Festivals in ethnoculture of the peoples of Tatarstan

Abstract

The article is devoted to certain aspects of ethnoculture of the peoples of Tatarstan, with regards to historical context of the development of festival movement in the republic. The paper gives a brief specific description of festivals, as well as a special role of multinational amateur art groups in the development and popularization of national traditions and customs of the peoples of Tatarstan. In addition, the article examines the role of festivals in the PR of territories, folk traditions and event tourism. It pays some attention to the problems of educating young people on the ethno-cultural traditions of previous generations, as well as local economic components of the growth of the festival movement through the prism of the development of the recreational and tourism industry.