page_title: Shamanism in Siberia
section_title: Grouped by linguistic relatedness
hierarchical_section_title: Shamanism in Siberia / Grouped by linguistic relatedness
caption_attribution_description: Geographical distribution of Turkic-speaking peoples across Eurasia where Turkic languages are spoken today.
context_page_description: A large minority of people in North Asia, particularly in Siberia, follow the religio-cultural practices of shamanism. Some researchers regard Siberia as the heartland of shamanism.
  The people of Siberia comprise a variety of ethnic groups, many of whom continue to observe shamanistic practices in modern times. Many classical ethnographers recorded the sources of the idea of "shamanism" among Siberian peoples.
caption: Turkic languages, including also North Siberian Yakuts (but Dolgans are omitted), South Siberian areas, and also Central Asia
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