Great Kurultáj

Hungary is the only European nation to have preserved the traditional kokpar game, a strategic team sport for riders.

[2] The original Kurultáj were held by nomadic people of the Steppes, especially for various chieftains to gather to elect the successor to a recently deceased Khan.

[3] [4][5] By Hungarian Turan Foundation: 13 nations and 33 states from: Nations: Participating nations and tribes is 27: Azerbaijani, Avar, Bashkir, Bulgarian, Balkar, Buryat, Chuvash, Gagauz, Kabardino, Karachay, Karakalpak, Kazakh, Madjar tribe of Kazakhstan, Kirghiz, Kumi, Mongolian, Nogai, Uzbek, Madzsar tribe of Uzebekistan, Tatar, Turkish, Tuva, Turkoman, Uyghur, Yakut, Hungarian.

[4] 9 Country + 18 state The word ”kurultáj” and its variations in the Turkic languages translates as “meeting of the tribes”.

Hungarian nomadic tribes also held these meetings, a fact that is mentioned in Byzantine and Arab written sources.