Vaigach Island, or Hebidya-Ya, for thousands of years was considered by the Nenets a sacred territory where hehe - heavenly defenders live. Every year, on Cape Bolvansky Nose, where wooden images of generic spirits once stood, they came to perform sacrifices from all over the Bolshezemelskaya tundra. It was there, in conditions of isolation, until the middle of the 20th century that traditional customs, faith in the heavenly patronage of the god Numa and the ancient art of oral transmission of legends and legends about shamans and heroes of the past were preserved.