ETHNIC CULTURAL CENTER OF KRYASHENS

ETHNIC CULTURAL CENTER OF KRYASHENS i n B a s h k o r t o s t a n, a NGO established in Bakaly, Bakalinskiy District, Bashkortostan in 1998. A part of the Union of Kryashens Ethnic Cultural Centers of Bashkortostan, Tatarstan, Udmurtia. Rural ethnic cultural centers are present in settlements with Kryashen communities. Display stands of Kryashen culture are created in community centers, school museums. The center runs the Transregional Congress of Kryashens, Kryashens folk bands festival “Blossom of Friendship”, Kryashen singers contest “Christmas Star”, “Nauruz” regional festival, Pentecost, St. Peter’s day, St. Michael’s Day, “Goose-Quill”, etc. There are a “Senekey” folk company (Umirovo), folk ensembles “Miras” (Bakaly), “Arnyashem” (Novye Maty), “Tuganaylar” (Novoilikovo), “Trusentau” (Starye Sharashly), etc.