Two sides of the same Sabantuy: the shine of the report and the modesty of bare truth

      It is impossible to ignore the difference between highly artistic "lacquered representative photos" taken from "one point," where the celebration of smiling faces rivals the brightness of national festive attire, and pictures of the impenetrable mud of the main Sabantuy site, where bales of hay were simply rolled out onto the deepest and most expansive puddles. Nor can one fail to notice the rosy cheeks of Tatar dancers, which do not match the somber or very angry faces of ordinary Kirov residents, who had no time for protocol fench, blazers, or light shirts that do not stay tucked into the organizers' bellies. They wanted rubber boots and protective suits. They also dreamed of having lunch not at "cosmic prices," humanely, without getting into trouble, going to the restroom, and leaving home without a foul-mouthed bus rush. But the crowd, exhausted by the "splendor of the celebration," already called the evacuation process from Vyatskiye Polyany "Vyatskaya Khodynka." Moreover, the internet is flooded with photos of the "aftermath of festivities," taken a couple of weeks after the end of Sabantuy, with venomous comments suggesting that the multi-million ruble expenditures on organizing the "All-Russian Sabantuy" left not a penny for cleaning the site. However, overflowing trash bins, empty bottles, and shreds of hay quite appropriately matched the overall color of the completed celebration. Interestingly, republican officials repeatedly stated that the head of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, allegedly likes to rebuke his subordinates (including contractors) during meetings with the words: "Do you want it to be like in Kirov Region?"