The inscription is in Mari (марийский). It says:
Mari land, my beautiful Mari land,
*then goes enumeration of Mari villages*
Mari land, my beautiful Mari land,
*then goes enumeration of Mari villages*
either it calls you or wards you off.
This work is about my national identity. Mari was meant to be my mother tongue but I grew up in Russian environment and started to forget Mari language. Since then I'm coy about speaking Mari.
This work is about my national identity. Mari was meant to be my mother tongue but I grew up in Russian environment and started to forget Mari language. Since then I'm coy about speaking Mari.
