“The Caravan Miras” becomes a participant of the All-Russian competition “Gasirlar Avazy”

November 18, 2018

On November 16, 2018, the public organizations “Regional National-Cultural Autonomy of the Tatars of the Republic Mari El” and “National-Cultural Autonomy of the Tatars of the Chuvash Republic” met at the Day of Tatar Culture and Art of the Chuvash Republic in the Tatar cultural center of Yoshkar-Ola. The townspeople warmly welcomed a large delegation from Chuvashia. The Tatar population of Yoshkar-Ola and Chuvashia have long maintained  cultural, everyday ties, as evidenced by many historical documents. Currently, they  also continue to maintain close friendships.

Within the framework of the Day of Culture and Art of the Tatars of the Chuvash Republic, the leaders of the Tatar societies of the Republic of Mari El Amir Shakirov, of the Chuvash Republic of Ferit Gibatdinov signed an Agreement on cooperation in the field of culture and education between the public organizations “Regional National-Cultural Autonomy of the Tatars of the Republic of Mari El” and “National-Cultural autonomy of the Tatars of the Chuvash Republic “.

“The signing of the agreement between the two national-cultural autonomies of the Tatars of the regions takes place on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Federal National-Cultural Autonomy of the Tatars of the Russian Federation, which takes place from November   22 to 24  in Moscow. The autonomies of the Tatars of the Chuvash Republic and the Republic of Mari El conduct decent work, above all, protect the interests of the Tatar people of their republics. 2018 for  the  NCAT of Chuvashia  has became  worthy, they were able to carry out the Federal Sabantui at a high level. They are doing a great job of preserving the ethnic culture of the Tatars, there are excellent ethnic groups of All-Russian significance, ”said Amir Shakirov, chairman of the RNKAT Council of the Mari Republic.

“The World Tatar Congress and the Federal National-Cultural Autonomy of the Tatars are of great importance in the work of the regional Tatar centers of the world. It all affects our social work. In recent years, there has been active cooperation between the autonomies of the Tatars of the republics, and I especially want to note the high work of the Tatar cultural center of the Mari Republic, says director Ilgis Gaisin. Joint interregional workshops, refresher courses, participation in festival projects, all this is a joint positive work. Taking advantage of today’s signing of the agreement, on behalf of the organizers of the festival, I invite creative teams of the Mari Republic to the VII-Urmai Zalida International Festival of Traditional Culture of the Turkic World. One day of the three-day festival, will be dedicated to the creative Tatar collective  of the Mari Republic, we will be happy to see at the Day of the Tatar culture of the Mari Republic, ”said  chairman of the NCAT Chuvashia Ferit Gibatdinov.

As part of the festival, a festive performance “Heritage Caravan -2” was held in the large hall. The folklore and pop ensemble “Mishar” of the Urmaevsky rural House of Culture of the Komsomolsky District of the Chuvash Republic pleased the spectators and guests of the holiday with their skill. In its performance they  presented ceremonial performances, ancient dances and songs of Tatar-Mishars, retro songs of Tatar composers from the gold fund of the ensemble.

On the second day , the participants of the project “Caravan Miras” became participants of the All-Russian competition “Gasirlar Avazy”, the folk folklore ensemble “Mishar”, the children’s folklore ensemble “Tamchy” became the winners of this competition.