Many visitors came to Chukaly: from Finland, Tatarstan, Moscow, Samara, Penza, Ulyanovsk, representatives of the Krasnoyarsk Krai, Murmansk Oblast, Novosibirsk, from the Erzya diaspora of Estonia, students from Finno-Ugric universities - about 2000 people gathered in total.

[2] The start of the event is signalled by the alarming sound of a pipe, the trumpet of the legendary Tyushti, an Erzya king.

Tyushti's order is, if hard times come, then you need to play the toorama and, having heard this call, he will return to his people to defend their freedom.

The toorama plays alarming sounds, while in the center of the group, a woman carried a yandawa bowl and a small shtatol.

Romanized: Oznotano Eritsyanok kitty, Oznotano raskenek kis, Enyaldtano eidenek kis.... And like hundreds of years ago, he addresses his ancestors: ... Vese tyn - sedeysenek, Vese tyn - minek verse, Min tynk este lisinek, Min tynenko velyavtano.