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It's Started To Be Organized: Abdal Festival 08/10/2010

First Abdal Festival is organized under the leadership of district governership of Kaman and by the help of Culture and Tourism Municipality and Kaman Municipality in the Kaman district of Kırşehir.

It's planning to organize the festival organized for the first time in every year traditionally. Author Adnan Yılmaz and author Mümtaz Boyacıoğlu give a lecture named "Abdal Culture, From Back to Future" in the Festival.

Abdals went on a walk from Kaman Municipality to the place Festival organized in accompanied with playind drums and clarion. There was a band of musicians existed from Abdal musicians playing various musical instruments for audiences came to the festival.

The most attractive part of the festival was Abdal children playing musical instruments bigger than their bodies. Kırşehir Governor Mehmet Ufuk Erdem, gendarme commander Osman Uçar, chief of police Osman Öztürk, head official of Kaman Abdullah Küçük and many representeter from political parties joined the festival.

Source: Cihan News Agency