Culture
- Yurts Are High Fashion and Slum Fashion Too
2011-12-05 - Apples, Sure. But THC is from Kazakhstan too?
2011-10-05 - Naked Man Pot
2011-09-23
- Yurts Are High Fashion and Slum Fashion Too
Resources
- Oh, CNN
2012-07-21 - What Do You Know About Kazakhstan?
2012-07-19 - Books for Kazakh Students
2011-11-06
- Oh, CNN
Politics
- Image
2011-07-28 - Sub Rosa Endorsement
2011-07-26 - The Naked Truth
2011-06-12
- Image
News
- KZBlog is going down
2013-09-10 - Oh, CNN
2012-07-21 - Repentence
2012-07-15
- KZBlog is going down
Fun
- What Do You Know About Kazakhstan?
2012-07-19 - Yurts Are High Fashion and Slum Fashion Too
2011-12-05 - House Hunters Bishkek
2011-12-02
- What Do You Know About Kazakhstan?
Tourism
- Asian Games Torch
2011-01-12 - Wikitravel
2010-08-07 - ALZHIR, the Soviets and Democracy
2010-07-30
- Asian Games Torch
Life in KZ
- Photo Gallery: Almaty Subway
2011-12-07 - Healthcare and the Private Sector
2011-11-30 - Naked Man Pot
2011-09-23
- Photo Gallery: Almaty Subway
Redbubble
Tag archive for ‘праздники’
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Astana Day
Haven’t been posting lately as I have been on summer break. Look forward to a lot of travelogue posts about my adventures in Big Almaty Lake, Korgalzhino, Burabay, and Aktau. However my vacation began with horses and dzhigits. A few of my favorite shots of the Astana Day celebrations, one of my favorite holidays because […]
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Astana Day Schedule
Finally tracked down the Schedule of Events for Astana Day in English. My biggest disappointment is that it looks like they have replaced the Kazakh horse sports with a show jumping competition. Seriously, I wait all year to go to the Hippodrome and see the kokpar, the races and of course the kyz kui and […]
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Nauryz Nauryz!
Happy Nauryz! On the 22nd of March will be the vernal equinox, the Persian-Muslim New Year, the Kazakhstan national holiday Nauryz! One of my favorite holidays here because it’s one of the few where they do more than just make a big concert of alternating pop hits and old Kazakh songs. The same songs every […]
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Happy Holidays
As you might have surmised, I took a holiday break to go home and see my family. During that time, work of any kind was forbidden. Still haven’t gotten back on track, as I am realizing that I am spreading myself kind of thin. And people always want to take up more of my time […]
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Sheep Head Isn’t Bad Either
By sheer coincidence I had another culinary adventure this weekend. I had heard of the tradition of cutting бас, a sheep’s head on major occasions. On large holidays such as a wedding or a major job promotion or even on Nauryz, a family may choose to slaughter a sheep. While the meat is taken for […]
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International Women’s Day
Happy International Women’s Day! The President of Kazakhstan had a celebratory meeting yesterday with prominent women of the republic to congratulate them on the holiday. One of the funnier moments for those watching on Khabar at any rate, was that the head of the NurOtan party (a man) was also sitting there. A table full […]
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The National Anthem, Live!
To symbolize the revitalization of this blog, I am going to be liveblogging an event I have stumbled into. As soon as I find out what that event is, I’ll be writing it down here. I start with a question: Why are there hundreds of school children (EDIT: I am told that they are in […]
