After the breakfast the woman washes the dishes, cooks next meal and pays attention to children. After that the time for having a rest starts. It is special for the woman. On this time the hostess of the choum is busy with processing of reindeer skins and sewing of clothes. According to women of tundra, a woman for a man means water, food, firewood and warm clothes. It is impossible to survive without such care in the place, where it is frosty most of the year. Wives of reindeer herders practically do not use cosmetics. Modern tundra girls and women have only scissors and greasy cream in their cosmetics bags. The skin of the face and hands constantly become weather-beaten because of frosts. How do Nenets women decorate themselves? Beauty of a woman and a girl is defined according to beauty of “yagushka” – a woman’s coat of reindeer fur. About NUMBER_TOKEN skins are necessary for one “yagushka”. It is decorated with ornaments made of leather and stripes made of bright fabrics. More often they are yellow and red, the symbol of fire, sun and life. In addition to “yagushka”, the woman wears a bright headscarf. She does not take it off even in a choum. Also she wears high boots “pimy” made of reindeer skins. Ornaments on women’s boots are placed low, almost near the toe. They always have a special meaning. Thus, a long stripe means the line of life. Other stripes of fabrics and fur say about prohibitions – “you must not kill, steal and offend the weaker ones”. The more intricate is the clothes embroidered, the more admiration the craftswoman causes. The skill to sew well is necessary. It is a reason for pride of a girl herself and her mother. Prosperity of a family is defined according to clothes. And a woman, who cannot sew, is considered a lazy bad wife. In our days the Nenets are not subjected to fashionable trends from the big land. They wear traditional ethnic clothes. Not any modern materials can replace a warm “malitsa” (a fur-coat of reindeer skins). The ethnic clothes are still the only suitable for nomadic life in tundra. Therefore, they are not hidden in museums, grandmother’s storage chests and folkloric ensembles but continue their development.
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