A Mari woman takes part in the annual Agavairem celebration to mark the end of the sowing season in the Pine Grove of Yoshkar-Ola, El Mari Republic, Russia. On that day Mari pray for a plentiful harvest to the Great God Yumo who is being revered as Agavairem, which means both deity of creative energy and the feast marking the end of spring sowing works.
- Package: Russia Traditional Mari Celebration
- Categories: Religion & Belief, Human Interest
- Location: Ioshkar-Ola, Republic of Mari El, Russia
- Event date: 18.06.2022
- Date published: 20.06.2022
- Author: Alexey Filippov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 6656x4245px, 10.4Mb
- Job-ID: ee8df3d3c61dd1d0