In Cossack settlement «Mamayev village» the festival of Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar traditional culture «Cossack mess» on June, 19th has taken place. Within the limits of festival representatives of both people in the big territory of a complex «Mamayev village» have amicably shown beauty of the music, military art and a life.
Under fight fighting and volleys of guns horse stuntmen commands of the Ukrainian Cossacks and Crimean Tatar horsemen have arranged knightly tournament. Ukraine represented the best horse stuntmen theatre of Europe which repeatedly addressed to the queen of Great Britain Elizabeth II. The art director — the Ukrainian Cossack Oleg Jurchishin. As the chief of group of Crimean Tatar horsemen Lenur Useinov has acted.
The Crimean Tatar and Ukrainian medieval musical tradition was presented by groups «Maqam» («Makkam») and «Merdzhan»; «the Trochee Cossack»and»Rozhanitsa. Under a folk music the Crimean Tatars and Cossacks have given a master class on national dance.
Within the limits of festival personal exhibitions and master classes of members of the National union of masters of a folk art and national masters of Ukraine who have presented arts and crafts of Cossack edge have taken place.
And organizers have not forgotten about visitors of festival — Cossacks have prepared the big copper of a Cossack «wise» borsch on a fire. The Crimean Tatars, in turn, have arranged a number not a smaller copper and treated people with pilaf (plov).
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