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  • The Almaty studio of Artists Amangul Ikhanova and Zhangir Umbetov reflects the profusion of activities and media they work in: weaving, painting, sculpting and jewelry making.  The studio also recreates a microcosm of Kazakh culture, with the musical Dombra instruments and the sacred wolf hide hanging on the wall and the Dastarqan laid out with food.  This husband-and-wife team have created a unique Kazakh art form, called Kushkon, in which they dye leather and create a work that is both suclpture and painting.  The concepts for most of their kpieces are drawn from Tengrism, Shamanism, Sufism and Soroastrianism.  They are both from the Qizilorda region of Kazakhstan
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  • Ancient tribes used animals as symbols on their weapons, clothing and textile patterns.  The Saka dagger on the left, made of metoeorite iron, features Griffins and dates to the 3rd century B.C.  The center dagger features a horse, and the dagger at right a ram, both are bronze from the Semensk-Turbinsk culture in the 12th to 10th centuries B.C.  East Kazakhstan Regional Historical Museum, Oskemen
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  • Central Kyoto, a blend of modern and traditional architecture.  For more than a thousand years from 794 A.D., Kyoto was the imperial capital of Japan, and the center of Japanese culture and civilization.                 There are 231 Shinto shrines, 1,540 Buddhist temples, 30 of which are the headquarters of different sects.
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  • The center for Arab and Islamic culture is being carefully restored in Old Havana.  Historically the Arab population has been Morocan, Palestenian and Syrian.
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  • Weaving Silk Theatre Curtain for the Kameyama Cultural Center in Mie prefecture.  The image is of a snow scene from a woodblock print by Hiroshige Ago Ando from his series "The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido".  The curtain is 7 meters high and 16.5 meters wide and took 120 days to weave.  Kawashima Textile Factory, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Zhumabai Mukhanov demonstrates traditional sheep shearing to Nursaltan Zhumabaev and Farida Sametova in the village of Shieli in Qiqiliorda.  The shears, called Kyryktyk, are the same as those used in other nomadic cultures.
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  • Kiyomizu-dera, one of Kyoto's most famous temples, was built at the end of the 8th century.  The veranda extending from the main hall, supported by 139 pillars, has a spectacular view of Kyoto.  Kiyomizu-dera is designated a National Treasure and Important Cultural Property
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  • Kiyomizu-dera, one of Kyoto's most famous temples, was built at the end of the 8th century.  The veranda extending from the main hall, supported by 139 pillars, has a spectacular view of Kyoto.  Kiyomizu-dera is designated a National Treasure and Important Cultural Property
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  • Besikke Salu, or "Putting in the Cradle," is a ceremony for blessing a new baby.  This entails placing the infant in its cradle and, to ensure blessings, putting a small mirror or brush under the pillow for a baby girl or a whip and knife for a boy.  A burning sprig of sage or a flame, as pictured here, is passed over the cradle as a symbol of cleansing, life and protection.  A grandmother then pinches the baby's nose to make it cry, which assures a calm, deep sleep afterwards.  Arailym Sametova is the baby being blessed here.  Her mother, Gulmarzhan Ikhanova, is at left, and the Godmother, Galiya Usenbaeva, is the young woman behind the cradle.
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  • Kazakh grandmother ties a cord around the ankles of the toddler marking the first step  Shieli, Kazakhstan
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  • Traditional Japanese Dance preparation, Pontocho Kaburenjo Theater, Japan
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  • Kazakh mothers and toddler's first step ritual, Kazakhstan
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  • Jinayderiah Camel Market
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  • 76 year old Koto teacher Toshiko Fukumori with 8 year old student Kazuko Kishimoto. The Koto is a 13 string horizontal harp a traditional Japanese instrument still popular in Kyoto. Gion district of Kyoto, Japan
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  • Seventeen year old Tadaichi Iwahashi, apprentice monk rakes the zen garden at Ryoanji, a Zen temple in Kyoto.  The rock and sand garden embodies Japanese aesthetics-nature at its simplest, art at  its most refined. Japan
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  • Seventeen year old Tadaichi Iwahashi, apprentice monk, rakes the zen garden at Ryoanji, a Zen temple in Kyoto.  The rock and sand garden embodies Japanese aesthetics-nature at its simplest, art at  its most refined. Japan
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  • Shaikh of the Shammar tribe on the left in charge of establishing a permanent Bedouin settlement at Al Murut in the Nafud Desert, Saudi Arabia
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  • Camel Market held at the Annual Camel Race in Jinayderiah, Saudi Arabia
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  • Dance at the wedding celebration of Mohammed Alerq. Dahna Sands, Saudi Arabia
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  • Rest stop while the Bedu are migrating. A tarp is put up as shelter from the sun.  Tents are pitched only when the Bedouin are staying in one place for a few days.
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  • Souwad, Bedouin market, El Fayoum Oasis, Egypt
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  • Souwad, Bedouin market, El Fayoum oasis, Egypt
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  • Camel Traders, Souq El Gimaal, Cairo, Egypt
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  • Pre-wedding feast honoring Mohammed Alerq, the groom. Al Amrah and Alerq of the Al Murrah tribe. The meal for this special occasion is camel meat and rice. Dahna Sands, Saudi Arabia
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  • Al Amrah Elders in the desert of Saudi Arabia
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  • Shakbak-Ata Zoroastrian Temple, Kazakhstan
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  • Heian Shrine, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Traditional Japanese greeting, guest presenting hostess a gift, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Nomads camped in a summer pasture (Dzhailyau) near Khan Tengri, 6994 meters, in the Tien Shan mountains.
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  • Musical performance with traditional folk instruments and costumes takes place in Yurt in the village of Shieli in the Qizilorda region, Kazakhstan.
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  • Nobotokean tea ceremony,tea master Ueda Roshiro, near guest Sachiko Matsumoto, guest in background Michiko Ueda Kyoto, Japan
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  • Pagodas at the Hosso Buddhist Yakushiji Temple point to the sun rising over Nara, the city that became Japan's first permanent capital in A.D. 710. The three-storied pagodas were built with mokoshi, inter-story pent roofs.
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  • Traditional Japanese Dance preparation, Pontocho Kaburenjo Theater, Japan
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  • Traditional Japanese greeting arriving at home, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Woman shopping for bedding in the souq.  There are colorful futons, blankets, quilts to choose from. Sakaka, Saudi Arabia
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  • Shammar women wear decorative tattoos on their faces and hands. Here they play with their children. The Nafud, Saudi Arabia
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  • Shammer woman with her baby in their tent in The Nafud, Saudi Arabia.
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  • Making coffee and tea, King Khalid Military Academy, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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  • Traditional Japanese Dance preparation, Pontocho Kaburenjo Theater
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  • Winter full moon near a Bedouin encampment in central Saudi Arabia.
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  • Pagodas of the Hosso Buddhist Yakushiji Temple point to the sun rising over Nara, the city that became Japan's first permanent capital in A.D. 710. The three-storied pagodas were built with mokoshi, inter-story pent roofs.
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  • Abdullah Al Atteig provides the Bedouin with herbs, pigments, spices, thread and weaving supplies at his shop in Sakakah.
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  • King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King of Saudi Arabia. King Abdullah cherishes the desert and has high regard for Bedouin traditions.
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  • The Bedouin wash before and after eating.  They take special care to be clean and regularly put on perfume after washing.
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  • Shammar ladies with children in encampment in the Nafud Desert.  Handwoven goat's hair tent strap in the foreground.
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  • Rest stop while the Bedu are migrating. A tarp is put up as shelter from the sun.  Tents are pitched only when the Bedouin are staying in one place for a few days.
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  • Shaikh Hamad bin Amer Alerq drinking coffee, ever present, even during the hottest part of the day, Al Murrah in the Dahana Sands, Saudi Arabia
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  • Tent dividing wall, Ruwag, woven of black goat hair. It is a good morning greeting woven by an Al Amrah Bedouin lady. Dahana Sands, Saudi Arabia
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  • Pre-wedding feast honoring Mohammed Alerq, the groom. Al Amrah and Alerq of the Al Murrah tribe. The meal for this special occasion is camel meat and rice. Dahna Sands, Saudi Arabia
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  • St. Lucia. Polaroid Spectra
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  • Jizo statue in the Sanzen-in Temple gardens. Sanzen-in Temple was built in 985 by the Tendai priest Genshin. Ohara, rural town north of Kyoto, Japan
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  • Portrait of Hulla Greeyet, of the Shammar tribe, herding sheep in the Nafud Desert.
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  • Seven year old Anoud, daughter of Mohammed Al Amrah, holding a bundle of camel wool to be used for weaving. Dahana Sands, Saudi Arabia
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  • Abdul Mehsen bin Fetais Albhaih Almarri, a poet of the Albhih clan of the Almarri tribe visiting from Qatar.  With the Al Amrah in the Dahana Sands, Saudi Arabia
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  • Ruwag (dividing wall) detail woven by an Al Amrah lady of a plane, camel and car. Woven and dyed goat hair. Dahana Sands, Saudi Arabia
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  • Al Amrah migration in the Dahana Sands.  The 1,400 camels and 700 sheep, goats and horses leave about one and a half hours before the caravan of trucks and jeeps. Saudi Arabia
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  • Henna for sale in the souq. It is used to condition and tint the hair and decorate the hands.
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  • Shrines for children along the Philosophical Passageway, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Breakfast with the Shammar tribe.  Tomatoes, onions, macaroni and a crepe-like bread for dipping. Nafud Desert, Saudi Arabia
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  • Morning after the wedding celebration for Mohammed Alerq. Dahna Sands, Saudi Arabia
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  • Light from oil rig flare backlights a Bedouin tent in southern Arabia.
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  • High school students having final archery examination at the Butokudan Hall.  It is the oldest standing martial arts training hall in Japan. Built in 1895 opened 1899   Kyoto, Japan
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  • A tree by an isolated mountain stream is covered by prayer cloths.  They represent the Kazakh belief that the tree of life connects mother earth and the great spirit.  People always choose trees near water - especially moving water - and often in the mountains, for this ritual.  Both factors are believed to bring the prayers nearer to god.
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  • A young dancer takes a break at a traditional performance in Panfilov Park near downtown Almaty.
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  • Raushan Auezova, the bride, and her attendants Madina and Shynar begin the "unveiling of the bride," the part of the wedding called the Betashar, at a traditional Kazakh marriage ceremony.
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  • Raigul Akhmetzhanova learned traditional  Chi making (reeds wrapped with wool) from elderly Kazakh women.  She uses the age-old technique to express her modern art.
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  • Ballerinas performing in Swan Lake at the Palace of the Republic, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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  • Gulzhan Tutkibaeva seems to defy gravity in her stage entrance.  She is a peoples's artist of the republic of Kazakhstan and a Prima Ballerina of the Kazakh State Theater of Opera and Ballet, also know as the Abay Theater of Opera and Ballet.
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  • Autumn is an especially beautiful season in Japan, creating tableau's like this mix of carp and maple leaves in the pond at the Sanzen-in Temple in Kyoto. Sanzen-in's Ojo-Gokuraku-in (Amida Hall), which means Temple of Rebirth in Paradise, was first built in 985 by tendai preist Genshin.
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  • Sheikh Jaber Alamrah keeping an eye on his herd of camels in the Dahana Sands, Saudi Arabia
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  • Sheikh Jaber Alamrah with one of his white camels in Hafar Al-Batin, Saudi Arabia
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  • Miss Yumi Tsutsui "Miss Nippon" "Miss Kimono" in the gardens of Shozan kimono weaving company in Kinugasa Kitaku area of Kyoto, Japan
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  • Rasid Sakhefan of the Al Marri with fresh camels milk in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia.
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  • Kazakh horsemen have earned a reputation as skilled and powerful riders that stretches back generations and millennia.  Children start riding when they are around three years old.  In this Bayge contest, young men race each other over rugged terrain for a preset distance. Furious, wild, exuberant and fearless - these are the characteristics of Kazakh horsemanship.
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  • "Prayer cloths on the memorial in Narynkol near the sacred mountain Khan-Tengri venerate Raiymebek, a Kazakh warrior who fought the Dzungars (Mongols) in the 1700s.  His name became  a battle cry for his tribe, the Alban.  We came upon this memorial on the day before we were to return to the United States after finishing our last shoot, fittingly, at the summit of Khan-Tengri.  I had carried a prayer cloth with me during the yer we photographed in Kazakhstan and still had it wih me.  I tied my prayer cloth to the memorial; and as my wife, Patti, and I drove away, a double-rainbow formed over the Steppes, a fitting marker after a remarkable year of discovery."
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  • Besikke Salu, or "Putting in the cradle," is a ceremony for blessing a new baby.  This entails placing the infant in its cradle and , to ensure blessings, putting a small mirror or brush under the pillow for a baby girl or a whip and knife for a boy.  A burning sprig of sage or a flame, as picutred here, is passed over the cradle as a symbol of cleansing, life and protection.  a grandmother then pinches the baby's nose to make it cry, which assures a calm, deep sleep afterwards.  Arailym Sametova is the baby being blessed here. Her mother, Gulmarzhan Ikhanova, is at left, and the godmother, Galiya Usenbaeva, is the young woman behind the cradle.
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  • Eternal Flame commemorating Kazakh soliders who gave their lives deafting the Nazis during the Great War, Panfilov Park, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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  • Honoring ancestors is an important practice in traditional Kazakh faiths.  This sacrifice of a sheep at the "Tree of Life" was part of the ritual to mark the passing of Zhangir Umbetov's father.  Afterwards, a portion of the meat of the sheep is given to each guest.  The ritual is about the affirmation of life not loss, and the acknowledgment that one's spirit lives on.
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  • Zaure Imankulova is known as "The people's healer" in the village of Pokrovka.  When she was a young girl in Qizilorda, rabbi Levi Schneerslon taught her.  During her univeristy studies she became a leadr in the students' communist party and began to espouse atheism.  Years later while working in a clinic, she discovered she had healing powers beyond conventional medical practices and was able to heal a number of patients.  A few months later in a dream, a holy man from the 17th century told her that she must use this special gift to heal people.  She moved to Pokrovka and followed that admonition.
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  • "The afternoon we spent photographing the temple at Shakbak-Ata, we were privileged to watch a wonderful ritual unfold.  In the valley just below us , craftsmen were completing a lovely new mausoleum.  As they laid the final piece of gleaming white marble in place, a bus pulled up.  This in intself was surprise because the drive to this site was over an extremely rough and rocky track.  Out of the bus poured relatives: men, women and children, here to examine, approve, admire and videotape the new memorial .  After they were satisfied with their inspection, they set up a spot to cook dinner to celebrate the completion of the mausoleum."
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  • "Prayer cloths on the memorial in Narynkol near the sacred mountain Khan-Tengri venerate Raiymebek, a Kazakh warrior who fought the Dzungars (Mongols) in the 1700s.  His name became  a battle cry for his tribe, the Alban.  We came upon this memorial on the day before we were to return to the United States after finishing our last shoot, fittingly, at the summit of Khan-Tengri.  I had carried a prayer cloth with me during the yer we photographed in Kazakhstan and still had it wih me.  I tied my prayer cloth to the memorial; and as my wife, Patti, and I drove away, a double-rainbow formed over the Steppes, a fitting marker after a remarkable year of discovery."
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  • Muslim women pray at the Auezov jubilee celebrations at Borli-Aul in eastern Kazakhstan.
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  • This handsome, modern mosque in Almaty was given to the people of Kazakhstan by Egypt and its President, Hosni Mubarrak.  The Egyptians also are helping plan an islamic university complex around the mosque.
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  • Svyato-Voznesensky cathedral is commonly called Zendkov cathedral after it builder, Andre Zenkov.  The Russian Orthodox edifice is in Almaty's Panfilov park.  Its construction, begun in 1904, is entirely of wood without the use of nails.  It was used as a natural history museum during the Soviet Era.  At 56 meters ( 184 feet)  its one of the tallest wooden buildings in the world.  It survived the earthquake of 1911 that devastated Almaty.
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  • These scenes in Zenkov Cathedral reflect the fact that faiths of all peoples are once again free to be practiced and are drawing people back to islam, christianity, judaism, shamanism, sufism, tengrism and zoroastrianism throughout the country.
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  • These scenes in Zenkov Cathedral reflect the fact that faiths of all peoples are once again free to be practiced and are drawing people back to islam, christianity, judaism, shamanism, sufism, tengrism and zoroastrianism throughout the country.
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  • Kokpar is a dramatic game in which two groups of 15-20 riders each struggle to keep possession of a two-year-old headless goat.  The winning team is awarded a feast of the goat.  It is also known as Buzkashi, anda a variation is to try to propel the goat carcass from the place of the competition to one's own home.  The game is played on special occassions like this festival in the village of Zhidebai, and is another contest  that was traditionally intended to strengthen a warrior's skills.
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  • Tenge-Alu, or "Picking up Coins," is a game in which a handkerchief is filled with money and placed on the ground.  A skilled rider gallops at breakneck speed, leans down and tries to snatch up the prize. Shieli
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  • Abdulkhak Turlybayev is known as 'The Eagle Man' because of his mastery of these magnificent creatures.  Kazakhs call men like Mr. Turlybayev 'Qusbegi,' or 'Lord of the Birds.'  Watching him work with his eagle quickly made me understand that what he has and feels transcends 'skill' - it rises to 'relationship.'  Kazakhs revere the golden eagle in part because they fly so high and close to the sun.  Pilots have reported seein them as high as 20,000 feet.
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  • Tuime (button).  19th century. Silver, gilt, grain. stamping and embossing.  Western Kazakhstan.  Central State Museum, Almaty
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  • Bilezik (braclet).  19th century.  Silver, Cornelian, Gilt, Grain, Stamping and Embossing.   Western Kazakhstan.  Central State Museum, Almaty
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  • These reproductions of battle-axes dating from the 16th to the 17th centuries are examples of the authenticism achieved in the medieval weapons crated by the Koulmanov brothers.
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  • Ishik ( Woman's fur coat ).  Early 19th century.  Swan's down covered with silk and velvet.  Fringed silk shawl.  The coat belonged to the sister of Chokan Valikanov (Shoqan Ualikanov), the explorer travler and scholar who was a grandson of the last khan of the Middle Horde.  Central State Museum. Almaty
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  • Sensen Ton (man's fur coat).  Early 20th century.  Sheepskin coat lined with fur, colored with pomegranate aril.  Mangyshlak, western Kazakhstan.  Central State Museum, Almaty
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  • From left, Zhargak Shalbar (man's trousers), 1886.  Chomois, Silk-stitch embroidery, Zhaumen district, southern Kazakhstan: Kemer Belkik (man's belt).  Early 20th century.  Leather, silver plate: Etik (man's boots).  Early 20th century.  Chois, handmade.  Taldykorgan region, eastern Kazakhstan.  Central State Museum, Almaty
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  • Zakiya Akai-Kyzy is a practicing atytorney besides being a master embroiderer and Chi artist.  Her work is a good example of cross-cultural influences due to the time she spent in Mongolia.  Here she works on a Tuskiiz using a chain stitch called "The Trace of the Mouse."  A Tuskiiz is a wall-hanging that can also be used as a decorative covering.
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  • A handmade carpet of dyed wool takes shape on a horizontal loom  through the artistry of Bibit Ikhanova, left, and Zhanilya Bektasova in the village of Shieli.
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  • Apparel and hats are a distinctive part of the national costume that indicate the age, gender and status of the wearer.  These hats come from the various clans and tribes of the three Kazakh hordes, dating to antiquity.  This collection is a good example of how each of the groups express rich and unique characteristics of the Kazakh personality.  Central State Museum, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
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  • A fourth-generation silversmith, Bozgigitov Bakit, painstakingly restores a pectoral ornament for the local museum in his studio at Aktau in the Manghstau region of southerwestern Kazakhstan.
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