Oded Wagenstein – Like Last Year’s Snow « burn magazine

Oded Wagenstein – Like Last Year’s Snow

Oded Wagenstein Like Last Year’s Snow inside Siberia’s isolated community of forgotten women In the remote village of Yar-Sale in Northern Siberia, lives a group of elderly women. They were o…

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In the remote village of Yar-Sale in Northern Siberia, lives a group of elderly women. They were once part of a nomadic community of reindeer herders. However, in their old age, they spend most of their days in seclusion, isolated from the world they loved and their community. While men are usually encouraged to remain within the migrating community and maintain their social roles, the women often face the struggles of old age alone.