European Kurultai

A special feature of Hungarians is their careful attitude to their traditions, culture, history.

When in 2007 Kazakhs invited Hungarians to their Kurultai - a tribal assembly - very few people believed that in Europe a year later the largest festival of traditional culture would be organized by Hungarians.

Then in Kazakhstan, a small tribe of Argyns from the middle jussa, who still on the tombstones at the beginning indicate the nationality of "Madzhar" and only then the name, were most happy with the Hungarian delegation.

They are genetically the closest to Hungarians and, as it turned out, they originate from the warriors of Aladar, the nephew of the famous Atilla, the son of the chief shaman of Buda in the Hun Union.

For the so-called equestrian steppe crops, this is the traditional form of discussing the most important issues among tribal leaders, both in peacetime and in wartime.

For the Hungarians and their tribal alliance it was also habitual to "sit" the Kurultai.

There, in Kazakhstan, it was decided that Hungary would organize the Great Kurultai every second year.

In the interval it is held by one of the countries of the former Hun Union.

The success of the first Kurultai in August 2008 surpassed all expectations. Since then, representatives of 17 countries have gathered at the Great Assembly of Tribes - the kurultai in Hungary.

For three days of the Kurultai, more than one hundred and eighty thousand visitors, several hundred horsemen on their horses, as many as foot archers and dozens of shamans from all over the world visit its events.

At the 2010 Kurultai, Hungarian Josip Monush set a world record for shooting from a traditional bow at a distance, sending an arrow for a mark of 603 meters. 

Traditionally, military authentic games are played in the armor of ancient avars, gunas and Hungarians.

A whole city of 150 yurts is built, in the center with the huge yurt of Atilla, where museum exhibits of those times are open for demonstration. 

The Kazakhs, Turks, Bulgarians, Gagauz, Tuvans, Mansi, Chuvash, Buryats, Uzbeks, Azerbaijanis, Dagestanis, Turkmens, Uighurs, Chechens, Balkars, Mongols, Yakuts, Karakalpaks, Bashkirs, Tatars send their delegations to the Kurultai.

Visiting the Kurultai in Hungary, you will meet there a sea of happy people, happy to continue the traditions of their ancestors.