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Americans groove at Burning Man Festival
Burning Man is a week-long annual event held in the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada, in the United States. The event begins on the last Monday in August, and ends on the first Monday in September, which coincides with the American Labor Day holiday. It takes its name from the ritual burning of a large wooden effigy, which is set alight on Saturday evening. The event is described as an experiment in community, art, radical self-expression, and radical self-reliance. This year the federal government issued a permit for 68,000 people from all over the world to gather at the sold out festival, which is celebrating its 27th year, to spend a week in the remote desert cut off from much of the outside world to experience art, music and the unique community that develops.

One of the roots of the annual event now known as Burning Man began as a bonfire ritual on the summer solstice in 1986 when Larry Harvey, Jerry James, and a few friends met on Baker Beach in San Francisco and burned a 9-foot (2.7-meter) wooden man as well as a smaller wooden dog. Harvey has described his inspiration for burning these effigies as a spontaneous act of "radical self-expression".

05 September 2013

Adult games on MTV Video Music Awards The anniversary 30th ceremony of MTV Video Music Awards was held on August 26. Justin Timberlake was the main star of the show after he won the Best Video with his Mirrors. The awards were also handed to Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Selena Gomez and other singers. The reunion of the 90s' popular band 'N Sync was the surprise of the night. Lady Gaga impressed the audience with her spectacular show and outfits. The scandal of the show involved Robin Thicke and young Maili Sairus who quite vulgarly imitated a coitus on the stage. The performance caused an outrage in social networks.

03 September 2013

Pro- and Anti-Mursi protesters clash in Egypt Clashes broke out in central Cairo on August 13, 2013 when supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi came under attack as they marched to the Interior Ministry, a Reuters reporter said. Supporters of the new military-installed government hurled stones at the marchers and threw bottles at them from balconies. Police then fired tear gas at the pro-Mursi protesters. Egyptian security forces killed at least 30 people on August 14 when they cleared a camp of Cairo protesters who were demanding the reinstatement of deposed President Mohamed Mursi.

14 August 2013

Bitter sweets of Turkey Before the summer vacation season Turkey frightened people off with a wave of protests. The rallies continued in some areas of Istanbul and Antalya during the season, but the tourists were not afraid.

08 August 2013

The Lone Ranger in Moscow The Lone Ranger was presented in Moscow by director Gore Verbinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer (both of them worked on Pirates of the Caribbean) and actors Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp. Hundreds of fans were waiting near the hotel where Depp was staying. Young men and women spent two hours out in the heat waiting to get a glimpse of their chief pirate at least from afar. The luckiest of them managed to get autographs and some even hugged Johnny Depp.

01 July 2013

Petrol tank truck flares near Rixos hotel in Almaty A petrol tank lorry flared up near Rixos hotel in Almaty at the crossing of Seifullin and Kabanbay Batyr streets after crashing into an offroader on June 27. The truck’s driver died at the accident site because his door got jammed and he could not get out of the truck before the petrol inflamed. The fire moved on to the RealSport sports shop, and #138 Kabanbay Batyr residential building. According to the rescuers, 40 people were evacuated from the building. No other casualties were reported.

01 July 2013

Lionel Messi's explicit photoshoot Forward of Barcelona FC and Argentinean national team Lionel Messi took part in an advertisement campaign of the Italian brand Dolce&Gabbana;. Black-n-White photos were made by Domenico Dolce. The photos are not very modest, as the footballer poses in his underwear on most of them.

26 June 2013

Sky over Le Bourget Paris Air Show was held in France on June 17-23. The exhibition included old and new civil and military aircrafts. This year the show was participated by over 40 companies from around the world and multi-million contracts were signed. The event was covered by hundreds of journalists. Airbus-380 took off on the first day of the show. This is a wide-body double-deck turbo-jet passenger aircraft. It is considered the biggest serial aircraft in the world. Russia demonstrated both passenger and military aircrafts. Kazakhstan took part in Le Bourget for the first time. It was represented by Embraer-190 Amina owned by Air Astana.

26 June 2013

The Spirit of Tengri -- The First International Festival of Contemporary Ethnic Music The festival gathered musicians from around Eurasia in Almaty. Guttural singing, ethno-rock and ethno-jazz, shaman chants, babble of birds and howl of a wold: the music dazzled and take the audience back to the roots.

10 June 2013

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Shaken's Stars-2013 Almaty International Film Festival
Iranian movie Daughter…father…daughter received the Grand Prix of the Shaken’s Stars Almaty International Film Festival. The award of the festival’s Directorate was given to Kazakhstan filmmaker Mirgalym Yessirkepov for his movie Three Steps Up. A special jury prize was awarded to Ainur Ismailova for her short movie Father. Filmmaker Aliya Mustafina received the prize of KazakhFilm studio: a chance to shoot a short movie. The award for the best debut was given to Japanese filmmaker Tatsuya Yamamoto for Kamihate Store.

This year festival’s program included 55 movies from Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Spain, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, China, Russia, Japan and other countries. Kazakhstan was represented by 8 movies: Father by Ainur Ismailova, Who is Guilty by Baurzhan Zhakhanuly, An Artist by Murat Bilyaluly, Three Steps Up by Mirgalym Yessirkepov, Born to Paint by Kambar Yesmukhanov, The Myth about Tepoztecatl by Yekaterina Rogova, Zhenya by Zhanna Rakhumberdiyeva and Sticks by Nurlan Zhunussov. The jury included the president of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Jean Roy, actor and filmmaker Javed Jaffrey and editor-in-chief of KazakhFilm studio Didar Amantai.

05 June 2013

Floods in Europe Torrential rain in Central and Western Europe caused heavy flooding, forcing people to evacuate their homes.

05 June 2013

Disneyland: A trip to childhood Orlando Disneyland gathers tourists from all around the world all year round. The Magic Kingdom, one of four amesuement parks, is the most popular place among children and adults. The park has an atmosphere of magic and celebration. Visitors can see performances of their favorite cartoon characters and buy souvenirs.

05 June 2013

After Earth in Saint-Petersburg Hollywood actor Will Smith and his 14-y.o. son Jaden came to Saint-Petersburg to present a new sci-fi movie After Earth. The blockbuster has been on screens in Kazakhstan since June 6.

31 May 2013

3rd flower festival Almaty-Gul Kala The 3rd festival of flowers called Almaty-Gul Kala (Almaty city of flowers) was held in Almaty.

27 May 2013

Denis Ten and His Friends ice show Denis Ten's show with world figure skating stars lasted for two hours in Almaty. They skated their famous programs and new ones that were developed specially for the ice show in Kazakhstan. The show was participated by Tatyana Totmyanina and Maksim Marinin, Brian Joubert, Fiona Zaldua and Dmitriy Shukhanov, Carolina Kostner, Nelli Zhiganshina and Aleksander Gazhi, Oleksei Polischuk and Vladimir Besedin, Stephane Lambiel, Irina Slutskaya, Sergey Yakimenko and Tomas Verner.

27 May 2013

Cannes-2013. Red carpet The Cannes Festival-2013 was held on May 15-26, 2013. Famous filmmaker Steven Spielberg chaired the jury this year.

24 May 2013

International rescue seminar The 18th international seminar of rescue teams Kazspas-2013 was held at Kazakhstan Emergency Situations Ministry’s training site Astana Rocky City in Almaty oblast. During 10 days rescue teams from Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Belarus, Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan competed in rescue operations and rendering first aid. They had to advance through a race with natural and artificial barriers imitating different emergency situations.

22 May 2013

David Beckham. A legendary career May 16, 2013 the midfielder of Paris Saint-Germain announced his intention to finish his professional career in the end of the season. Thanking his club for the chance to play at a high level this year, the 38-y.o. Englishman stressed that the time was ripe for him to finish his career.

17 May 2013

Green power plants in Zhambyl oblast of Kazakhstan Construction of a new hydro electric power plant has been completed in Zhambyl oblast. The oblast will soon also get solar and wind power plants. Renewable energy sources will produce around 40 percent of the region's energy by 2015.

17 May 2013