Once a year, an amazing holiday takes place in one of the most beautiful regions of Turkey, revealing the diversity of customs of this country. It is called the Kadygra festival, and its guests are thousands of people who like to have fun with the alluring sounds of traditional instruments.
The Kadigr festival is one of the most famous and beloved holidays in the Republic of Turkey. It has a long history, and its main purpose is to unite representatives of various communities and ethnic groups of a given country.
The name of the festival comes from its location. Every year for hundreds of years, it has been celebrated on the Kadigr plate, famous for its amazing mountain landscape. This place is located near the city of Tonya in the province of Tranzon.
This holiday celebrates the annual summer movement of livestock to high altitude pastures. During its holding, for three days, all feuds, grievances or hostilities between the warring communities for the conquered territories were forgotten. Hundreds of people gathered together to celebrate this grand event with loud fun.
Today the Kadygra festival is celebrated for 3 days in the third week of July. Thousands of representatives of various ethnic groups, as well as tourists, come together to have fun and dance to the sounds of national instruments - kemachi, drum and flute for several days in a row. Moreover, the last instrument plays a symbolic role at this holiday - according to legends, it was to the sound of a flute, which is also called a shepherd's horn, that the shepherd directed his flock in the right direction.
The festival program includes a variety of events in which not only the local population, but also guests from other countries participate. Those gathered can enjoy concerts of Turkish performers, national dances, amusements, and of course, take part in them. Guests can also taste treats created by the skillful hands of local culinary experts and get to know the traditions and customs of the Turkish people.
