Çük

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The title of this article contains the following characters: Ç and ü. Where they are unavailable or not desired, the name may be given as Chuek.

Çük (Çuq; [ʃʲyk] or [ʃʲuq]; Cyrillic: Чук, Чүк, Чӳк, Чӱк) was a holiday of Keräşen Tatars, Chuvashes, Udmurts, preserved before the beginning of 20th century. It was celebrated as summer, before the Whitsunday or at the Poqraw eve (The Intercession). Commoners arranged a collective meal, and called for rain, douche themselves. Recent years Çük is celebrated in several districts of Tatarstan and is hold on the manner of Sabantuy.

[edit] See also

• Sabantuy
• Baltai
• Gerber
• Karavon

[edit] Source

• (Tatar) "Çük/Чүк". Tatar Encyclopedia. (2002). Kazan: Tatarstan Republic Academy of Sciences Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia.
• (Russian) Chuvash Çük and other Chuvash holidays