Yhyakh festival

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The Yhyakh festival is the Sakha people's traditional summer celebration featuring rituals, music, dance, and communal feasting to honor nature and welcome the new year.

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Yhyakh festival canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sakha holiday ⓘ
cultural tradition ⓘ
festival ⓘ
summer solstice celebration ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ysyakh ⓘ
Ысыах ⓘ
linked to: Ysyakh
celebratedIn Sakha Republic ⓘ
Yakutia ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
danceType osuokhai ⓘ
ethnicGroup Sakha people ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
hasActivity circle dances ⓘ
communal feasting ⓘ
dance ⓘ
horse racing ⓘ
music ⓘ
offerings ⓘ
olonkho performance ⓘ
prayers ⓘ
rituals ⓘ
shamanic rituals ⓘ
throat singing ⓘ
traditional sports ⓘ
hasFood kumys ⓘ
mare’s milk ⓘ
meat dishes ⓘ
hasSymbol birch tree ⓘ
sun ⓘ
mainParticipants Sakha families ⓘ
local communities ⓘ
musicInstrument drums ⓘ
khomus ⓘ
purpose to express gratitude to deities and spirits ⓘ
to honor nature ⓘ
to welcome the new year ⓘ
recognizedAs intangible cultural heritage of the Sakha people ⓘ
relatedTo Sakha mythology ⓘ
Sakha shamanism ⓘ
nomadic pastoralism ⓘ
summer solstice ⓘ
religiousContext Sakha traditional religion ⓘ
Tengrism ⓘ
season summer ⓘ
socialFunction community gathering ⓘ
cultural identity reinforcement ⓘ
intergenerational transmission of traditions ⓘ
timeOfDay daytime and night events ⓘ
typicalMonth June ⓘ

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Sakha people → culturalFestival → Yhyakh festival ⓘ
subject linked to: Sakha (Yakut) people