The winner of the “Iron Baegaeny” -2019 contest in Turkey has become Nihal Kudakova. On October 4, she will take part in the final of the competition, which will be held in Vladikavkaz.
This year, 5 representatives of the Ossetian diaspora in Turkey took part in it. They brewed a traditional national drink from ingredients sent to Istanbul in advance from Ossetia, reports "15 region" with reference to the press service of the "Bavaria" company with the support of which festivals are held.
“During the competition, representatives of the diaspora approached us and asked to prepare a video with a detailed recipe for Ossetian beer. If pies are baked in almost every Ossetian house in Turkey, then the skill of making beer, unfortunately, has been lost. At the same time, Ossetians in Turkey are very drawn to their culture and say that they look forward to the arrival of “a piece of Ossetia” every year,” said Zarina Ortabaeva, Chairman of the competitive jury, head of the brewing o workshop f the "Bavaria" company.
This year, the program of the Ossetian culture festival in Turkey was especially intense. A large exhibition of Ossetian dishes, an exhibition of works by Ossetian artists and jewelers living in Turkey, as well as an exhibition of old photographs from family albums of members of the Ossetian diaspora opened in the lobby of the Jemal Rashid Rey concert hall. The presentation of Tamerlan Kambolov’s book on the resettlement of Ossetians to Turkey was also held here. 1000 copies of the book, translated into Turkish, were presented to the Ossetian diaspora.
The guests were greeted by the Consul General of the Russian Federation in Istanbul Andrei Buravov, the head of the Ossetian diaspora in Turkey Sadrettin Kushoglu (Kusov), Minister of North Ossetia for National Relations Aslan Tsutsiev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev and the head of the public movement “Styr Nykhas “Ruslan Kuchiev.
The live concert, directed by Soslan Kotslov, was attended by the Honored Folk-Dance Ensemble "Iriston", the State Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Oleg Khodov, the trio of harmonists of the College of Culture, Marina Khutugova, Eduard Daurov and Valery Tsariev.
“On this day, about one and a half thousand Ossetians from Bursa, Ankara, Izmir, Trabzon and other parts of Turkey gathered in the hall. The final emergence of the artists on the stage caused the audience tears of joy from touching their native culture. For all of them, this is a long-awaited, important event, so people have not diverged for a long time. Our ensemble "Iriston" and the Turkish ensemble "Bars" staged a hazt in the lobby of the concert hall, there, in simd, dancers from two countries and ordinary guests joined in, and it was incredibly touching. Thanks to the Bavaria company, which makes this meeting possible every year,” said the author of the project, Larisa Bitarova, head of the department of the Republican House of Folk Arts of the Ministry of Culture.
The winner of the “Iron Baegaeny” -2019 contest in Turkey has become Nihal Kudakova. On October 4, she will take part in the final of the competition, which will be held in Vladikavkaz. Six years ago, the Ossetian beer festival Iron Baegaeny received international status and became a link between Ossetians living abroad. This year it is taking place 9 times.
