The contest for the best art works in languages of indigenous peoples of the North is announced in Yamal

Reception of applications for participation in the contest on awarding with special prizes of Prokopiy Saltykov, Leonid Laptsuy and Sergey Irikov for the best coverage of topics on preservation and development of cultural legacy of indigenous northerners in printing editions in native languages was started in Yamal.

It is being conducted by the regional department on affairs of indigenous ethnic minorities of the North. Owners of three prizes in 50 thousand rubles each will be announced by the results of the contest. According to the information given to a correspondent of IA “Sever-Press” by the head of the office of the department on affairs of indigenous ethnic minorities of the North Oleg Syugney, any author of Yamal, who composes in a native language – Nenets, Khanty and Selkoup, can become a participant. The department is receiving works on the topics “Native speech”, “The community – yesterday, today, tomorrow”, “Yamal is my home” and “Family” till the 4th of October. One of the terms of the contest is: works should be published in mass media, magazines or a separate edition, as Oleg Syugney notes. And, of course, they should correspond to criteria of proficiency of a native language, artistic merits of a text and relevance of a topic. The contest has been conducted in the region for the 5th time. It allows finding many new names. It is possible to learn more details of the contest on the portal of the department on affairs of indigenous ethnic minorities of the North, Yamal www.dkmns.ru (the section “Peoples of the North”, the sub-section “Culture and science”, the topical category “Folklore, literature and art” – the website is in Russian language).