Djangar - 550 years old (1990)

Herd of horses galloping across the steppe.

The steppe landscape, the sky, the grasses in the wind.

Singer-jangarchi Mr Karu under accompaniment dombra takes the Kalmyk folk epic "Jangar".

The shepherd rides along the grazing herds of sheep.

Illustrations for the epic.

Horsemen galloping across the steppe.

The eagle soars in the sky.

Festive events on the occasion of the 550th anniversary of the Kalmyk folk epic "Jangar", opening in Elista monument singer-jangarchi Alano Possession.

Laying flowers to the monument, the TV reporters are filming.

Participants of the international conference on problems of epic art photographed on the background of the monument.

The faces of the participants.

The Poet D. N. Kugultinov speaks with participants of the conference.

Conference participants at the monument.

Artist folk ensemble performing the Kalmyk folk dances and songs.

The participants of the festival drink of the Kalmyk tea - combo, stay in yurts installed on the square.

The woman in the tent welcomed guests old good wishes, the faces of the guests, peering into the tent.

The interior of the Yurt.

Foreign guests come into the tent, sit, pick up cups of tea.

Tea and conversation in the tent.

Women in the Kalmyk folk costumes dance at the entrance to the tent with the guests.

Departure of guests.

Jangarchi Sasha Avdeev in the Kalmyk national dress sitting in the grass steppe.

Illustration to the epic, steppe grasses in the wind.

Jangarchi begins to perform the epic.

Panorama of Elista.

Buddhist prayer during the feast in honor of the 550th anniversary of the Kalmyk epic "Jangar".

Participants of the event during prayer.

The faces of the people.

Their Buddhist monks of Mongolia Datacore Ambalama and his assistant Bulgan during the ritual for the consecration of the place and bookmark the future of the khurul in Kalmykia Republic.

The groundbreaking ceremony of the khurul, people bring stones to put them in a pile.

Sketches and drawings of the building of the khurul, laid out on the grass.

A Buddhist monk gives people the ribbon.

Collecting donations for the construction of the khurul.

Faces of older women.

Yurts on the square of Elista in the rain.

The Kalmyks, who arrived on holiday from the USA, through an interpreter tells the story of his family, rejoice in the arrival home of the ancestors (synchronously).

Artists of the Kalmyk folklore ensembles and guests of the holiday in yurts in the square and the stadium of Elista.

The performance of the Kalmyk folk dances at the stadium, the spectators.

Dancing performers in masks.

Jangarchi Mr Karu speaks of the importance of the epic "Jangar" for the Kalmyk people (synchronously).

The participants of the festival perform a piece of the epic "Jangar".

Children's competitions on horse races during the festival.

Karu takes a fragment of the epic "Jangar".

Jangarchi Sasha Avdeev is on the steppe.