At the Yordynskie Games 2013 festival, guests will see the Beauty of the Yordynskie Games contest, a folk art fair exhibition, and a round table on the intangible cultural heritage of the peoples of Russia. The main event will be the ritual circular dance Yekhor around Mount Ekhe Yord, the climax of the festival. The program also includes a presentation of the international ethnocultural center Baigal project and participation by delegations from foreign countries and regions of Russia.
As part of the festival’s cultural program, there will be a contest for “The Beauty of the Yordyn Games,” an exhibition and fair of folk arts and crafts, and a round table on “The Yordyn Games as the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Eurasian Peoples of Russia.” The culmination of the celebration will be the ritual circular dance Yokhor around Mount Ekhe Yord.- We must make the Games a celebration for the people who are the main value of our land, make them a landmark event in the life of the region for preserving and enhancing cultural heritage, - Sergei Eroshchenko emphasized.
At the meeting of the organizing committee, Deputy Governor of the Irkutsk Region Larisa Zabrodskaya presented the project for creating the international ethno-cultural center “Baigal” and introduced the festival’s business program, within which a meeting of the Coordination Council for External Relations of the Interregional Association for Economic Cooperation of the Constituent Entities of the Russian Federation “Siberian Accord” is planned. As a reminder, in February of this year, the Governor of the Irkutsk Region, Sergei Eroshchenko, was elected chairman of the Coordination Council for External Relations of the MASS.
Delegations and teams from foreign countries, the Republics of Buryatia and Sakha (Yakutia), Zabaykalsky Krai, and other districts of the Irkutsk Region will take part in the IV International Ethno-Cultural Festival “Yordyn Games-2013.”