Akbaur Grotto, Kazakhstan

Akbaur Grotto is inside a granite hill that resembles a pyramid. A climb up 20 fee of natural, step-like folds symbolized stairs that connect the physical realm to the supernatural realm. A natural opening in the grotto resembles the Shangiraq roof opening of a yrt. As the sun makes its daily course across the heavens. It rays enter the grotto and illuminate the 80 Pictographs depicting ancient Kazakh mythology and cosmology.

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Contained in galleries: THE SOUL OF KAZAKHSTAN

Akbaur Grotto is inside a granite hill that resembles a pyramid. A climb up 20 fee of natural, step-like folds symbolized stairs that connect the physical realm to the supernatural realm. A natural opening in the grotto resembles the Shangiraq roof opening of a yrt. As the sun makes its daily course across the heavens. It rays enter the grotto and illuminate the 80 Pictographs depicting ancient Kazakh mythology and cosmology.