MORDOVIAN ETHNIC CULTURAL CENTER

MORDOVIAN ETHNIC CULTURAL CENTER, an NGO established in Ufa in 1996. Mordovian is studied in some schools of the region. Teachers of Mordovian are trained in colleges of education in Salavat and Sterlitamak. The center participates in organizing annual Days of the Mordovian Language and Culture, “Erzyan Soul” folk festival, “Belle” beauty contest among Udmurt young women, “Play, Mordovian squeezebox!” festival, classes in embroidery, folk dances, making and playing folk musical instruments, etc. There are Mordovian folk ensembles “Vastoma”, “Zorine” (Ilteryakovo, Karmaskalinsky District), “Yalgat” (Novy Sulli, Ermekeevskiy District), etc.