Respect for elders

Respect for elders

Elders are here to bring us into the world and impart their knowledge to us through teaching and guidance. An upright human being is grateful for this and is polite and considerate to their elders. Grandparents, teachers, and other elders in the community can enrich our lives if we give them the chance...

This picture is showing a Siberian Evenk Shaman elder with a collection of shamanic objects, including images of helper spirits, early 1900s, Siberia (Northern Asia).

(The Evenks are one of the indigenous tribes of Northeast Siberia, their language belongs to the Manchu-Tungusic subbranch of the Altaic language group)