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Driving east out of Almaty, skyscrapers and American-style malls gradually give way to modest apartment blocks, unassuming mom-and-pop shops, and greasy-spoon restaurants. But every summer, the ...
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » Culture: Could Almaty’s Contemporary Art Museum Mark a New Era for Kazakhstan?
The opening of the Almaty Museum may signal a turning point for Kazakhstan’s cultural ambitions. Photo: Alexey Poptsov Like dervishes, dancers turned in circles in their white and rainbow kimonos in ...
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » Culture: Asif Khan, Zaure Aitayeva, and NAAW invoke sky and earth at Tselinny Center of Contemporary Culture in Almaty, Kazakhstan
Visitors saunter from Kabanbay Batyr Street—Almaty, Kazakhstan’s “Broadway”—into the new Tselinny Center of Contemporary Culture designed by Asif Khan. The building serves as a terminus on the ...
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » Culture: Book 'Olzhas Suleimenov Through Eyes of Azerbaijan' presented at int'l forum [PHOTOS]
On 26 May 2026, the 7th International Forum for the Rapprochement of Cultures of Eurasia, themed “Ambassador of His Own Earth”, commenced in Almaty, Kazakhstan, AzerNEWS reports.
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » Culture: Reviving Uyghur Culture In Kazakhstan, One 'Reel' At A Time
PRAGUE -- Said Maximov is trying to bring a Silicon Valley start-up mindset to help solve the problem of keeping Uyghur culture and traditions alive in Central Asia. The 36-year-old entrepreneur with ...
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » Culture: Kazakhstan Strengthens Its Fashion Diplomacy With Visa Fashion Week Almaty
For the world’s largest landlocked country, Kazakhstan is making some big waves in geopolitics. Ancient trade routes between China, India, Russia and “the West” positioned this nation as a keystone ...
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » Culture: Int'l conference marking 100th anniversary of First Baku Turkological Congress opens in Almaty [PHOTOS]
On 21 May 2026, the International Conference on Turkology entitled “The Legacy of the First Baku Turkology Congress and the Turkic World in the 21st Century” commenced in Almaty, one of Kazakhstan’s ...
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » Culture: Kazakhstan’s national identity is deeply connected to its food culture
This article was written by Nazerke Kurmangazinova for Vlast.kz. An edited version is published on Global Voices under a media partnership agreement. After studying Kazakhstan’s food culture and ...
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » Culture: Kazakhstan Prioritizes Tourism Growth, Backs Almaty Superski Project
ASTANA — Kazakhstan is intensifying efforts to develop tourism as a strategic sector of the economy, with officials highlighting the need for modern, environmentally responsible infrastructure and ...