From 21 to 23 in July in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic will be held the sixth annual traditional cultural and sports festival "Abaza", organized by the ANO "Alashara".
The festival program consists of two parts: on July 21, on the territory of the school in the village of Elburgan, Abaza district, the Games of the Abaza People will be held - competitions in 11 sports, including playing, strength, athletics and national (starts at 9.00), as well as the Day of Culture of the Abaza People, which will take place on July 23 in the Green Island recreation park in Cherkessk (starts at 15.00). The Day of Culture of the People of Abaza is held with the support of the Ministry of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic for Nationalities, Mass Communications and Press.
Delegations and sports teams from Turkey, Jordan, Italy, Abkhazia, Moscow, Kabardino-Balkaria and the Stavropol Territory will take part this year in the festival held under the motto “We are together!” Participants and guests of the event are waiting for folk festivals, thematic exhibitions, fun contests and the Abaza ethnographic courtyard with national cuisine. The holiday will end with a concert of Abaza and Abkhazian songs and dances.
