Hungarian magazine published article about Bashkirs

The text about the people of the Southern Urals was written by the Hungarian ethnographer Bottlik Zsolt.

The ethnographer Zh. Botlik told about the origin, religious affiliation, culture of the Bashkirs, their attempts to gain independence, and the role of the Bashkirs in Russia. He also told the story of the origin of the Bashkir language.

Hungarian photographer Matyas Szollosi first came to Bashkortostan as part of an archaeological group led by Professor Attila Türk. Then, he received a grant - an art scholarship from the Hungarian Academy of Arts to implement the photo project. As part of the project, he was supposed to visit Bashkortostan and nearby regions where the Bashkirs live compactly. He was interested in the traditional way of life of the Bashkirs, their customs that survived to our days from time immemorial.

As a photographer, he also wanted to capture the Bashkir-Magyar ties. Hungarians believe that they have common roots with the Bashkirs. Several facts can support this. For example, at least 300 words have a Turkic stem in the Hungarian language. Both nationalities have tribes whose names sound identical. These are dyarmat, enei, yurmi, bulyar and others.

In September 2019, Matyas visited Abzelilovsky, Miyakinsky, Sterlibashevsky and Khaibullinsky districts, where he got acquainted with local folklore.

Folk Bashkir games, the process of making the national dish kurut, chewing gum from birch bark, rituals, Muslim marriage, making shawls from goat down, felting wool, and other equally interesting events from the life of the Bashkirs were caught on his camera.