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# The Theatrical Performance of the Bear Games "The Cuckoo and the Cock" in 1936
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/teatralizovannoe-predstavlenie-medvezhikh-igrishch-kukushka-i-petukh-v-1936-godu/
- Published: 2025-12-07T14:42:03.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:27:47.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Archive, Faith, Ethnography

The bear games are an ancient ritual of the Mansi and Khanty peoples, devoted to the cult of the bear, a sacred animal regarded as the brother and son of the supreme deity.

In the photograph, the man in the foreground is dressed in an improvised cock costume, while the man standing on the chair, wearing a mask, plays the cuckoo.

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_18976@07-12-2025_17-42-03.jpg)