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In a melee of hooves and hands, a scrum of horseriders on the plains of Central Asia wrestle to get control of the ball.

• 29 августа 2016, 14:43

Heading Down Under where locals are "dry as a dead dingo's donger" and beachgoers don "budgie smugglers"?

• 25 августа 2016, 17:19

Residents of Scotland's remote Shetland Islands brandishing swords and shields celebrated their Nordic roots in a fest that culminated in burning of a Viking ship replica.

• 27 января 2016, 16:35

Japanese Buddhist monks strutted their stuff in a contest highlighting sutra chanting skills, giving funeral sermons and loud karate chops.

• 09 декабря 2015, 17:41

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the USA have issued the Joint Declaration of Partnership and Cooperation.

• 23 ноября 2015, 15:50

Principal dancers of world famous Mariinsky Theater Oksana Skorik and Yevgeniy Ivanchenko came to Astana.

• 03 ноября 2015, 00:58

NoreumMachi, a South Korean musical band, is performing at Astana Opera for the first time as a part of the International Silk Way Festival.

• 30 сентября 2015, 14:42

In an industrial zone among the hills of Galilee in northern Israel, a ponytailed sociologist with an intolerance for gluten explained what he was up to: beer made with chickpeas and dates.

• 28 сентября 2015, 16:26

Agatha Christie fans have descended on her hometown of Torquay on the English Riviera for the 125th anniversary of the murder master's birth.

• 16 сентября 2015, 15:26

Karachi, Pakistan's biggest and most diverse city, was once home to a famous nightclub scene where alcohol flowed freely and luminaries from the world of jazz played to packed crowds eager for a taste of Western culture.

• 11 сентября 2015, 14:39

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) rated 140 cities by livability. Kazakhstan's Almaty got the 100th place.

• 20 августа 2015, 16:55

Kerbez folk ensemble of Semey Phillarmonic Hall named after Amre Kashaubayev in eastern Kazakhstan will perform in Paris.

• 10 августа 2015, 12:36

He has been to 25 countries over these last six months. Arman Aubakirov told Tengrinews about his adventures and impression from the trip as well as gave advices on how to plan the journey..

• 07 августа 2015, 16:28

Kazakhstani Buddy Bear has appeared at The Minis United Buddy Bears exhibition in Kazan, Russia.

• 06 августа 2015, 19:39

Kazakh cinema is on the high wave but not everyone in the country is happy.

• 27 июля 2015, 16:05

The UN's cultural body conferred world heritage status on a number of new sites including some seen as representative of Japan's industrial revolution.

• 06 июля 2015, 11:04

Russian Dmitry Masleyev won first prize for the piano at the prestigious Tchaikovsky international music competition in Moscow.

• 02 июля 2015, 11:33

Throat singing from Mountain Shoriya has met Kazakhstani electro at The Spirit of Tengri 2015.

• 12 июня 2015, 15:52

President of Kazakhstan speaks harsh words about the current state of culture, in which social networks and the Internet undermine moral principles and spirituality.

• 10 июня 2015, 19:59

A fountain called Su Peri (in English, Mermaid) has been opened in Almaty on the Lovers Day or Kozy Korpesh and Bayan Sulu Day that Kazakhstan celebrates on April 15.

• 14 мая 2015, 06:16