Happy New Year | Ysyakh

Ysyakh, Yakut national holiday. Yakutsk, Yakutia/Siberia | Source: eYakutia

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Ysyakh festival, the traditional Yakut summer solstice celebration will be held in Yakutsk on June. 

This holiday is a celebration of the revival and renewal of the nature, fertility and beginning of a new year. It is accompanied by national Yakut rituals and ceremonies, folk dancing, horse racing, Yakut ethnic music and singing, national cuisine, and competitions in traditional Yakut sports. 

You will taste the legendary drink of the Yakut epic heroes - Kumys. Hand in hand with the holiday participants you will dance the traditional round dance "osuokhay" that symbolizes life cycle. 

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