SUMMER HUTSUL OLYMPIC GAMES

START:

— Separation of game participants into teams;
— selection of team captains;
— Registration with IOC representatives;

1-st STAGE

Hutsul sports (examples):

4×50 means that the relay race is taken-over after emptying a glass of moonshine and salo;

“Salo” means that the home-made green bacon to be eaten for a time (200 grams of a valuable product without bread);

“Dovbush” means the throwing of Hutsul axe at a target (photo of the Hutsul enemies);

“Archer” means the Hutsul wild archery;

“Knock out” means the knocking out the opponent’s teams from the circle with the ball (for a time);

“Pull-pull” means the rope pulling between the teams;

“In battle” means the riding on a log of wood and the fighting with straw bags;

“Rehash” means the rehashes of the Ukrainian folk songs between the teams;

“Shuher” means the relay race of sack jumping

between the teams;

“Drygi-drygi” means the dance team competitions to various genres of music;

“Baker” means the knocking down a plastic bottle with a stick at a distance;

“Not football” means the team game using brooms and a ball;

“Fart” means the searches by a metal detector for coins buried into the ground.

2-st STAGE

Master-classes and tasting

“Arkan” means the dance master-class between the teams in the Hutsul dance “Arkan”;

“Kolomyika” means the dance master-class between the teams in the Hutsul dance “Kolomyika”;

“Golubka” means the entertaining dance program “Golubka”. Hutsul wedding dance with the involvement of as many participants (couples) as possible. A presenter gives a variety of fun tasks for participants of dance program to musical accompaniment. Everything proceeds in an atmosphere of humour.

“Trembita” means the competition between the team participants for the best game with the Hutsul musical wind instrument “Trembita”;

“Banosh” means the master-class between the teams on cooking the Hutsul national dish – “Banosh”. There are several conditional kitchens on the territory (wood-fired grills, pot, ingredients for cooking the dish). The cooking process is controlled by the head chef of one of the Hutsul restaurants in the Carpathians. After the cooking, the tasting is carried out in order to determine the best cooked dish;

“Brynza” means the tasting of locally-made organic cheeses. The participants will be able to taste a variety of cheeses: “Buts”, “Vurda”, “Brynza”. After the tasting, those who wish will be able to purchase this cheese.

“Photographing” means the commemorative picture. The participants will be able to try-on and make photos in the Hutsul national cloths in combination with attributes (Hutsul bartka, trembita, horn).

ATMOSPHERE:

Everything proceeds in an atmosphere of the Summer Olympic Games (it’s not the winning, it’s the taking part), but we award each team for this or that sport.

FINAL:

Ceremonial parade of participants, awards presentation. It is musically accompanied with a professional speaker system (speakers, remote control, radio microphones).

FOOD:

Picnic on the territory. The most famous restaurant in the Carpathians — “Hutsulshchyna” is cooking for guests. Special Hutsul sausages of one’s own production, mushroom soup cooked on a wood fire in a kettle, baked potatoes with pork fat and special gluhwein with honey and cinnamon.