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Udmurts are the small population, living at the east part of Europe. They are keeping up their ancient, pre-christian customs and beliefs for today. Yir-pid-seton is the last udmurt's wedding, when his soul is leaving our world for dark, unknown space.

In a year after the man's death udmurts celebrate his last wedding. They give him a horse as their last present for him. It usually provides at the deep night at the end of December, especially from 21 to 22 of December, at the longest night of the year. At 0:00 a.m. the elders of the village a group of middle-age men (usually about ten people) go to the forest bringing a head and a hooves of the hourse.

At the deepest part of the forest one of the men hahg the horse’s head and hooves on the big coniferous tree/ Then all people entertain their dead relatives with vodka and homemade food, taking a part in a wedding with the death.

One of the film's directors, Lev Vakhitov, brought up in Udmurt village Varklet Bodya. Because of that, the village's elders allowed us to be present during the night at the forest while the horse would be sacrificed.

And now we have this unique film about udmurt's last wedding.