Shamans will sacrifice a ram to the “owner of the Angara” to protect the residents of the Irkutsk region
On July 7, Irkutsk shamans will perform a rite of worship to the “master of the Angara” to protect residents of the region, where a state of emergency is in effect due to flooding. As Vitaly Baltaev, chairman of the board of the Baikal shaman organization, told the Interfax agency, 12 shamans will gather on the banks of the Irkut, a tributary of the Angara, in the area of Komsomolsky Island. For five hours they will call upon the spirits using tambourines, bells, sweets and milk.