Tatar Man of Kazan - 1796 - With Beehive

Chuvash Women 1935

There are Chuvash peoples in Tatarstan, one of many minority ethnic groups.

It doesn't look practical, but it sure would be fun to go out dancing with braids of coins dangling from your head!

Chuvash.org

Kazan Tatar Man - 1920's

Tatar Dolls

Someone is selling these on E-Bay. They're about forty bucks.

Kazan Utlary - July 1990

.pdf and 40.72MB here
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NJSI49DW

Another Peremech Recipe - Turkish

http://askana.blogcu.com/peremec/2008673

Milli Monnar - Tukay 1909

This is from my father's notebook. His name was Fazil Sadri and he was born in Kobe, Japan. It is there that he learned to write in Tatar. This is most of a poem called "Milli Monnar", written by Abdullah Tukay.

MILLî MUNNAR

İşittim min kiçe: Birev cırlıy

 Çın biznifiçe matur, milli köy;

 Başka kile uylar törli-törli,

 Elle nindi zarlı, munlı köy.

 Üzlip-özlip kine eytip bire 

Tatar künli niler sizgenin, 

Miskin bulıp turgan öç yoz yılda 

Tekdir bizni niçik izgenin. 

Küpmi mihnet çikken biznin halik, 

 Küpmi küz yaşleri tügilgen, 

Milli hisler bilen yalkmlanıp, 

Sızılıp-sızılıp çığa künlinnen. 

Heyran bulıp, cırnı tınlap turdım, 

 Taşlap tüben dönya uylarm, 

 Küz aldımda kürgen tösli buldım, 

Bulgar hem Agıydil buylarm.

Tüzalmadım, bardım cırlavçıga, 

Didim: "Kardeş, bu köy nindi köy?" 

Cavabında milletteşim mina: 

"Bu köy bula, didi, Ellüki!"

two more Crimean Tatars