Kazakhstan News » Almaty News Kazakhstan » Almaty » Culture: Living Tradition or National Myth? Kazakh Artist Questions Kazakhstan’s Cultural Memory
But can traditions truly be known without living them? Seeking answers beyond archives and history books, Kazakh artist Radina Yassuyeva spent a year living in a yurt on the steppe, experiencing the ...
News Kazakhstan » Almaty » Culture: Kazakhstan: Uyghurs striving to preserve culture amid Digital Age pressures
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: 120th Birth Anniversary of Latif Khamidi Celebrates Pioneer of Kazakhstan’s Professional Musical Culture
The 120th anniversary of the birth of composer, educator and public figure Latif Khamidi (1906-1976) is being marked on July 17. One of the leading figures in the formation of Kazakhstan’s ...
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: UNESCO Regional Office in Almaty, Teach for Qazaqstan and TeachersLab Continue to Advance Teacher Leadership in Kazakhstan
The session was organized by UNESCO Regional Office in Almaty in partnership with Teach for Qazaqstan and TeachersLab, marking another step in the partners’ ongoing collaboration to strengthen ...
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: 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 ...