As part of the city celebration of the summer season opening by Moskomsport, the \»Russian Games\» Moscow Ethnosport Festival took place at the Luzhniki Stadium on May 1st. Holding the Russian games on this day is not accidental. The thing is that one of the elements of the traditional culture of Russian people is May …
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On the eve of our Yuriev Day, “Ethnosport\» journal writes about the Drakoktonia (Δρακοκτονίας – Kill the Dragon), which took place in Greece on St. George\’s Day. The journal also informs about this custom as it is celebrate in Emmanouel Pappas village, a suburb of Sérres, a city in Central Macedonia, Greece. The holiday begins …
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At the end of last week, the first seminar of the Traditional Games and Ethnosport Federation of Russia under the name ‘Traditional games and holidays’ was held in the Russian State House of Folk Art Federation. 16 people from Moscow, Moscow Region and Bryansk came together to participate in the seminar. They were organizers of …
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The famous folklorist and teacher, Vladimir Grigoriev died last week, “Ethnosport” has learned today. Grigoriev was born on November 7th, 1936, and died after a long illness on April 14th, 2015. He was buried in the same place where he was born—in the town of Ruza, Moscow region. In 1984, Grigoriev defended his thesis in pedagogy …
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It is the third time in a row this year, that the Traditional Games and Ethnosport Federation of Russia hosted Russian games in the Moscow Izmailovsky Park, with the support of Moscow City Department of Physical Culture and Sport. This time the Slavic games on Red Hill Holiday hosted on the Orthodox Low Sunday. There …
The online library on the traditional games supported by the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO has been replenished with new books, well known in the art, as well as new collections. The publication Lapta. Rules and Varieties of the Game (1915) introduces readers to the original rules of this primordial play when it …
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The annual tournament on the traditional nyul-takhli wrestling was held in the Russkinskaya village of the Surgut district of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District – Yugra. It has been the third consecutive year that the traditional nyul-takhlil wrestling, involving the indigenous inhabitants of the Surgut region, is held on the Day of Hunter, Fisherman and Reindeer …
As part of the XX open competitions for Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District (YANAD) Governor\’s Cup among the reindeer breeders, the ArcticMen-2015 tournament was held by the World Strongman Federation (WSF). Traditional stick pulling, a kind of ethnosport, was also included in its program. The opening ceremony for the event was held with the participation of acting …
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Over 5,000 people got together for playing Russian traditional games on Shrovetide in the Izmailovsky Park of Culture and Rest in Moscow. It is the second consecutive year that the Federation of Traditional Games and Ethnosport of Russia host these games with the support of the Moskomsport (Moscow City Department of Physical Culture and Sport). …
The Traditional Games and Ethnosport Federation of Russia together with \»Ethnosport\» journal created an online library on traditional games, with the support of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO. Alexey Kylasov, a cultural specialist, President of the Traditional Games and Ethnosport Federation of Russia, set the project in motion. On his personal website …
