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New Year tree of the Kemerovo region - Kuzbass: Prokopievsk painting and charcoal balls

New Year tree of the Kemerovo region - Kuzbass: Prokopievsk painting and charcoal balls
Photo: Press Office of the RUSSIA EXPO
15.12.2023

The decoration of the fir tree includes various products of craftsmen: metal trays with Prokopyevsk traditional painting, dolls depicting local residents - Shorians, who live in the mountainous taiga of the Kemerovo region. The dolls are dressed in national clothes and traditional sable hats.

There is also a unique multi-layered Prokopyevsk birch bark on the New Year tree. This craft was almost lost in the 90s. However, local enthusiasts managed to revive it. Eight Prokopyevsk artists teamed up in a creative group to revive the tradition of artistic processing of birch bark.

Photo: Press Office of the RUSSIA EXPO

The artists learned how to remove birch bark from the tree so as not to harm it, to make baskets without glue. This is how Prokopyevsk in the south of Kuzbass gave birth to an original style of birch bark processing called "Prokopyevsk birch bark".

Photo: Press Office of the RUSSIA EXPO

Coal, the main source of the region's prosperity, also found a place among the New Year decorations. The designers made large balls filled with real Kuzbass coal.

Photo: Press Office of the RUSSIA EXPO

On the Main Alley of VDNH visitors are greeted by 89 New Year trees, each of them representing a region of the country. The RUSSIA EXPO is open from Tuesday through Sunday, Monday is a technical day. All expositions and events are free of charge.

Photo: Press Office of the RUSSIA EXPO
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