Орнаменты в традиционной культуре народов Урала - Ornaments in the traditional culture of the Ural RU | ENG | FR | 中国 |

Ornament is among the most vivid and recognizable elements of traditional folk art. Like mysterious ancient script, it preserves the key to the earliest conceptions of the universe held by the peoples of the Urals. The everyday life of the communities that have inhabited the Ural lands for centuries - the Mari, Mansi, Russians, Bashkirs, and Tatars - has always been permeated by a rich system of images and symbols embodying the aesthetics of their long-established way of life. The descendants of those who settled in the Urals brought with them not only the traditions of their native homelands but also their own understanding of beauty and harmony, encoded in ancient ornamental patterns.