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Goat polo, tug-of-war as Central Asia readies for Nomad Games 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

Doctor of Historical Sciences from Kazakhstan explains country's large territory According to Doctor of Historical Sciences Kanat Uskenbai, today Kazakhstan occupies the large territory thanks to its ancestors, who were nomads.

30 июля 2015

UNESCO recognizes Kazakh yurt and kuy as cultural heritage of humankind The UNESCO has included the art of Kazakh dombra kuy and traditional knowledge and skills in Kazakh and Kyrgyz yurt into the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

08 декабря 2014

Teenager ties himself to horse and survives four days in Kazakh steppe A teenager from a remote Kazakh village has survived four days in the steppe with no food or water. He spent the days on horseback, just like the nomads of the times long past.

25 ноября 2014

Efforts to preserve rare nomad dog breed in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan is stepping up its efforts to preserve the nearly extinct tazy dog breed.

29 сентября 2014

First World Nomad Games draw crowds World Nomad Games in Kyrgyzstan gave thousands of visitors a taste of real nomadic spirit of competition.

22 сентября 2014

Golden Princess found 2 years ago finally shown to public The most significant archaeological find in Kazakhstan has finally been presented to the anxiously waiting public.

10 сентября 2014

Reconstruction shows how ancient Scythian 'Princess' discovered in Kazakhstan looked like Western Kazakhstani archaeologists finally displayed the exclusive artifacts found in the ancient noble woman burial site discovered in 2012 and presented the reconstructed garment of the Golden Woman.

18 августа 2014

Production of Kazakh national Talkan dish launched Production of Talkan - a Kazakh national dish made from sprouted wheat - has been launched in Kazakhstan for the first time ever.

01 декабря 2013

Premium class yurts sold in U.S. for $75 thousand American company Rainier sells premium class yurts in the United States.

01 ноября 2012

Yurta village hotel in the south of Norway A new hotel, a peculiar collection of yurta homes, was built in the south of Norway.

16 ноября 2011

PHOTO: Nomad civilization festival to be held in Astana until July 6 Nomad civilization festival called Millenniums around Astana will be held in Kazakhstan capital on July 3-6.

05 июля 2011