KZBlog

An American expat living in Astana, Kazakhstan

Tag archive for ‘circus’

  • Better Than a Guard Dog

    An old story that I never got around to posting about: Apparently a circus owner from Kostanai came to Karaganda to buy a lion for his circus. That’s not unusual; there’s a zoo in Karaganda. He picked him up in a Gazelle, which is a big moving van style truck. And the lion was locked […]

  • Open Circus for Astana Day

    65 Year Old Acrobat

    Another shot of Astana Day. In the park, a group of Uzbeks set up a little circus which is my second favorite part of Astana Day. They’re usually there at other times over the summer too, so you may not have missed them. Pretty good for traveling carnival workers. They make their money by asking […]

  • Astana Day horse show at the Park

    Happy Astana Day

    Dzhigitkovka or perhaps Kyzkovka? at the Central Park in Astana on the 6th of July, which is both Astana Day and the birthday of Nursultan Nazarybayev.