page_title: Volga Tatars
section_title: Festivals
hierarchical_section_title: Volga Tatars / Traditional culture / Festivals
caption_attribution_description: Татарча/tatarça: Чаллы шәһәре Сабан туе бәйрәме уза English: In the city of Naberezhnye Chelny is a national holiday Sabantuy. Русский: В городе Набережные Челны проходит национальный праздник Сабантуй.
context_page_description: The Volga Tatars are a Turkic ethnic group native to the Volga-Ural region of Russia. They are subdivided into various subgroups. Volga Tatars are Russia's second-largest ethnicity after the Russians. They compose 53% of the population of Tatarstan and 25% of the population of Bashkortostan.
context_section_description: Historically, the traditional celebrations of Tatars depended largely on the agricultural cycle.
  Spring/summer period
  Sabantuy
  Sowing
  Dzhien
  Fall/winter period
  Pomochi
  Nardugan
caption: Sabantuy in Tatarstan
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