FÊTE NATIONALE YSYAKH

The equivalent of Sakha New Year's Eve. Considered a national holiday, celebrated throughout Yakutia. The Yakutsk celebrations bring together more than 100,000 people every year. Two days of religious ceremonies, sports and equestrian games, beauty contests. Don't miss ossokhaï, collective dance. The entire crowd and participants stretch out their tens of thousands of hands towards the sun, to capture its beneficial rays.