Artists perform at the Sabantuy, a summer festival marking the end of spring crop planting, in Kazan, Russia June 23, 2018. REUTERS/John Sibley
KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) - Football fans from around the globe visiting Kazan for the World Cup got a taste of traditional Tatar culture at the Sabantuy Summer festival on Saturday.
The holiday, which celebrates the planting of the crops, has origins going back more than a thousand years and the festival on the outskirts of Kazan attracts thousands of visitors every year.
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