10:00 Opening Ceremony
10:15 Yurt building demonstration
11:30 Beshike-Salmai; Kyrgyz ceremony of introducing a baby to the cradle
12:00 Tushoo Kizme; Kyrgyz tradition celebrated when a child begins to walk so that he/she will walk well
12:30 Folklore Show; Traditional singing and dancing, and telling of the ancient epos “Manas “
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Short walk to the horse games location at the start of the village
14:30 Start of the horse games with “Ulak Tartysh” also known as Kok Boru; a mixture between polo and rugby
15:30 “Oodarysh”; wrestling to get the opponent off his horse
15:50 “Tyin Enmei”; picking up coins (=Tyin) wrapped in scarfs from a galloping horse
16:10 “Kyz Kyymai”; a guy galopping after a girl in order to kiss her (or get whipped by her if he fails)
16:30 End of Festival
Evening Program
19:00 Dinner in уurts(dinner not included in ticket )
20:00 Let’s play some traditional games together: Arkan-Tartmay, Tchaka-Tchapmai and Kol-Kurosh as well as
disco until midnight
21:30 Bonfire.