KURULTAJ 2018 Program – English
Friday (10th of August)
12.00 Opening of the crafts fair
From 16.00 Traditional Hungarian music – open-air
17.00 Mutual rehearsal of horsemen and warriors on foot / battlefield (küzdőtér)
19.00 – 19:30 ”Dream of the shamans” (”Táltosok álma” shamanic drum music) / stage
19:30 – 20.00 Hungarian back-pipe music and folk dance / stage
21.00 Reception of the Eastern brother nations at the camp of the Kurultaj (procession with torches)
21:10 -21:30 ‘Csikós’ horsemen demonstration with fire / battlefield
21:30 – 22:00 ”Csángó bridal” (”Csángó menyekező”) traditional folk music and dance show by Hungarians from Moldova / stage
22:15 Ismerős Arcok concert / stage
23.00 Hungarian ‘dance house’ (Táncház) with live bag-pipe music
Saturday (11th of August)
8:30 Signing up for the archery competition, bow-shooting practice / archery field (íjászpálya)
9:30 ”Yurt of Atilla” – opening of the Hun, Avar, Hungarian anthropological and archeological exhibition in the world’s largest yurt. Thematic exhibition: Huns in the Carpathian Basin.
From 9:30 Wakening folk music (Hungarian bag-pipe music, drums, flute)
9:30 Duel contest – sabre fencing (in martial cages) / area of the fair (vásártér)
10.00 Start of the traditional archery competition (on foot) / archery field
10.00 Coursing demonstration (hunter and dog) “Coursing at the Puszta” (Hungarian coursing Association) / battlefield (küzdőtér)
10:30 Horseback falconry demonstration (Zoltán Krekács and his team) / battlefield
10:45 Warriors on foot demonstration (Turán harcosai, Keleti Szövetség, Tiszafia, Nyugati Gyepű) / battlefield
11.00- 11:30 ”Puszták népe” (People of the Puszta) horseback riding skills competition / battlefield
11.00 – 15.00 National belt-wrestling championship / Sports tent
11:30 – 12.00 Turan cup – Horseback archery championship (qualifying contest) / battlefield (küzdőtér)
12.00 – 12:30 ”Nomad battle on horseback” (”Nomád lovasharc”)- armed fight on horseback and show of skills (sabers, spears, spontoon, bow-shooting) – a demonstration of the Nyugati-gyepű and the Anda lovasság / battlefield (küzdőtér)
12:30 – 12:50 ””Hun – Onogur combat demonstration” – Bagatur’s team from Bulgaria / battlefield (küzdőtér)
12:50 – 13:10 The Nation of the Turul (Turul Népe) horseback falconry show (Zoltán Krekács) / battlefield (küzdőtér)
13:30 ”Seregszemle” Procession of horseback warriors and warriors on foot / battle field
14.00- Festive speeches
– procession of the flags of the Turanian nations
– Salutatory speech by László Kövér a Speaker of the National Assembly
– Salutatory speech by András Zsolt Bíró the president of the Hungarian Turan Foundation and organizer of the event
– Further salutatory speeches by the Kazakh, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Mongolian, Uzbek, and Kyrgyz delegations, and by László Szabó, the mayor of Bugac.
15.00 Range archery as a tribute to the great Ancestors (record breaking attempts) – József Mónus / battlefield (küzdőtér)
15:20 Reenactment of the Battle of Pozsony, paying tribute to its1111th anniversary : The Hungarian tribal federation rushes down upon the army of the Franks / battlefield (küzdőtér)
16.00 The legendary horse of our ancestors: The horse with golden fur, the ”Turanian horse” – Akhal Teke show in commemoration of the beloved horse breeder Sándor Gillich
16:30 ‘Köböre’ (Kokpar – Buszkasi) – horse nomadic martial game between two big teams / Battlefield (Küzdőtér)
17.00 ”Turán harcosai” (Turanian warriors) – horseback archery and fighting on horseback demonstration / battlefield (küzdőtér)
17:30 Continuation of the duel contest – sabre fencing (in martial cages) / area of the fair (vásártér)
17:30 Puszta race: horse racing competitions / battle field (küzdőtér)
19.00 Horseback wrestling / battle field
Sunday (12th of August)
9.00 Wakening folk music
10.00 Continuation of the duel contest – sabre fencing (in martial cages) / area of the fair (vásártér)
10.00 Coursing demonstration / battlefield (küzdőtér)
10:30 Baranta demonstration from Upper Hungary (Slovakia)
11.00 – 17.00 European Mas wrestling championship / sports tent
11.00 Horseback combat show by ”Zengő nyíl” / battlefield (küzdőtér)
11:30 Warriors on foot demonstration
12.00 Pusztai Rókák (Foxes from the Puszta) – horseback combat demonstration
12:30 The legendary horse of our ancestors: The horse with golden fur, the ”Turanian horse” – Akhal Teke show in commemoration of the beloved horse breeder Sándor Gillich
13h –13:20 The Nation of the Turul (Turul Népe) horseback falconry show (Zoltán Krekács) / battlefield (küzdőtér)
13:30 ”Seregszemle” Procession of horseback warriors and warriors on foot / battle field
14.00 Festive speeches – procession of the flags of the Turanian nations
14:30 Archery demonstration by Turkish preservers of ancient customs
15.00 Reenactment of the Battle of Pozsony, paying tribute to its 1111th anniversary : The Hungarian tribal federation rushes down upon the army of the Franks / battlefield (küzdőtér)
15:40 Csikós horsemen of Bugac demonstration
16.00 Final of the Köböre competition
16:30h “People of the Puszta” (Puszták Népe) horseback riding skills competition final
17.00 Final of the Puszta horse racing
17:40 Announcement of the winners
18.00 Fire ritual
Kurultaj 2018. Stage
Friday
17.00 – 17:30 h Sólyomfi Nagy Zoltán – shamanic drumming
17:30 -18.00 Regélő Fehér Táltos – shamanic drum circle
18.00 –18:30 Fehér Holló Öskü- shamanic drumming
19.00 – 19:30 ”Táltosok álma” – shamanic drumming
19:30 – 20.00 Hajdux : Traditional Hungarian bagpipe music and dance
20.00 Kukh Mongol – Traditional Mongolian music
Technical break
21:30 – 22:00 ”Csángó bridal” (”Csángó menyekező”) traditional folk music and dance show by Hungarians from Moldova / stage
22:15 Ismerős Arcok concert / stage
23.00 Hungarian ‘dance house’ (Táncház) with live bag-pipe music
Saturday
10:30 „Lélekhívó” Shamanic drumming
11.00 Kukh Mongol – Traditional Mongolian music
11:30 Hajdux: Traditional Hungarian bagpipe music and dance
11:50 Ala too and Burulcha Baktibekizi- Kyrgyz traditional folk music (Kyrgyzstan)
12:20 Fehér Holló Öskű- Shamanic drumming
12:40 ”Khasgar”- Uyghur tradtional folk music and dance (Uyghurstan)
13.00 Kaya Kuzucu- Folk music from Anatolia (Turkey)
Break
15.00 Fehér Boglárka : -Magyar kikelet (Hungarian springtime) – Hungarian traditional music and folk songs
15:20 Sólyomfi Nagy Zoltán- Hungarian shamanic music
15:40 Volga Tatar traditional music and folk dance (Tatarstan)
16 Regélő Fehér Táltos dobcsapat – shamanic drumming
16:30 Turkmen folk music and dance, National folk band and dance group of Turkmenistan
17.00 Nomád együttes: Hungarian, Eastern, and Bularian folk music from Upper Hungary (modern Slovakia)
17:30 Mariana Albotova – folk songs from Karachay (Karachay – Cherkessia)
17:50 Artem Noskov- Folk music from Chuvashia
18:10 Arslanbek Sultanbekov: Dombra concert and Nogai folk music (Nogai)
18:30 Rovshanjon Yunusov and the Abbos band: Uzbek music and folk dance (Uzbekistan)
19.00 Kovács Nóri (folk singer)- Magyarnak lenni (Being Hungarian) – Hungarian folk songs
19:40 Nuriyye Huseynova and Semistan Alizmanli: Vatan (Homeland) and Turan anthem (Azerbaijan)
20:10 Arpanatólia : Instrumental music from Anatolia (Turkey)
20:40 Turan band: Ulu dala (The Great Steppes)- Kazakh folk and shamanic music (Kazakhstan)
21:10 Yuliana: ”The voice of the Forest” – Traditional Yakut music (Republic of Sakha / Yakutia)
21:40 Petrás Mária and the band – Csángó music from Moldova
22:10 Huun-Huur Tu : Traditional music and throat singing from Tuva
22:40 Midigma Dorzhieva: The Sound of the Huns (Buryatia)
23.00 Kukh Mongol – Traditional Mongolian music
Hungarian ‘dance house’ (Táncház)
Sunday
10.00 Shamanic drumming: ”The sound of the Ancestors”
10:30 Regélő Fehér Táltos – shamanic music and dancing
11.00 Zaira – Kumyk music and folk songs (Dagestan)
11:30 Arslanbek Sultanbekov: Dombra concert and Nogai folk music (Nogai)
12.00 Zuhra: Balkar folk music (Kabardino-Balkaria)
12:30 Hungarian traditional music and folk dance
13.00 Volga Tatar traditional music and folk dance (Tatarstan)
13:30 Ahmet Zakariev: Hunza – Avar songs from the Caucasus (Dagestan)
14.00 Kyrgyz traditional music and folk dance (Kyrgyzstan)
14:30 Islam Satirov: Nogaj folk music
15.00 Turan band: Ulu dala (The Great Steppes)- Kazakh folk and shamanic music (Kazakhstan)
15:30 Rovshanjon Yunusov and the Abbos band: Uzbek music and folk dance (Uzbekistan)
16.00 ”Khasgar”- Uyghur tradtional folk music and dance (Uyghurstan)
16:30 Arif Erdem Ocak: Turkish music (Turkey)
17.00 Török Tilla and the band – Hungarian and Eastern folk music
17:30 Huun-Huur Tu : Traditional music and throat singing from Tuva
Break – Fire ritual
19.00 Yuliana: ”The voice of the Forest” – Traditional Yakut music (Republic of Sakha / Yakutia)
19:30 Midigma Dorzhieva: The Sound of the Huns (Buryatia)
20.00 Nuriyye Huseynova and Semistan Alizmanli: Vatan (Homeland) and Turan anthem (Azerbaijan)