Kazakh Dancing, Kara Jorga Style! Across culturesKazakhstanMusic, Art & CinemaTopics of the World March 27, 2013 5 Қара Жорға (Qara Jorga) is a popular dance song in Kazakhstan. My first connection with it is [...]
What is the biggest Kazakh sport? KazakhstanSportTopics of the World March 8, 2013 1 When people ask about Kazakh sports, the first thing that comes to mind is kokpar. Often described [...]
Zhana Zhilinmen! Celebrating the New (Calendar) Year in Kazakhstan KazakhstanTopics of the World January 16, 2013 3 It’s December 31. As I stamp my feet and shake snow off in the entrance to old [...]
First blog post roundup of the year Blogs of the WorldIndiaKazakhstanSouth KoreaVietnam January 8, 2013 We welcome 2013 with some interesting writing from our contributors‘ personal blogs. Happy New Year! Celia, our [...]
Picture Postcards: Water around the world- Kazakhstan KazakhstanTopics of the World January 6, 2013 Happy New Year! This month we are looking at water around the world and we kick off [...]
Picture Postcards: Doorway in Mongolia KazakhstanTopics of the World December 17, 2012 One of our newest contributors, Celia from Kazakhstan, has taken this sweet photo of a little boy [...]
From our contributors: week of November 26 ArgentinaBlogs of the WorldIndiaJapanKazakhstan November 27, 2012 Here’s what some of our contributors have written lately on their personal blogs: Mike, our contributor from [...]
What to Name Your Kazakh Baby KazakhstanPeopleTopics of the World November 7, 2012 7 In a recent group post we wrote about traditions for naming children in different countries. In today’s [...]
Kazakhstan found in translation Blogs of the WorldKazakhstan October 5, 2010 Translator Astana is the blog of Snezhana, who is a Russian, English and French translator in Astana, [...]
Take another look at Kazakhstan Blogs of the WorldKazakhstan September 2, 2010 4 Kazakh Nomad shows ‘A Westerner’s view of Kazakhstan’. It’s written by American teacher who would like to [...]