The winner will get 5 kg of kazylyk.
(KZN.RU, December 25, Ksenia Shvetsova). As part of the festival “KyshDaKar-Fest” in Kazan, an unusual competition for tourists starts on January 1, which will acquaint guests with the Tatar national cuisine. Each resident of the capital of Tatarstan can invite two or more friends fr om other cities, who can become participants of the competition by taking a picture against the background of the scenery of the festival “KyshDaKar-Fest”. The winner will receive 5 kg of kazylyk (dried horse meat). Daria Sannikova, the director of the Committee for the Tourism Promotion, said this during the press approach, which was held on Bauman Street, decorated with New Year's illuminations.
According to the results of hotel reservations, Kazan is one of the three leaders after Moscow and St. Petersburg as one of the most popular destinations for traveling around the country, said Daria Sannikova. The most popular tour dates for booking are fr om December 29 to January 1. In total, over 100 thousand tourists will come to the capital of Tatarstan. Interesting events and entertainment have been prepared for them. One of them will be the long-awaited winter festival “KyshDaKar-fest”, which will be held in two stages. The first will be held fr om December 29 to 31 in the central pedestrian streets Bauman and Peterburgskaya, and the second one will be from 2 to 7 of January near the Academy of Sciences on .Bauman Street. As part of the festival, fairs will appear on the streets, wh ere residents and guests of the city can try various national dishes, buy national souvenirs made by craftsmen of the republic, and also take part in various master classes.
“We prepared interesting bright highlights for guests of the city. For example, we will cook an old national Tatar dish kazylyk shurpa. Then we will serve it hot, so that everyone can try”, said D. Sannikova. She added that various farming products will also be presented at the festival, including a wide palette of cheeses. The festival will be visited by a master in cheese making, who will show the process of making cheese from milk.
From January 1, a contest starts at the festival. All travelers from other cities who will attend the festival will be able to take part in it. The competition will be held in Instagram GoKazan. “We want citizens to invite two or more friends from other cities to Kazan, to bring them to the festival, wh ere the guests can take a picture”, said D. Sannikova. The pictures should be put on the social network with hashtags #кышдакарфест, #всевказань, #казаньгостеприимная. After January 7, a winner will be selected by a random number generator and receive 5 kg of kazylyk. “This is a national product that you can try together with your friends and introduce them to the traditions of Kazan”, she said.
She also reminded that this year, they prepared an extensive program of events for residents and guests of the events and new interesting objects. For example, a central Christmas tree will open in a couple of days in front of the Family Center “Kazan”.
Please, keep in mind that you can find all the details of the cultural poster, find out wh ere to buy a Christmas tree, the schedule of the public transport during the holidays, and much more in a special New Year's section on the portal KZN.RU.