The Leninogorsk district will celebrate the holiday of Mordovian culture "Baltai"

June 3, 2018 in the village of Mordovskaya Karmalka  of the Leninogorsk district  a holiday of Mordovian culture "Baltai" will be celebrated. The celebration is over a week after the Trinity. It is based on pagan prayers in honor of the owner of the forest - a bear.

In the program: performances  by  folklore collectives, refreshment with national dishes, national games, traditional procession led by "Medved" through the streets of the village.

At the  Leninogorsk district this holiday takes place annually in the village of Mordovskaya Karmalka. According to legend, in 1902 a grandfather  -hermit named Baltai appeared in the forest near the village, who once, to please the children, dressed himself with maple branches and walked around the village. So the name "Baltai" was fixed for the holiday.

In other places of compact residence of the Mordvins it is called "Ovto chi", "Meden chi".