though slowly and evenly, that the villages might not be flooded from the snow melt). He spends the week of Christmas going through the offerings and taking what he will need for the year, and then, on New Year’s, he distributes the remaining majority of gifts to children and those in need who, regardless of their station, are treated by Chyskhaan with the dignity and ceremony as would befit a king or queen.

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Companions of Christmas 17: Khaarchana

 Khaarchana is the granddaughter of both Chyskhaan on her mother’s side and Ekhe Dyll on her father’lls. From birth, she learned to bounce back and forth between their very different holiday celebrations and expectations. Chyskhaan’s reverent and solemn traditionalism and Ekhe’s edacious, riotous merrymaking are often at stark contrast, as are the grandfathers themselves: Chyskhaan has, on more than one occasion, called Ekhe a classless, gluttonous yokel, and Ekhe has let Chyskhaan know that the former considers the latter a stuffy, bumptious snob.

When the winter giftgivers were, for a generation, expelled from Russia following its revolution, Khaarchana realized that children across Siberia would suffer greatly from the absence of her grandfathers. Despite the danger posed by Stalin’s minions and the difficulty in reconciling the two seemingly different approaches to the holidays, Khaarchana decided to fill their shoes, making sure that no child in (what is now) the Sakha republic would go without during winter festivities, and that the festivities themselves would be as rich and wonderful as they had ever been.

Going in with no experience, she consulted the longtime friend and colleague of both grandfathers, Santa Claus, whose advice was to be true to herself. The celebrations of the winter holidays are always changing and growing, and reverence and merrymaking needn’t be mutually exclusive. Knowing the peril that her mission would put her in, Santa gave Khaarchana a magical snowflake, which, when worn on her head, would render her invisible, allowing her to plan and maneuver under the eyes of the Russian secret police, only removing it and allowing herself to be seen on the New Year when she would hand out the presents she had strategically hidden in homes across Siberia.

When her grandfathers were eventually permitted to return to the Russian-controlled region, they found that Khaarchana had kept the spirit of love and giving alive during their absence, and had unified their two approaches into one one messy, inconsistent, glorious celebration. Though both were resistant to change, and to each other, Chyskhaan and Ehke began to accompany Khaarchana on her rounds, and, though they still bicker like old hens, they have become close friends, while Khaarchana, in addition to her role as giftgiver, is the patron of all who have to navigate the sometimes-conflicting holiday celebrations (and schedules) of more than one family.

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Companions of Christmas 16: Ekhe Dyyl!

Ekhe Dyyl is the other traditional giftgiver of the Yakut (see yesterday's post for the first, Chyskhaan). Whereas Chyskhaan is imperious and icy, a reminder of the command that winter holds over the lives of those who live most deeply in its grip, Ekhe is warm and unpretentious, a proud bumpkin and boisterous reveler who rides a dirty, shaggy bull named Ükerinto the towns and villages he visits. When presented with a bowl of delicious mare’s milk, Ekhe will wave his brushwhip over a child and a gift will appear in their hands.