Reindeer breeders will compete in lasso throwing and deer catching in Yakutia

The Roscongress press service reported that the championship includes competitions in various types of competitions. Among them are jumping over sleds, throwing a lasso, a combined relay race, catching deer, as well as racing on reindeer sleds. In addition, the participants will demonstrate who is the best at making a fire in winter conditions, cooking fish soup on a fire, and who is the best in dressing skins.

The cultural program includes the premiere screening of the film "White Angel of the Tundra", a meeting with students of the experimental boarding school "Arktika" and a visit to the Neryungri Museum of the History of the Development of South Yakutia. I.I. Pyanova.

Within the framework of the championship, an international conference "Sustainable development of reindeer husbandry in the context of global changes in the Arctic" will also be held. On the sidelines of this event, a cooperation agreement will be signed between the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), A-Property LLC and the Istok Nomadic Tribal Community of the Indigenous Minorities of the North.

In addition, it is planned to hold an extraordinary meeting of the board of the Association "Reindeer herders of the world" and the presentation of the project for the construction of the ethno-tourist complex "Unique Iengra". Participants of the business program, in particular, will discuss the strategy for the modernization of reindeer husbandry, the possibilities of public-private partnership in this area, as well as issues of personnel training.