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Hello! My names is Ksenia. I am twelve years old. I study at school №89 in the fifth form. I’m lucky, because Tatarstan is my native land. The capital of Tatarstan is Kazan. I think it is one of the oldest and most beautiful cities in the Volga region.
There are a lot of different holidays and festivals in my city. The most popular festival is Sabantuy. As it is impossible to imagine the Greeks without the Olympic Games, the Spaniards without their bullfights, it is also impossible to speak about a way of life of Tatars without the Sabantuy. Sabantuy is the most ancient and traditional festival of Tatar people. It is “a celebration of the plough” This holiday takes place at the end of June when the villagers finish their spring work in the fields.
There are more than 20 national and common types of sport competitions and games in the Sabantuy program. The major competitions are the Tatar national wrestling- “Kuresh” and the horse races. There are also a lot of funny competitions and sport games, for example, egg-races, “running-in-sacks” races. Climbing up a high pole is rather difficult, but very funny. The prize is a big cock, sitting on the top! All competitions of the Sabantuy are accompanied by concerts of national ensembles, dances and songs, fair of crafts, products of decorative art. Everyone tries to show his or her skills and talent.
Nowadays, I think, the Sabantuy festival is very popular with people of all nationalities. We have a lot of guests from all over the world. Every year my family and I have a nice time. We have a picnic, take part at the different competitions, sing and dance. I like this festival very much.
Tatarstan is a multicultural republic. There sre many various festivals and holidays. Some of them are specific to this or that nation.
I would like to tell you about a very popular, amusing and loved by everybody Tatar national holiday Sabantuy.
Sabantuy is perhaps the most popular festival. It is a celebration of the plough (in tatar language “saban” means “plough” and ‘tuy” means “festival”).Sabantuy doesn’t have a set date. it takes place at the beginning of summer, after the first haymaking. Initially the festivals are arranged in villages, followed by sabantuy in rural districts, and the final ones taking place in major cities.
Our grandparents always tell us about histiry of this festival. Earlier people believed that owing to this festival they would have a good harvest.
I have very happy memories of Sabantuy. Most of all I like the competitions, such as horse racing, race-in-sack, pillar-climbing, egg-in-spoon-in-mouth-racing, sacks-battle on the crossbar, pots crashing, finding a coin in a beverage made from sour milk. You can choose any competition you like.
The Tatar wrestling is the main competition of Sabantuy. Wrestlers use towels and the arm to knock down the opponent. In our village all boys take part at this competition to find out their power.
The winner becomes the hero of Sabantuy. The prizes for him is very expensive, like a TV-set or a car. But the main present is a ram.
Sabantuy takes place on the maydan, which would usually be located at the edge of a forest.
Sabantuyis a symbol of Tatarstan. Russian presidents visiting the republic like to take part in Sabantuy held in Kazan. During his visit to Kazan in the mid-1990s Boris Yeltsin became the center of attention at Sabantuy taking part in a traditional competition, where the participants while being blindfolded tryed to crash a clay pot. The next president Vladimir Putin took part in a humorous competition where he tried to dip his face into a bowl full of sour milk in order to fish out a coin without using his hands.
2017-10-26
Сабантуй / Sabantuy
Tatarstan is a multicultural republic. There sre many various festivals and holidays. Some of them are specific to this or that nation.
I would like to tell you about a very popular, amusing and loved by everybody Tatar national holiday Sabantuy.
Sabantuy is perhaps the most popular festival. It is a celebration of the plough. Sabantuy doesn’t have a set date. it takes place at the beginning of summer, after the first haymaking. Initially the festivals are arranged in villages, followed by sabantuy in rural districts, and the final ones taking place in major cities.
Our grandparents always tell us about histiry of this festival. Earlier people believed that owing to this festival they would have a good harvest.
I have very happy memories of Sabantuy. Most of all I like the competitions, such as horse racing, race-in-sack, pillar-climbing, egg-in-spoon-in-mouth-racing, sacks-battle on the crossbar, pots crashing, finding a coin in a beverage made from
sour milk. You can choose any competition you like.
The Tatar wrestling is the main competition of Sabantuy. Wrestlers use towels and the arm to knock down the opponent. In our village all boys take part at this competition to find out their power.
The winner becomes the hero of Sabantuy. The prizes for him is very expensive, like a TV-set or a car. But the main present is a ram.
Sabantuy takes place on the maydan, which would usually be located at the edge of a forest.
Sabantuyis a symbol of Tatarstan. Russian presidents visiting the republic like to take part in Sabantuy held in Kazan. During his visit to Kazan in the mid-1990s Boris Yeltsin became the center of attention at Sabantuy taking part in a traditional competition, where the participants while being blindfolded tryed to crash a clay pot.
The next president Vladimir Putin took part in a humorous competition where he tried to dip his face into a bowl full of sour milk in order to fish out a coin without using his hands.
Сабантуй — Sabantuy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sabantuy is a Tatar, Idel-Uralian, Bashkir and Kazakh (‘Sabantoy’) summer festival, that dates back to the Volga Bulgarian epoch. At first Sabantuy was a festival of farmers in rural areas, but it later became a national holiday and now is widely celebrated in the cities. In 2012, Kazan Sabantuy was celebrated on June 23.[1]
Nomenclature[edit]
Tatar-speakers call the holiday Sabantuy (Сабантуй, [sʌbɑnˈtuɪ]), or, more correctly, Saban tuyı (Сабан туе, [sʌˈbɑn tuˈjɯ]) — plural form: Sabantuylar [sʌbɑntuɪˈlɑr].
Other Turkic peoples living along the Volga also celebrate the holiday. Bashkir-speakers call it Habantuy (Һабантуй), Chuvash-speakers — Akatuy (Акатуй).
The holiday’s name means «plough’s feast» in Turkic languages. The synonym «plough’s holiday», or Saban bäyräme (Сабан бәйрәме [sʌˈbɑn bæɪræˈme]) also occurs.
History[edit]
Sabantuy traces its origins to the pre-Islamic epoch, when it was celebrated before the sowing season. The presence of Sabantuy was noticed by ibn Fadlan as early as in 921. Traditional songs and other customs of the Sabantuy probably had a religious connotation at that time.
Later, with the spread of Islam among Tatars and Bashkirs and Christianity among Chuvashs, it became a secular holiday. In each region, villages took turns to celebrate the holiday.
In the beginning of the 20th century Sabantuy gained recognition as the national festival of the Tatars. The Soviet authorities approved of this festival probably due to its humble rural origin. However, they moved Sabantuy to the after-sowing season, thus merging it with the ancient summer festival Cıyın (Cyrillic: Җыен, [ʑɯɪˈɯn]).
Recently, Moscow announced plans to nominate Sabantuy for the inclusion into the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity list in 2007.
Traditions[edit]
The main distinctive elements of Sabantuy include the traditional sporting competitions such as köräş (Tatar wrestling), horse racing, race-in-sack, pillar-climbing, egg-in-spoon-in-mouth-racing, sacks-battle on the crossbar, pot smashing [1], finding a coin in a qatıq (a beverage made from sour milk), and other contests. Such activities take place on the mäydan,[2] which would usually be located at the edge of a forest.
A tradition, called sörän,[3] was held to collect a fare for guests of the festival and prizes for the winners of the contests. Qarğa botqası (Rook’s porridge),[4] a ritual porridge, was cooked before the Sabantuy to treat children in the village. Another tradition was praying at the cemetery.
In the recent years Sabantuy is also often combined with the folk and pop music festivals, as well as accordion music festivals, named Play, accordion! (Uyna, ğarmun!).
Kurash[edit]
The wrestling Kurash, is the main competition of Sabantuy. Wrestlers use towels and the aim is to knock down the opponent.
Usually young boys start the competition. At the end of Sabantuy, the main event of the festival is the final of köräş. The winner becomes the batır,[5] the hero of the Sabantuy. The prize varies from a ram in small villages to a car at big cities’ celebrations.[1]
Calendar of the festival[edit]
Sabantuylar do not have a set date. The festivities take place approximately from June 15 to July 1, and usually fall on a Sunday. Initially, Sabantuylar are arranged in villages, followed by Sabantuylar in rural districts, and the final ones taking place in major cities. The last Sabantuy is held in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan. A similar schedule is applied for Akatuy in Chuvashia and Habantuy in Bashkortostan.
In the last few years the Russian government arranged federal Sabantuylar in Moscow. Many cities in Europe and Asia that have major Tatar diasporas, such as Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Tallinn, Prague, Istanbul, Kyiv and Tashkent, also hold Sabantuylar.
Today Sabantuy can be characterized as an international festival attracting many people of various ethnicities who participate in Sabantuylar, both in Tatarstan, and all over the world.
Political traditions[edit]
Sabantuy is a symbol of Tatarstan. This is why every Russian president visiting the republic takes part in the Sabantuy held in Kazan. During his visit to Kazan in the mid-1990s Boris Yeltsin became the center of attention at a Sabantuy when he took part in a traditional competition in which the participants try to crash a clay pot while being blindfolded. Vladimir Putin took part in a humorous competition during which he tried to dip his face into a jar full of sour milk in order to fish out a coin without using his hands.[6]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b Drayton, James (4 July 2012). «Sabantuy». home to roam. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ Мәйдан; [mæɪˈdɑn]; also maydan, майдан, [mʌɪˈdɑn] in spoken language
- ^ Сөрән; [sœˈræn]
- ^ Карга боткасы, [qʌrˈɣɑ bɔtqɑˈsɯ]
- ^ [bʌˈtɯr], also батыр batyr, паттӑр pattăr
- ^ «Новая газета — Novayagazeta.ru». Новая газета — Novayagazeta.ru.
References[edit]
- «Saban tuyı/Сабан туе». Tatar Encyclopaedia (in Tatar). Kazan: The Republic of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002.
- (in English) 2012 Sabantuy celebrations in Kazan
- (in English) Traditions of Sabantuy, Ogonyok, photos
- (in English) Photos of Sabantuy
- (in English) History of Habantuy
- (in English) Photos of Akatuy
- (in Russian) Традиции Сабантуя, Огонёк
- Video on YouTube: Sabantui in Prague