Cheremiss
Britishnoun
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a member of an Ugrian people of the Volga region, esp of the Mari El Republic
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Also called: Mari. the language of this people, belonging to the Finno-Ugric family
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Several thousands of the Ostiaks, Voguls and Cheremiss are still unbaptized, and much paganism lingers among the nominal Christians, and in poetry such as the Kalewala.
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Farther east, in the valley of the Volga, the Cheremiss celebrate about midsummer a festival which Haxthausen regarded as identical with the midsummer ceremonies of the rest of Europe.
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The Cheremiss, another Finnish people of Eastern Russia, chase Satan from their dwellings by beating the walls with cudgels of lime-wood.
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We hear of a forest-god among the Finns, Lapps and Cheremiss.
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Those inhabiting the right bank of the Volga are physically stronger and are Cheremissians. known as Hill Cheremiss.
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