The Sacred Herd of Mythical Horses is the land art inspired by the Sakha culture and designed by the prominent artist Nikolay Polissky. visityakutia.com
Created in the summer of 2018 with the help of numerous local cultural activists in the area called Vladimirovka, 18 km south off Yakutsk, Russia.
The art stands for the divine beginning of the Earth and displays the envoys of the Sun (God). Each animal has two heads. One is for getting the power of the land, the second is looking at the sky to transfer the energy of the Sun to the land. According to the Sakha mythology, a horse is the sacral animal, that brings happiness and wellbeing, the luck and fortune.
Location: Yakutsk, Russia goo.gl/maps/Jcqajqqqmm62
Time: Midday on Dec 5th, 2018
Outdoor temp: -36C.