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Music in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug

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Nenets Autonomous Okrug is a Russian federal subject, where titular ethnic group are the Nenets. Their traditional music includes epic poems comparable to the Finnish Kalevala and the Yakut Olonkho. Traditional Nenets music includes the use of neither musical instruments nor dance.[1]

The annual Mimi-Nor festival is an important part of modern Nenets music.

References

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