Large cooking pots, where ritual food is cooked, in the sacred forest grove (kusoto). Followers of the Mari native religion prepare to hold a prayer service, offering a sacrifice of cattle and poultry to the gods and spirits.
- Categories: Human Interest, Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Religion & Belief
- Location: Republic of Mari El, Russia
- Event date: 01.10.2017
- Date published: 02.10.2017
- Author: Maksim Bogodvid
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 5486x3660px, 12Mb