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"I counted at least eleven small Turkic ethnic subgroups in Eastern Europe, including the Magyar Huns."
"In general, the castle [of IV. Béla] was built by Hungarians, meaning Kuns, Huns, Kipchacks, yes, it's one in the same people!"
A wonderful English documentary by Kazakh TV about the story of IV. László, the half-Magyar half-Cuman King of Hungary, the Kipchacks/Cumans in Hungary and the relationships between Magyars and fellow Turkic peoples.
A brief aside, as chapter one is called "The Day of Kuns (Cumans)", and shows an event taking place in Karcag while the narrator speaks about Turkic lifestyle. This event is the World Cuman congress, showing Cuman culture specifically, and is different from the greater Turkic Hungarian event called "Kurultáj".
Below is a video of a Cuman Congress (Kunok Világtalálkozója). Note the markings and yellow and blue color scheme (colors of the Cuman arms) of the door on the yurt at 8:30, which corresponds to the Khazakh TV video's yurt above at 2:38.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx_YwDl0_Pw
In contrast, here is the website to the Great Kurultáj and a corresponding video:
http://kurultaj.hu/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MseSCC2lJJ0
Just in case there would be any confusion. Enjoy!
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