Forwarded from Gateway to Russia
Why do deer perform ‘circle dances’?
The phenomenon of reindeer "running in circles" is such a mesmerizing spectacle! The animals gather in a herd and together circle around the same spot, moving relatively fast and in unison. They do this both in the tundra and when penned in corrals.
It turns out that the herd behaves like this when the animals feel agitated. For example, when they sense a wild animal nearby or are being bitten by gnats in the summer. While going round in a circle, they wait for the lead reindeer to act and then they calm down. On hot days, reindeer can move nonstop for 12 hours until they get tired. Usually, they move counterclockwise.
Reindeer have a strong herd instinct and repeat one another's and their leader's movements, believing it to be safer this way. Reindeer in the outer circle can end up moving closer to the center during the “circle dance”. The minimum size of a reindeer group is 20 animals.
Reindeer herders also know how to make the animals perform a “circle dance” when they need to drive them into a pen or capture animals needed for harnessing. To do this, they get the lead animals to start circling and all others begin to follow suit.
📷 Sputnik, TASS
🔔 Russia Beyond
The phenomenon of reindeer "running in circles" is such a mesmerizing spectacle! The animals gather in a herd and together circle around the same spot, moving relatively fast and in unison. They do this both in the tundra and when penned in corrals.
It turns out that the herd behaves like this when the animals feel agitated. For example, when they sense a wild animal nearby or are being bitten by gnats in the summer. While going round in a circle, they wait for the lead reindeer to act and then they calm down. On hot days, reindeer can move nonstop for 12 hours until they get tired. Usually, they move counterclockwise.
Reindeer have a strong herd instinct and repeat one another's and their leader's movements, believing it to be safer this way. Reindeer in the outer circle can end up moving closer to the center during the “circle dance”. The minimum size of a reindeer group is 20 animals.
Reindeer herders also know how to make the animals perform a “circle dance” when they need to drive them into a pen or capture animals needed for harnessing. To do this, they get the lead animals to start circling and all others begin to follow suit.
📷 Sputnik, TASS
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Forwarded from Russian House New Delhi
The first stage of the Russian Language Days took place at the Russian House in New Delhi.
Three Indian schools - Bluebells School International, St. Xavier’s high school and Delhi public school Dwarka – competed in six categories.
2024 has been declared the Year of the Family in Russia, so the theme for the competition was “My family is my joy.”
The pupils sang and danced, read poetry, presented traditional Russian folk costumes, competed in a drawing competition, and also answered difficult quiz questions about the culture and history of Russia. All participants presented their performances with talent and artistry, and it was not easy to choose the winners.
A surprise for schoolchildren was the performance of the folk group from the Tula region “Spasskaya Sloboda”.
At the end there was an award ceremony for the winners.
Follow our program of events. It's always interesting in the Russian House!
#RussianHouse #RussianLanguage #schools #quiz
Three Indian schools - Bluebells School International, St. Xavier’s high school and Delhi public school Dwarka – competed in six categories.
2024 has been declared the Year of the Family in Russia, so the theme for the competition was “My family is my joy.”
The pupils sang and danced, read poetry, presented traditional Russian folk costumes, competed in a drawing competition, and also answered difficult quiz questions about the culture and history of Russia. All participants presented their performances with talent and artistry, and it was not easy to choose the winners.
A surprise for schoolchildren was the performance of the folk group from the Tula region “Spasskaya Sloboda”.
At the end there was an award ceremony for the winners.
Follow our program of events. It's always interesting in the Russian House!
#RussianHouse #RussianLanguage #schools #quiz
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Forwarded from Russian House New Delhi
“Not a single World Festival of Youth and Students can compare with the festivals held by Russia. Make new friends, establish new connections in various areas of life!” – this was the parting word given to young men and women on Thursday by Member of Parliament from the ruling Indian People’s Party (BJP) Tejasvi Surya.
The MP spoke in New Delhi in front of Indians who will go to the World Youth Festival in Russia. It will take place on the Sirius federal territory in the Krasnodar region.
T. Suriya himself was a participant in the XIX World Festival of Youth and Students, held in October 2017 in Sochi. Since September 2020, he has headed the Indian People's Youth Front, the youth wing of the BJP.
The meeting with festival delegates was organized by the National Preparatory Committee of India and ended with a performance by a folk dance group from Jalandhar, Punjab. The artists will also go to the festival in Russia.
#WorldYouthFestival #Sochi #India #parliament
The MP spoke in New Delhi in front of Indians who will go to the World Youth Festival in Russia. It will take place on the Sirius federal territory in the Krasnodar region.
T. Suriya himself was a participant in the XIX World Festival of Youth and Students, held in October 2017 in Sochi. Since September 2020, he has headed the Indian People's Youth Front, the youth wing of the BJP.
The meeting with festival delegates was organized by the National Preparatory Committee of India and ended with a performance by a folk dance group from Jalandhar, Punjab. The artists will also go to the festival in Russia.
#WorldYouthFestival #Sochi #India #parliament
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🔴 #LIVE: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks on the occasion of #DiplomatsDay
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A flower laying ceremony took place at the memorial monument in the street in New Delhi named in his honour.
#DiplomatsDay #InMemoriam
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⚡️ President Vladimir Putin answered questions from Tucker Carlson, a journalist and founder of Tucker Carlson Network.
Key talking points:
💬 After 1991, when Russia expected that it would be welcomed into the brotherly family of ”civilized nations,“ nothing like this happened. You tricked us (I'm talking about the US), the promise was that NATO would not expand eastward, but it happened five times, there were five waves of expansion.
• I proposed that the US, Russia and Europe jointly create a missile defense system that, we believe, if created unilaterally, threatens our security. <...> In the end they just told us to get lost. Our proposal was declined, that’s a fact.
• In 2008 the doors of NATO were opened for Ukraine. In 2014, there was a coup, they started persecuting those who did not accept the coup, and it was indeed a coup, they created a threat to Crimea which we had to take under our protection. They launched a war in Donbass in 2014 with the use of aircraft and artillery against civilians. This is when it started.
❗️ And what triggered the latest events? Firstly, the current Ukrainian leadership declared that it would not implement the Minsk Agreements. <...> A year or a year and a half ago, former leaders of Germany and France said openly to the whole world that they indeed signed the Minsk Agreements but they never intended to implement them. They simply led us by the nose.
•After we withdrew our troops from Kiev, the other side (Ukraine) threw away all these agreements and obeyed the instructions of Western countries, European countries and the US to fight Russia to the bitter end.
❓ Wouldn't it be better to negotiate with Russia? Make an agreement, already understanding the situation that is developing today, realizing that Russia will fight for its interests to the end. And, realizing this, actually return to common sense, start respecting our country and its interests and look for certain solutions. It seems to me that this is much smarter and more rational.
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Key talking points:
💬 After 1991, when Russia expected that it would be welcomed into the brotherly family of ”civilized nations,“ nothing like this happened. You tricked us (I'm talking about the US), the promise was that NATO would not expand eastward, but it happened five times, there were five waves of expansion.
• I proposed that the US, Russia and Europe jointly create a missile defense system that, we believe, if created unilaterally, threatens our security. <...> In the end they just told us to get lost. Our proposal was declined, that’s a fact.
• In 2008 the doors of NATO were opened for Ukraine. In 2014, there was a coup, they started persecuting those who did not accept the coup, and it was indeed a coup, they created a threat to Crimea which we had to take under our protection. They launched a war in Donbass in 2014 with the use of aircraft and artillery against civilians. This is when it started.
❗️ And what triggered the latest events? Firstly, the current Ukrainian leadership declared that it would not implement the Minsk Agreements. <...> A year or a year and a half ago, former leaders of Germany and France said openly to the whole world that they indeed signed the Minsk Agreements but they never intended to implement them. They simply led us by the nose.
•After we withdrew our troops from Kiev, the other side (Ukraine) threw away all these agreements and obeyed the instructions of Western countries, European countries and the US to fight Russia to the bitter end.
❓ Wouldn't it be better to negotiate with Russia? Make an agreement, already understanding the situation that is developing today, realizing that Russia will fight for its interests to the end. And, realizing this, actually return to common sense, start respecting our country and its interests and look for certain solutions. It seems to me that this is much smarter and more rational.
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