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This paper deals with the peculiarities and recent developments of popular culture in general and sports competitions, dance and music, particu- larly in Buryatia and other regions of significant Buryat population. Based mainly on the author's own observations it is shown how the ongoing societal changes are reflected in the activities of sportspeople, dancers and musicians. All of them are characterised by both traditional and re-traditionalised ele- ments as well as by processes of modernisation. It is shown that these at first sight contradictory features are in fact most often converging. Thus, in Buryatia today, mixing styles can be identified as one of the main and most typical char- acteristics of sports, dance, and music. This article is essentially an ethnographic report, based almost entirely on the author's personal observations. It will give a brief survey of the activities in which the majority of young people in Buryatia are engaged, as young people in Buryatia - as elsewhere - love sports, dancing, and music. I will mainly focus on the popular Buryat summer festivity Surkharban, which has attracted my interest since the very beginning of my research in the mid-1990s in the Buryat Republic and other regions of significant Buryat population. As sports events are central in celebrating the festivity, though music and dance are also important, they provide an ideal opportunity to analyse popular culture in general. In addition, I will discuss other competitions, sports activities, major holidays and public activities of the young people which have been subjects of my field observations and research. Thus the article gives an insight into the widespread and most popular leisure activities of young people in Buryatia. Surkharban is an ancient Buriat-Mongolian festivity of sports games and comprises wrestling, horse racing and archery contests, which possibly root in

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