“Karavon,” which gave its name to the festival in the Russkoe Nikolskoe village in Tatarstan, is an old form of the Russian roundelay in which dancers hold each other by their little fingers and change the size of the circle. The holiday has been celebrated annually in Russian villages in Tatarstan since the 16th century.
© Sputnik / Maksim Bogodvid / Go to the mediabankFolk ensembles of Russia and the Republic of Tatarstan perform at the ceremonial opening of the Festival of Russian Folklore "Karavon" in the village of Russkoe Nikolskoe, Laishevsky district, Tatarstan.
Folk ensembles of Russia and the Republic of Tatarstan perform at the ceremonial opening of the Festival of Russian Folklore "Karavon" in the village of Russkoe Nikolskoe, Laishevsky district, Tatarstan.
© Sputnik / Maksim Bogodvid / Go to the mediabankFolk ensembles of Russia and the Republic of Tatarstan perform at the ceremonial opening of the Festival of Russian Folklore "Karavon" in the village of Russkoe Nikolskoe, Laishevsky district, Tatarstan.
Folk ensembles of Russia and the Republic of Tatarstan perform at the ceremonial opening of the Festival of Russian Folklore "Karavon" in the village of Russkoe Nikolskoe, Laishevsky district, Tatarstan.
© Sputnik / Maksim Bogodvid / Go to the mediabankA participant of the Festival of Russian Folklore "Karavon" in the village of Russkoe Nikolskoe, Laishevsky district, Tatarstan.
A participant of the Festival of Russian Folklore "Karavon" in the village of Russkoe Nikolskoe, Laishevsky district, Tatarstan.
© Sputnik / Maksim Bogodvid / Go to the mediabankFolk ensembles of Russia and the Republic of Tatarstan perform at the ceremonial opening of the Festival of Russian Folklore "Karavon" in the village of Russkoe Nikolskoe, Laishevsky district, Tatarstan.
Folk ensembles of Russia and the Republic of Tatarstan perform at the ceremonial opening of the Festival of Russian Folklore "Karavon" in the village of Russkoe Nikolskoe, Laishevsky district, Tatarstan.
© Sputnik / Maksim Bogodvid / Go to the mediabankFolk ensembles of Russia and the Republic of Tatarstan perform at the ceremonial opening of the Festival of Russian Folklore "Karavon" in the village of Russkoe Nikolskoe, Laishevsky district, Tatarstan.
Folk ensembles of Russia and the Republic of Tatarstan perform at the ceremonial opening of the Festival of Russian Folklore "Karavon" in the village of Russkoe Nikolskoe, Laishevsky district, Tatarstan.
© Sputnik / Maksim Bogodvid / Go to the mediabankFolk ensembles of Russia and the Republic of Tatarstan perform at the ceremonial opening of the Festival of Russian Folklore "Karavon" in the village of Russkoe Nikolskoe, Laishevsky district, Tatarstan.
Folk ensembles of Russia and the Republic of Tatarstan perform at the ceremonial opening of the Festival of Russian Folklore "Karavon" in the village of Russkoe Nikolskoe, Laishevsky district, Tatarstan.
© Sputnik / Maksim Bogodvid / Go to the mediabankA participant of the Festival of Russian Folklore "Karavon" in the village of Russkoe Nikolskoe, Laishevsky district, Tatarstan.
A participant of the Festival of Russian Folklore "Karavon" in the village of Russkoe Nikolskoe, Laishevsky district, Tatarstan.
© Sputnik / Maksim Bogodvid / Go to the mediabankParticipants of the Festival of Russian Folklore "Karavon" in the village of Russkoe Nikolskoe, Laishevsky district, Tatarstan.
Participants of the Festival of Russian Folklore "Karavon" in the village of Russkoe Nikolskoe, Laishevsky district, Tatarstan.
© Sputnik / Maksim Bogodvid / Go to the mediabankFestival of Russian Folklore "Karavon" in Tatarstan.
Festival of Russian Folklore "Karavon" in Tatarstan.
© Sputnik / Maksim Bogodvid / Go to the mediabankFolk ensembles of Russia and the Republic of Tatarstan perform at the ceremonial opening of the Festival of Russian Folklore "Karavon" in the village of Russkoe Nikolskoe, Laishevsky district, Tatarstan.
Folk ensembles of Russia and the Republic of Tatarstan perform at the ceremonial opening of the Festival of Russian Folklore "Karavon" in the village of Russkoe Nikolskoe, Laishevsky district, Tatarstan.
© Sputnik / Maksim Bogodvid / Go to the mediabankFolk ensembles of Russia and the Republic of Tatarstan perform at the ceremonial opening of the Festival of Russian Folklore "Karavon" in the village of Russkoe Nikolskoe, Laishevsky district, Tatarstan.
Folk ensembles of Russia and the Republic of Tatarstan perform at the ceremonial opening of the Festival of Russian Folklore "Karavon" in the village of Russkoe Nikolskoe, Laishevsky district, Tatarstan.
© Sputnik / Maksim Bogodvid / Go to the mediabankParticipants of the Festival of Russian Folklore "Karavon" in the village of Russkoe Nikolskoe, Laishevsky district, Tatarstan.
Participants of the Festival of Russian Folklore "Karavon" in the village of Russkoe Nikolskoe, Laishevsky district, Tatarstan.
© Sputnik / Maksim Bogodvid / Go to the mediabankA participant of the Festival of Russian Folklore "Karavon" in the village of Russkoe Nikolskoe, Laishevsky district, Tatarstan.
A participant of the Festival of Russian Folklore "Karavon" in the village of Russkoe Nikolskoe, Laishevsky district, Tatarstan.
© Sputnik / Maksim Bogodvid / Go to the mediabankA participant of the Festival of Russian Folklore "Karavon" at the arts and crafts fair "Russkoe Podvorie" in the village of Russkoe Nikolskoe, Laishevsky district, Tatarstan.
A participant of the Festival of Russian Folklore "Karavon" at the arts and crafts fair "Russkoe Podvorie" in the village of Russkoe Nikolskoe, Laishevsky district, Tatarstan.