# Magical Realism in Russia: How Ancestry Worship, Shamanism & Christianity Shaped the Nation

Oksana Marafioti, Black Mountain Fellow, explores the effects of folk belief and religion on Russian culture, the fascinating relationship between the people of that region and their past, and the connection the Russian complex faith systems might have with Magical Realism as a genre as well as a mindset.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2013
- By: John W. Kluge Center (library Of Congress)
- Genres: Religion
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689119/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2021689119?play=1)