Grundtvig - Archimedes

Workshop Reference number: 2011-1-TR1-GRU13-27516
Venue: Uşak Date of the Workshop: 16/04/2012 - 20/04/2012
Cirit-A Traditional Turkish Equestrian Sport
Subject area: Cultural heritage
Physical education and sport
Social integration / exclusion
Working language(s): EN
Target Group + Translation:
The workshop is open to all adults over the age of 18 who are:
- interested in equestrian sports,
- want to know more about Turkish traditional sports and culture.
Main activities Programme + Programme translation:
- Introduction; knowing the participants,
- Giving information about the history of cirit sport and the city of Uşak,
- Introducing how to breed the horse which is the main actor in the game, horse breeding in the
region,
- Participants will share their experience about horses and explain their traditional games,
- Visit to associations and sport clubs of cirit,
- Visit to farms where horses are breeded,
- Meeting horse riders and equestrians,
- Organizing cirit tournaments,
- Experience with horses,
- Experience countryside and historical places, culture, tradition of Turkey-Uşak
- Closing ceremony
Workshop Organiser:
Contact details:
Usak Koylerini Kalkindirma Dernegi
Özdemir Mah.Bakırcılar Arası Sokak No:46/1 Uşak
64100 Uşak
TR-TURKEY
Tel.: 00 90 276 223 16 18
E-mail: ukkader.proje@gmail.com;
usakkoylerder@hotmail.com
www.ukkader.org.tr
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