National holiday of the first ayran "Tung Payram"

Tung Payram (Russian feast of the first ayran) is a Khakass folk festival, which received official status in our time (1980).

One of the holidays that arose in the Hun and ancient Turkic times from the worship of their native land and the basis of existence - cattle breeding. Held in the steppe regions of Khakassia. At the end of May or the beginning of June, after the cattlemen moved from winter to summer, the first airan festival was held. The overwintered cattle recovered on the first green stern and the first dairy products appeared. Tung Payram (literally "the first, original festival") was associated with the veneration of cattle breeding - the basis of traditional farming. For him, the first dairy products were prepared, the first airan was started, new national dresses were sewed. From ayran, the first araku was distilled. On a certain day, the inhabitants of several aalov gathered in the morning on the nearest mountain peak or in the steppe, where birch trees were installed, a hitching post for the ritual horse (in Khakassia - exhilaration) and a big bonfire. The venerable old man, together with the assembled people, walked around them nine times by the sun (kunger), sprinkling ayran on the fire, birch trees and horse, blessing the sky, the earth and wished that cattle and dairy products would not be transferred among cattlemen. The ritual of circling the sun has reached the Khakass since the time of the Türkic Kaganates. The first ayran and the first araka were considered medicinal drinks. They could not be spilled on the ground. According to custom, all cooked first dairy food should be eaten during the holiday, it is forbidden to leave it the next day.