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The Castlegar Sun

Wednesday, August 12, 1992

Back from the Land of the Rising Sun

JASON KEENAN
Sun staff

souvenir hunting a little difficult
“You can't find a shirt with

! For two young Castlegar
women, their trip to Japan was
almost like a trip south of the
border.

: “I thought I'd see the typical
Stereotype Japanese - kimonos
atid ninja warriors,” said Janet
Kalesnikoff, “but they're very
Americanized.”

Kalesnikoff, along with fellow
Stanley Humphries student Rac
Carter, spent three weeks in Japan
on a Pacific Rim Exchange, spon-
sored by the British Columbia
government.

“It was really different, but it
wasn't that di! Ki i

ap writing on it.”

And in a nation of about 123
million people, in an area 40 per
cent the size of B.C., it was diffi-
cult to be alone.

“Every day all I saw was peo-
ple, people. It didn't matter what
time it was, or where you were,”
Kalesnikoff added.

Carter said her trip to the
Japanese Alps provided a similar
experience. She said there wasn't
a lot of opportunity to see nature,
since there was a stream of peo-
ple going up and down the trail

“There's no room for nature,”
she added. And being from B.C.,

explained. The amount of English
surprised both. Billboards, prod-
ucts in the grocery store, and t-
shirts were all labeled with
English. She said that this made

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the Jap idea of nature was a
bit of a shock to her.

“Everyone said ‘You have to
go see this lake.” She, along with
the crowd, hiked up to the lake

“It was a pond — it was two
feet wide.” Carter wasn't com-
Plaining though; she said that it
was pretty in the Alps.

Both agreed that the Japanese
temples they saw were one of the
most impressive sights of their
trip.

“They were traditional Japan
what we were looking for,” said
Kalesnikoff.

“It’s neat to see what's impor-
tant to them,” said Carter. They
also saw Kamakura-no-Daibutsu

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Buddha, a giant statue of wor-
ship. The smoke that burns there
is supposed to make you beautiful
and smart

“I went there five times,” said
Kalesnikoff.

Kalesnikoff stayed with the
Tshidate family in Yokohama,
and she said they were very
Americanized. One daughter
attends university in Michigan,
while a younger brother attends
high school in Vancouver.

“My family was excellent.
They were a lot like my own fam-
ily.” She said that made it easy
for her to feel comfortable.

Carter spent her time with the
Harima family, who live in Fuji,
an industrial town of about
300,000. With two pulp mills
there, it reminded Carter of home.

She said their 22-year-old
daughter showed-her'a side of
Japan she never expected to see.
Together, they visited businesses,
little. shops and alleys, and stores
where you could buy anything, if
you have a large amount of
money. They both agreed that
Japan was really expensive.
Bathing suits for $150, soft drinks
were about $1.50 a pop, and
shoes start at about $80.

Even McDonald’s was more
expensive, with the usual $5 meal
costing over $8

The worlds most popular
restaurant was also a lesson in
over coming the language barrier.

“You just pointed a lot,” said
Carter.

Both the girls’ families are
now playing the host role until
the end of the August. Tomoko
Tsutsumi is staying with the
Kalesnikoffs, while Mika Ando is
visiting with the Carters. And
their itinerary is pretty full for the
next two weeks, with trips and
visits all over the area.

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After this adventure in
Japanese life, the main impres-
sion that Carter and Kalesnikoff
came back with is the reason why
exchanges like this are done

Despite the differences between
Canada and Japan, they agreed

that the similarities were stronger.
Carter summed it up best.

“It doesn't matter where you

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go, the backgrounds and the cul-
tures may be different, but the
people still want the same things.

“They want to be happy, and
they want to have a job.”

Back from Japan—Janet Kalesnikoff (rear left) and Rae Carter (rear right) are
now hosting Japanese students Tomoko Tsutsumi (left) and Mika Ando (right) in

their own homes.

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Wednesday, August 12, 1992

The Castlegar Sun

Doukhobor history book. translated to English

Saving a heritage b

SHARLENE IMHOFF
Sun Editor

Preserving a precious way of
life is something most Doukho-
bor people are adamant about
But, if the language is being lost
by the young, there is a chance
that the history can still be pre-
served—which is why Eli Popoff
of Grand Forks has rewritten his
book, Stories from Doukhobor
History, completely in English.

“Of course you want to hold
on to the past, to the language,
but if you're losing it, you have
to admit it,” said Popoff. He
refers to the time and effort he
spent translating his Russian-his-
tory book in to English as his
own struggle to hold onto what's
left of the past.

While the language may have
changed, Stories from Doukhobor
History still contains an essential
ingredient—Doukhobor spirit.

The original Russian piece was
published in 1956, after more
than 15 years of research and
story collecting.

All proceeds from the book's
200 copies were donated by the
author to the Union of Spiritual
Communities of Christ
(USCC). The project of trans-
lating the original Russian
book, which contains numerous
historical stories about
Doukhoborism and the people
who established it, was initiated

Exchange

by the USCC Sunday school
meetings for Children Curricu-
lum Committee, of which Eli
was involved

A federal government grant
helped fund the project.

Now that it has been complet-
ed, Stories from Doukhobor His-
tory can be enjoyed by
non-Doukhobors as well.

“This book has a lot of spirit. It

the origins and early development
of Doukhoborism in the 17th and
18th centuries, while part two
focuses on the migration of the
Doukhobors to the Milky Waters
Area. A pathway of progress

clear throughout the book's sto-
ries, and part seven details stories
about life in Canada—the last of
which is titled, ‘The Tragic Death
of Peter Vasiliyevitch Verigin the

‘They are real stories, about real people. They
are based on actual occurrences and
experiences of Russian people.’

— EL! POPOFF
Author

was a labour of love for me,” said
Eli, who has been described by
his peers as a master storyteller,
dedicated to preserving the histo-
ty of his people.

The softcover book contains
over 150 pages of Doukhobor
history explained in easy-to-fol-
low stories which Eli proudly
reports have been passed down
from generation to generation.

“They are real stories, about
real people. They are based on
actual occurrences and experi-
ences of Russian people.”

There are 72 stories listed in
the table of contents, divided into
seven parts. The first part details

Lordly.”

“It was quite a job, translating
from Russian to English,” said
Eli, “the book is much thicker
than I thought it would be.”

Eli, who is now 71-y Id,

ty for information on Doukhobor
history by his peers. Besides
being a writer, he was a carpen-
ter, bricklayer and farmer, He is
currently employed as 4 legal
assistant in a Grand-Fosks law
firm.

Stories From Doukhobor His.
tory is not Eli's first publication.
Tanya, the story about a Russian
woman based on actual events in
the last hundred years of
Doukhobor history, was Eli's first
full-length literary effort in
English

He has also’ written a book
titled Katya, though due to a lack
of funding it has yet to be pub-
lished. “It is really a pity that this
book cannot be published, it is
partially about Doukhobor youth
and the value of their culture.”
Not giving up, the author is con-
sidering having the book pub-
lished in Spokane

Eli is currently working on
another project, which involves

was born in Saskatchewan, on a
farm near the town of Blaine
Lake. His father was one of of the
veterans of the Doukhobor strug-
gle against militarism, which
took place in Tsarist Russia at the
end of the 19th century.

Eli married after he moved to
Grand Forks, and in addition to
raising a family of three, he
became involved in his communi-
ty and is considered THE authori-

compiling and defining a list of
original Doukhobor surnames.
“It is a very interesting pro-

al Doukhobors, or non-
Doukhobors for that matter, who
would like to read the English
version of Stories From Doukho-
bor History, can get their copy at:
The Castlegar Book Shop, The
Brilliant Cultural Centre, or the
USCC Central Office in Grand
Forks.

Sun staff

The hardest part of leaving is
the friends who remain behind.

That's what Argentina-bound
Rory Perrier has to say about
her upcoming trip to the South
American country. She’s giving
up her room at home, and trad-
ing it for one in Trenque
Liatique, a city of about 25,000,
about an. hour-an-a-half south
west of the Argentine capital
Buenos Aires.

Trenque Lauque sits on the
Pampas, an area of wide open
fields and big sky much like the
Prairies of Western Canada.

“I'll really miss them (her
friends) the whole time I'm
there,” said the recent Stanley
Humphries grad. She’s headed
way down south on a Rotary
exchange, and will spend a
year taking grade 12 over in an
Argentine high school. She will
be starting in the middle of the
school year there, since the
seasons in the southern hemi-
sphere are opposite to Canada’s
seasons.

Another year of high school is
not usually someone’s first
choice after graduation, but Per-
rier said the experience of a sep-
arate culture is what it’s all
about

“Going there is really going
to' make me realize how lucky I
am to live here.” She also said
she will be able to see Canada
from a different perspective.

So what's it like getting ready
to travel to the bottom half of
the globe?

“It’s hard packing for a whole
year when you can only take
two suitcases,” said Perrier.
Besides the requisite clothes,
she'll be throwing in a few

remember all of her friends. She
really is giving up her room at
home: she's packed everything
away so that an exchange stu-
dent from Sweden can take over
her room for three months

She's been working on a slide
show for her Southern hosts,
taking shots of the local cultural
and historical places. So the lit-

‘Going there is
really going to
make me realize
how lucky | am to
live here’

— RORY PERRIER
Exchange student

tle cellophane slides will show
places like Hugh Keenleyside
Dam, the Lion's Head, Verigin’s
Tomb, the Rec Centre, Celgar,
Pope and Talbot, Zuckerberg’s
Island, and Stanley Humphries.

“They want to know about
you personally — you show them
stuff that you know about per-
sonally.” Her host family will
come to know her well as she
spends a year as a part of their
family.

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Author, historian and storyteller Eli Popoff of Grand:
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which is titled Stories from Doukhobor History, which’
was translated from Russian to English.

ear in Argentina

turning 18 just days after she
arrives on the Pampas, she was
almost passed over as a candi-
date for the exchange. After
hunting around, Rotary offered
her the choice to go to either
Thailand, Indonesia, Mexico,
Venezuela, Brazil, Columbia, or
Argentina.

Her choice of Argentina was a
bit of a shot in the dark. She had
little knowledge of the country.
when she made her choice
She’s still learning about the
land of beef and wheat, getting
ready for her departure today.

One reason why Argentina
won out was because of the
treatment of women in the South
East Asian countries.

She was afraid that her other
reason sounded a little stupid

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down there. I think that they
play it a lot down there.” The
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get to travel’ but I’m hoping,”
she added. “Hopefully, I’ll get td;
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