"Winter Labyrinth of Kazan New Year". Traditions, culture and history of the holiday! New Year in Kazan

The most beloved holiday for children and adults is approaching – the New Year. Let’s take a trip through time and learn how Kazan celebrated the holiday in the twentieth century and how the New Year traditions have transformed over the century.
This walking and bus tour will immerse you in the atmosphere of a winter fairy tale. You will discover the unique history of the New Year celebration in Kazan! During a 3-hour, fascinating tour you will learn how to celebrate the New Year in Kazan at different times.
Get acquainted with the traditions of Kazan, which are preserved by the Tatar people to this day. You will learn how the Tatars celebrated the New Year, their customs and features of the celebration, which make this holiday special and unique. Immerse yourself in the rich history and cultural heritage of Kazan, and feel how the traditions of the past live in the modern holiday!
We are looking for the New Year’s mood!
Excursion format: pedestrian-bus.
In the evening, when millions of light bulbs are lit in the night of the New Year Kazan, the city turns into a fairy tale.
We, the protagonists.

What awaits you
We will walk through the New Year places of the historical center of Kazan and not only. We will talk about the traditions of winter holidays in different times and what is the difference between the traditional celebration of the New Year in Tatars. As well as traditions, rituals and menus.

The beginning of Freedom Square, from the heart of Kazan.
We will walk along the Leninsky kindergarten, Black Lake Park, Kremlin Street, and look at the Kazan Kremlin - admire the most beautiful and cozy tree. Beautiful views from the Kremlin Hill.
And then we will go on a bus trip through the city trees in Kazan. Let's go to Staro Tatar Sloboda.
End of the tour at the Main City Tree (Center of the Family "Kazan")

On the tour we will see:

• As in different times, Kazan celebrated the New Year.
• When was the New Year?
• Why is there an Old New Year?
• Santa Claus and Santa Claus. Find 3 differences.
• New Year's menu: Restaurant and home New Year's dinner.
• Traditions of New Year celebration among Tatars.
• Where the balls took place and where they skated on sleds and skates
• Great representatives of science and culture: What stories and legends connect them with Kazan?
• Chemist Alexander Butlerov
• Opera Bass of Russia by Fedor Chaliapin
• Leo Tolstoy
• What places to walk are popular now
• Where was the famous in the XIX century "theater of spiritualism and magic"
• "Riding on the Tatars" what does that mean?
• What gifts were given and what decorated the tree
• What postcards were popular before the Revolution and in Soviet times?
• What places to walk are popular now
• Why is the City Tree not in the Kazan Kremlin?
• One of the oldest city trees in Kazan.
• Home City New Year beauty - Innovative technologies and traditions.

And before the tour you will find delicious warming Tatar tea!

• New Year's mood
• Guide escort
• Visiting the city trees of Kazan
• Car or bus (depending on group number)