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Sabantuy is a Tatar, Idel-Uralian, Bashkir and Kazakh ('Sabantoy') summer festival, that dates back to the Volga Bulgarian epoch. At first Sabantuy was a festival of farmers in rural areas, but it later became a national holiday and now is widely celebrated in the cities. In 2012, Kazan Sabantuy was celebrated on June 23.

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  • Nomenclature
  • History
  • Traditions
  • Kurash
  • Calendar of the festival
  • Political traditions
  • Notes
  • References

Sabantuy is a Tatar, Idel-Uralian, Bashkir and Kazakh ('Sabantoy') summer festival, that dates back to the Volga Bulgarian epoch. At first Sabantuy was a festival of farmers in rural areas, but it later became a national holiday and now is widely celebrated in the cities. In 2012, Kazan Sabantuy was celebrated on June 23.

== Nomenclature == Tatar-speakers call the holiday Sabantuy (Сабантуй, ), or, more correctly, Saban tuyı (Сабан туе, ) – plural form: Sabantuylar .

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