The inaugural Uzungöl Winter Festival runs from January 23-25, featuring music, traditional dances, and a parade in the scenic Trabzon region.
The '1st Uzungöl Winter Festival' began in the famous tourist center of Uzungöl, located 20 kilometers from the Çaykara district of Trabzon, between January 23-25.
On the first day of the festival, local and foreign visitors who came to Uzungöl enjoyed themselves by dancing the horon to music at the concert area. As part of the events, a parade walk was held along the designated route around the lake.
Participants dressed in traditional local costumes to reenact the Kalandar celebration. The colorful scenes that emerged during the parade walk, where torches were lit and folk songs and poems were sung, attracted the attention of citizens and tourists.
"I AM EAGERLY WAITING FOR THE BIG HORON CIRCLE ATTEMPT"
Özlem Öksüz, one of the citizens attending the festival, expressed her eagerness for the horon circle record attempt, stating, "I believe the festival will go well; there are great artists. I will focus on having fun. Snow looks great in the Black Sea. It looks very beautiful in Uzungöl. Snow really suits Trabzon. I am eagerly waiting to participate in the big horon circle attempt that will take place tomorrow."
Yavuz İnan, the Committee Chairman of the Uzungöl 1st Winter Festival, noted that the festival is progressing beautifully, saying, "It’s a wonderful program. Despite it being Friday, there is a high level of participation. We are expecting everyone. We have programs on Saturday and Sunday. We are moving forward with our horon circle as planned. We will have our walk shortly, and tomorrow we will conduct our big horon circle attempt. Everything is going well."
Source: SeaNews Türkiye
