permaculture

[Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>]

On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 3:34 AM, <dwoodard@becon.org> wrote:

>
>   Ioffe, Nefedova and Zaslavsky quote Vladimir Kagansky in a Russian
>  magazine article of 2003: "In Bashkiriya [Bashkortostan, a Muslim Tatar
>  area east of the Volga near Kazan], the traditional countryside is
>  alive, a true village is still around....In rural Bashkiriya, they work
>  a great deal, build a lot, and drink rarely - this alone makes the rural
>  Bashkirian hinterland amazing beyond belief."
>


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashkirs

>
>  They go on to comment "Large families, widespread mutual assistance and
>  coordination between rural households, and incomparably less heavy
>  drinking (or no drinking at all) distinguish rural communities in Muslim
>  republics."
>