Below, we announce the detailed programme of this year’s Ancestors’ Day, which will take place between the 11th and 13th of August in Bugac. We hope the three-day event will provide an elevating and pleasurable experience to all dear visitors!
Friday (11th of August)
11.00 – Opening of the exhibition yurt of the Kiskunság National Park
12.00 – Opening of the “great crafts fair of the Carpathian Basin”
14.00 – Bow-shooting – behind the ‘battlefield’ (küzdőtér)
16.30 – Main rehearsal of the horsemen
17.30 – Main rehearsal of warriors on foot and horsemen
18.00 – Main rehearsal of the “csikós” horsemen
Stage programme
16.00 – Sólyomfi Nagy Zoltán – “Voice of the Ancestors” (“Ősök hangja”) Hungarian shaman music
16.30 – Kaya Kuzucu – Folk music from Anatolia (Turkey)
17.00 – Drum circle of Regélő Fehér Táltos dobkör – shaman music
17.30 – Üngür Duo – Hungarian and Balkan folk music, oriental music (from Upper Hungary)
18.00 – Fehér Holló Öskü – “Vision” – shaman music
20.00 – Hajdux – traditional goat bagpipe and national instruments, folk and martial music
20.30 – Evening concert: Folk songs by Kovács Nóri
22.00 – Folk music and “dance-house” (táncház) – until deep in the night
Saturday (12th of August)
10.00 – Opening of the “Yurt of Atilla” – an exhibition of Huns, Avars, Hungarians in the Carpathian Basin
10.15 – Opening of the “Yurt of the Ancestors” – an exhibition of treasures of the Hungarian conquest period
Meadow next to the battlefield – archery field
09.00 – “Puszták népe” (“People of the Puszta”) horseback skill competition
10.00 – Start of the archery competition (on foot)
Event tent
10.00 – Belt-wrestling demonstration
10.15 – Weighing for the Belt-wrestling championship
10.30 – National Belt-wrestling championship
Battlefield
10.00 – Coursing demonstration (Hungarian Coursing Association)
10.30 – “Puszta vágta” (“Puszta gallop”) – horse racing competition
11.30 – Bagatur (preservers of ancient Bulgarian – Onogur customs) – combat demonstration
12.00 – “Turul szárnyán” (“On the wings of the Turul”) – Demonstration of horse-back archers selected by the Magyar-Turán Association
12.30 – Baranta demonstration of bull-whipping and warriors on foot
13.00 – “Seregszemle” of the Ancestors’ Day – procession of horse-back warriors and warriors on foot
Festive speeches:
– Sándor Lezsák (author) Speaker of the National Assembly, patron of the event
– András Zsolt Bíró (anthropologist) the president of the Hungarian Turan Foundation, main organizer of the event
14.00 – “Turul Népe” (“Nation of the Turul”) – horse racing and combat scene recalling the Hungarian Conquest period
14.30 – Long range archery demonstration and tribute to the great Ancestors by Mónus József, the “Wolf”
15.00 – “The legend of the battle of Pozsony” – horse combat demonstration by the Vermes tribe
15.30 – Köböre (Kokpar, Buszkasi) championship (horse nomadic team game)
16.00 – Remembering the life of the herdsman – demonstration of the ‘csikós’ horsemen of the Hungarian plains
16.20 – Demonstration of warriors on foot in nomad armour and weaponry – “Keleti” team of preservers of ancient customs
16.40 – Horse-back wrestling championship
17.00 – Horse-back falconry and falconry demonstration (Zoltán Krekács)
17.30 – Festive announcement of the winners
18.00 – Coursing at the Puszta – demonstration of coursing with a dog
Stage
10.00 – Drum circle of Regélő Fehér Táltos dobkör – shaman music
11.00 – Fehér Holló Öskü – “Vision” – shaman music
15.00 – Kaya Kuzucu – Folk music from Anatolia (Turkey)
16.00 – Sólyomfi Nagy Zoltán – “Voice of the Ancestors” (“Ősök hangja”) Hungarian shaman music
17.00 – Üngür Duo – Hungarian and Balkan folk music, oriental music (from Upper Hungary)
18.00 – Drum circle of Regélő Fehér Táltos dobkör – shaman music
20.00 – Hajdux – traditional goat bagpipe and national instruments, folk and martial music
21.00 – Singing together, then “dance-house” (táncház) – until deep in the night
All-day programmes
“Összetartozunk” (“We belong together”) – an exhibition of archeological findings of Hungarians in the Carpathian Basin
Crafts Pavilion of the Southern Lands (Délvidék, now part of mainly Serbia)
Special Guest (2017): Transcarpathia – introduction to the craftsmen of Transcarpathia (Kárpátalja)
The Yurt of Atilla, Yurts of the Ancestors: Reconstructions of Hun findings – archeological and anthropological exhibition of Huns, Avars, Hungarians, Pechenegs
Yurt of the National Park of the Kiskunság region: shepherd museum, demonstration exhibition
Crafts fair
Possibility to practice bow-shooting for everyone who’s interested
Place for children, crafts teaching, paddling in water
Baby-mommy resting yurt
Demonstrations and combat competitions will be held continuously next to the stage: Duel contests, spectacular fencing duels, competitions between armoured warriors (individual and team competitions), and sabre fencing competitions
Tent of Presentations
10.30 – Zsolt Bernert (anthropologist) Hungarian National History Museum: Anthropological characteristics of the peoples of the Conquest Period in the region between the Duna and the Tisza rivers.
11.00 – Zoltán Tóth (archeologist) István Dobó Castlemuseum in Eger: The beliefs of the people of the Hungarian Conquest Period from the point of view of archeological sources
11.30 – Dr. Gábor Csorba (zoologist) Hungarian National History Museum: Plants and animals on the “roadway of nations” in the huge Eurasian grasslands
12.00 – Zsolt Gallina (anthropologist): Villages and churches of the Middle-Ages that were buried in sand in the Kiskunság region
12.30 – Dr. Gergely Agócs (folk music researcher, House of Heritage): Types and varieties of melodies of Hungarian traditional music in the Nogaj music folklore
Break
Forum:
15.30 – Sándor Lezsák (author, Speaker of the National Assembly): Thoughts about heritage and literature – introduction of the historical roman ‘Atilla fia Csaba királyfi’ (‘Prince Csaba, son of Atilla’)
Presentation:
16.00 – Szilárd Gál (archeologist) Museum of Maros County – Marosvásárhely: Horse burials of the Hun period on the border of Marosszentgyörgy
Forum:
16.30 – Mór Bán (author): Revival of the Hungarian historical roman
17.00 – Dr. Mustafa Genc (ethnographer, invited guest from the Yunus Emre Institute): “Yörük kadinin bir günü” – “One day of a Yörük girl”
17.30 – Erdinc Tuncbilek (Turkish Representative of the Hungarian Turan Foundation): Kinship, culture, strategy, and the mosaic of Turkish and Hungarian relationships in the past and present
18.00 – Levente Lezsák (horse stuntman, lecturer): Training of combat horses
Sunday (13th of August
Event tent
10.30 – Mass wrestling national championship (men and women)
Battlefield
10.00 – Coursing demonstration (Hungarian Coursing Association)
10.30 – Demonstration of warriors on foot – Bagatur from Bulgaria
11.00 – Horse-back archery competition
12.00 – “Puszták Népe” (“People of the Puszta”) horse-back skill competition final
13.00 – “Seregszemle” of the Ancestors’ Day – Procession of Hungarian warriors on foot and horse-back. Welcoming speech and message to the Hungarians by András Zsolt Bíró, main organizer of the event.
14.00 – “Turul Népe” (“Nation of the Turul”) – horse racing and combat scene recalling the Hungarial Conquest period
15.00 – Horse-back combat demonstration by “Pusztai Rókák” (“Foxes from the Puszta”)
15.30 – Puszta Gallop horse racing competition final
17.00 – Festive announcement of the winners
18.00 – “Szertűz” – Fire ritual
Stage
10.00 – Üngür Duo – Hungarian and Balkan folk music, oriental music (from Upper Hungary)
11.00 – Sólyomfi Nagy Zoltán – “Voice of the Ancestors” (“Ősök hangja”) Hungarian shaman music
12.00 – Kaya Kuzucu – Folk music from Anatolia (Turkey)
14.30 – Fehér Holló Öskü – “Vision” – shaman music
15.30 – Drum circle of Regélő Fehér Táltos dobkör – shaman music
16.30 – Hajdux – traditional goat bagpipe and national instruments, folk and martial music
All-day programmes
“Összetartozunk” (“We belong together”) – an exhibition of archeological findings of Hungarians in the Carpathian Basin
Crafts Pavilion of the Southern Lands (Délvidék, now part of mainly Serbia)
Special Guest (2017): Transcarpathia – introduction to the craftsmen of Transcarpathia (Kárpátalja)
The Yurt of Atilla, Yurts of the Ancestors: Reconstructions of Hun findings – archeological and anthropological exhibition of Huns, Avars, Hungarians, Pechenegs
Yurt of the National Park of the Kiskunság region: shepherd museum, demonstration exhibition
Crafts fair
Possibility to practice bow-shooting for everyone who’s interested
Place for children, crafts teaching, paddling with water
Baby-mommy resting yurt
Demonstrations and combat competitions will be held continuously next to the stage: Duel contests, spectacular fencing duels, competitions between armoured warriors (individual and team competitions), and sabre fencing competitions
Tent of Presentations
10.30 – Dr. Pál Medgyesi (archeologist, Directorship of the Museums of Békés County): European armies during the 10th – 11th centuries
11.00 – Sándor Évinger (Anthropologist, Hungarian National History Museum): Surgical and symbolical skull distortion – what do skull findings tell us about the healing lore and beliefs of the Hungarians during the Conquest Period?
11.30 – Dr. Tibor Török – Dr. Endre Neparáczki (geneticists, MTA Biological Research Center of Szeged): The most recent details and results regarding the traits of the people of the Conquest Period from the point of view of our genetic researches
12.00 – Zoltán Soós (archeologist, Director of the Museum of Maros County) Marosvásárhely: Settlement of the Szekler people in Erdély (Transylvania), the formation of the Szeklers
16.00 – Dávid Cseri (horse specialist, editor of the ‘Lovas Nemzet’ (‘Horse Nation’) Magazine): Our forgotten horse legends
As there will be no printed programmes in English on the event, please feel free to print it out.
We reserve the right to make program changes
