JANUARY 2010

Adygs did not managed to celebrate the New Year holiday having organized Adyghe Djegu at the New Year’s night of December, 31st on the main square of Maykop. In 0:30 am of January, 1st when near the accordion player and his audience a people’s circle approximately from 100 men gathered, employees of militia from the town public security department interfered.

As the journalist of the republican newspaper “Adyghe mak” (“Adyg’s Voice”) Nurbiy Emtyl told NatPress, on the square there were gathered approximately 30 festively dressed girls, about 50 young guys, and the other contingent was formed by their parents who also led their children of the preschool age.

On the platform, the journalist described, there had been no actors, but it was not empty - from the dynamics music flew, and the townspeople with bottles of champagne were ...

Unattractive scene of interdiction on carrying out of Adyghe Djegu on the New Year's eve on Lenin's square in Maykop and participation in it of employees of the law enforcement bodies will be discussed at the session of the executive committee of the public movement “Adyghe Khasa” of Adygeya. That was declared to NatPress by the leader of the organization Arambiy Hapay.

“I had not been on the square during that moment, - he told the editor of the news agency, - but I was called during the event. And as it was possible to find out, the corresponding oral order proceeded from the deputy chief of Militia of public security of Maykop Sergey Pogodin. And his explanations were based on that Chechens had wanted to organize their own dancing circle there. And Adygs could dislike that that ...