Dagestan folklore presented at "World Dumpling Day" festival in Udmurtia

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Makhachkala, February 14, 2018. The trade mission of the Republic of Dagestan in the Central Federal District took part in the annual festival "World Dumpling Day" in the city of Izhevsk, the press service of the mission reports.

According to the source, the trip has been undertaken at the invitation of the Ministry for National Policy of Udmurt Republic with the assistance of director of the Regional NGO "Association of Dagestan peoples in Udmurt Republic "Heritage" Magomedarip Gunashev.

This unique festival is held since 2015. This time more than 35 thousand people from Udmurtia and other regions of Russia visited the event. The festival was officially opened by guests from Komi-Permyatsky Krai and Tatarstan. The trade representative of Dagestan, Magomed Saigidov, welcomed the Udmurts on the main stage of the festival and presented a memorable gift to the Minister for National Policy of Udmurtia Larisa Buranova.

The festival program consisted of exhibitions, "folk tastings", contests, sports competitions, master classes, winners’ awarding ceremonies etc. The exhibition of Dagestan folk art crafts, according to the organizers and visitors of the festival, decorated the event. Noteworthy, Dagestan presented its culture and traditions in Udmurtia for the first time. Udmurts were delighted with the elegance of the works and the variety of folk crafts of Dagestan.

Kubachi jewelry, products with original Untsukul wood notching, amazing beauty of Tabasaran carpets, Balkhar ceramics, Gotsatl etal products, Sulevkent clay objects of everyday life, etc made a significant impression on the visitors. As part of the exhibition, the tourist and recreational potential of Dagestan was also presented.

Dagestani dance group, whose performance was enthusiastically appreciated by the guests and organizers of the festival took an active part in the folk-concert "Ethno-World".

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