Russian Spassky fair- – event of the year!
August 2- 4, large-scale measures: VI Russian Spassky fair and VI Russian Festival of bell ringing took place in Yelabuga town.
For the first time, the fair was attended by 867 masters of decorative – applied arts, crafts and folk arts, representing 136 towns and settlements of Russia (including 27 from Tatartsan), Republic Belorussia , Kazakhstan, and Greek island of Rhodes. Goods were imported about 22 million roubles, sold more than 12 million roubles.
42 ringers from 19 towns of the country have come to Yelabuga. The festival of bell ringing got together109 participants: bell ringers, folk groups, masters of playing on old Russian instruments, performers of bard songs. Many of them could be seen in trade arcades on streets Kazanskaya, Gassar, Naberezhnaya where they performed old melodies, creating a special color of orthodox merchant town of XIX century.
In total, over 1000 representatives of creative groups took part in the Spassky Fair and Festival that considerably exceeds even last year’s anniversary figure.
The concert program included creative groups of the Republic Tatarstan – «Vesolyje volgari », «Biserinki», artistes Fedor Kuznetsov, and Valentina Sidorova, accordionist Kirill Pavlov and others. A special guest of the event was ethnic –ensemble «Russkoye pole» (Moscow). Its program included performances-remakes of folk works and original folkore of Russia of XVII-XVIII centuries, original bard song.
As promised, first time this year, a decoration of the Fair became a separate town for beekeepers – «Family estates of Russia». The participants of this project were beekeepers from 4 regions of Russia: Republic of Tatarstan, Republic Bashkortostan (regions Sharansky and Birsky), Udmurt Republic (regions Grakhovskyand Kiznersky), Kirov oblast (Kilmez region). Apirians from Yelabuzhsky, Cheremshansky, Aksubaevsky, Nizhnekamsky, Sarmansky, Tukaevsky regions of our republic took part. In addiction, honey could be purchased at another outlets throughout Spassky Fair territory.
Masters–laureates of the Spassky Fair have been awarded by diploma and money bonuses in the amount of 5 000 roubles. 25 bonuses have been handed to them. 5 more gifts received the most active organizers of festive celebrations.
During the Fair days in Yelabuga, a flow of tourists and guests sharply increased. In particular, Yelabuga state museum-reserve arranged tourist service for 7 motor boats. These people deliberately arrived at well-known across Russia the Spassky fair. Besides, 30 bus excursions have been organized.
Town museums, being part of Yelabuga State museum-reserve, August 2-4, served cultural needs of 9842 attendees. In general, in the days of the Spassky Fair, Yealabuga town has been visited by over 100thousand people, press-service of Yelabuga state museum-reserve informs .
Press-service RT Ministry of culture