Azerbaijan presented at Ancestors Day in Hungary
By Nigar Orujova
A traditional celebration Ancestors Day was held in the National Park in Bugac, Hungary, on August 10-11.
The purpose of this festival and the congress of the Turkic-Hun Unity, held every two years, was to demonstrate Turkic origins of the Hungarians and centuries-old historical, cultural and spiritual relations with other Turkic peoples to contemporary Hungarian society, the Azerbaijani Embassy in Hungary reported.
The two-day festival organized by the Hungarian-Turan Society involved almost 50,000 people. Addressing the meeting, the first vice-speaker of the Hungarian Parliament Lajos Sandor spoke about the need to explore the roots and preserve centuries-old traditions.
The event was also attended by Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Hungary Vilayat Guliyev. On the initiative and with the support of the embassy, Azerbaijani tent, with exhibits that reflected ancient history of Azerbaijan and its contribution to the common Turkic culture, was represented this year as part of the celebration.
Horse races were held as part of the festival celebration. A chovgan game was played, scenes of battles and invasions of ancient Huns and Hungarians to Europe were demonstrated and the music of shamans was performed at the Ancestors Day. An exhibition dedicated to the traces of ancient Turks in Hungary was also organized.
The first Ancestors Day celebration was held in Bugac in August 2011. More than 10,000 people were interested in the various activities that included horse archery and different horse race competitions combined with other cultural programs.