Outside the Cossack carpenter’s house. Photo: Tran Hieu – VNA reporter in Russia tại Here, visitors can learn a lot of cultural identity characteristics of the Cossacks – warriors who played an important role in the development history and culture of Russia. The Ataman Cultural Center Complex is located in a prime location, overlooking the beautiful Taman Bay. At the end of the 18th century, the village of Taman was the place where the first Cossacks from Zaparoze, Ukraine, sailed from the Crimea peninsula to land in Kuban, now Krasnodar province of Russia. That is why the Kuban people in southern Russia pronounce and have many words very similar to the Ukrainians. According to our guide Lida, who took us to visit Ataman village, this land is imbued with many different layers of ethnic culture. In the 6th century, this land was colonized by the Greeks and established a strong state called the Bosporus kingdom. Currently, on the Taman peninsula, there are still ruins of Greek columns of the two cities of Hermonassa and Phanagoria. According to Lida, it can be said that the Taman peninsula is the intersection of the cultures of Greece, Turkey, the Byzantine Empire, Cossack, and Rus. The old houses of the Cossacks were restored to their original form. Photo: Tran Hieu – VNA reporter in Russia tại On June 30, 1792, Queen Yekaterina II conferred a Medal of Honor on the Black Sea Cossack army, according to which the Cossacks who served and lived here were given permanent ownership of the Kuban land, bordered by the river. Kuban and Sea of ​​Azov. In 1793, the city of Yekaterinodar was founded by the Black Sea Cossacks. The city was named as a gift from the Kuban land that Queen Yekaterina II gave to the Black Sea Cossacks (Yekaterinodar means gift of Yekaterina) and now it is the bustling city of Krasnodar of Southern Russia. The Ataman Cultural Complex consists of 44 houses and courtyards according to the dimensions of the village, each house showing a function or characteristic of the Cossacks and each house has a guide to tell about the characteristics of the Cossacks. that house. You will first be invited to visit Ataman’s Khata (house) – the word for the military leader of the Cossacks. A feature of Ataman’s yard is a large horse-binding area for guests to visit. In each yard, there is a stove, so that every summer, the fire will be lit for the women in the house to show their talents. The Cossacks had a habit of keeping valuables in chests. The second room, also known as the upper room – Gornisa of the Cossacks is always clean and tidy, does not allow children to enter because in the room there is a corner of God’s worship facing east to catch the sun. Only a few Cossacks live in the village, taking care of conservation and guiding tourists to discover the national culture. Photo: Tran Hieu – VNA reporter in Russia tại The woman in the house needs to keep this room clean, or else she will be known as a “crazy”. The bed in the house is considered as the “passport” of the family, the more pillows the family is richer and absolutely no member can use the bed during the day. The Cossacks are very warlike. The average Cossack man served in the army for 20-25 years. Perhaps that is why Queen Yekaterina II gave this land to them to protect against the Ottoman Empire. At a house, my guide Lida showed me a picture of Ataman Yakov Petrovich Baklanov – the legendary general more than 2m tall of the Cossacks, the hero of the Caucasus war and considered the country’s first intelligence officer. Cossack. Also in the village of Taman I learned that the Russian painter Ilya Repin painted two famous paintings Cossack soldier Zaporoze writing a reply to the ultimatum of the Ottoman King, Sultan Mehmed IV. The picture is a beautiful story that shows admiration for the inherent vitality of the Cossacks and their contempt for power. There’s much more to see at Ataman Cultural Complex. For example, the Cossacks are very interested in the education of their children. Every Cossack paid a tax to send their children to the school built in the village; Every boy is given a piece of land from birth to build a house and a family, or a Cossack wooden “iron” called a rubel, which is used to scrub rough fabrics for soft fabrics. out… In Ataman, the festival season starts in May. Festivals here take place every Saturday with a variety of varieties such as jam festival, Kuban red cabbage soup festival, craft festival… and in festivals. That way you have the opportunity to feel more, admire the courage, as well as the traditional culture of the Cossacks.

Around the 6th century (AD), a foreign expat in Japan gave instructions on how to comb natives in Nishikinohama (二 色 の 浜); Since then, this area, today Kaizuka City and Kishiwada City (Osaka, Japan) have been famous for this comb making profession. In the Edo period, there were more than 500 people in the region making comb crafts, and even the royals believed in using the regional handcraft; however, during wartime, the number of combs produced and comb-makers was greatly reduced due to the popularity of combs made of cellulose (cellulose, vegetable resins). [Đọc thêm: Tại sao nắp sữa chua sản xuất tại Nhật lại không hề bị dính sữa chua? – Phát minh đến từ loài cây rất quen thuộc với người Việt] However, with its high quality and elegant beauty, since 1987, the comb of the region has been given the nickname “Com Izumi (和 泉 櫛)”, and is still proud to be the largest producer of wooden combs in Japan. Copy. Features and the processing of Izumi wood combs The Izumi comb takes more than a year to work, and the most time consuming is the drying of the boxwood logs from Thailand; People just have to perform drying and let dry naturally alternately (but the drying step by smoking takes only 10 days or more). Use a saw to cut into small boards, then file each comb teeth one by one and sharpen the brush. As a final step, it should be hand-polished and perfected by aromatherapy with camellia oil. The Izumi comb is famous not only for its sleek, simple yet elegant design, but also does not cause static electricity and does not damage it. If combed with the Izumi comb for many years, the hair can become smoother.