Theme: Yh yakh (ysyakh - another writing).
Status: republic level; dedicated to the victory in the Great Patriotic war.
Location & Date: Yakutsk, June of 2005.
Event description: "Yh yakh is the Yakut New Year. It is the symbol of welcome summer and the awakening of nature. The Yakut ancestor brought this celebration from central Asian steppes. In the beginning it was concerned with the cult of Sun divinity and with traditional economical activity. The Yakuts celebrated Yh yakh as the holiday of renovation of nature and human being. Traditionally, the address to supreme yakut divinities Iyh was the culmination of celebration. Competition of olonhosuts (narrator of folk tales), round dance Osoyochay, kumyus drinking (kumyus is fermented mare’s milk), sport competitions are obligatory elements of Yh yakh" (By Masha Dubrovskaya).