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  • At Mada'in Saleh, wealthy Nabataens were buried in splendor in tombs carved in rock and long since robbed of valuables. The archeological site of Al-Hijr (Madain Saleh) is the first UNESCO World Heritage Site in Saudi Arabia.  It was a major center of the Nabataen civilization.  It is the largest Nabataen site south of Petra in Jordan.  It bears testimony to the Nabataen civilization between the 2nd and 3rd centuries BC and pre-Islamic period in the 1st century AD.
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  • Rip Mann, Woodcarver, Heritage Mountain Fair, Hiawassee, Georgia
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  • Saiho-ji ("Koke-dere") is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple located in Matsuo, Nishikyo ward.  It is know as the moss garden with 120 varieties of moss. At the center is the Golden Pond, shaped like the Chinese character for "heart" or "mind".  A UNESCO World Heritage Site and "Historic Monument of Ancient Kyoto". Kyoto, Japan
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  • The mosque in Al-Diriyah is also spelled Ad-Dariyah or Dir'aiyah. Town on the outskirts of Riyadh original home of the Saudi royal family.  It served as the first Saudi dynasty from 1744 to 1818.  the Turaif district in Diriyah was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010.  The city was founded in 1446-7 by Mani Al-Mraydi. Saudi Arabia
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  • Saiho-ji ("Koke-dere") is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple located in Matsuo, Nishikyo ward.  It is know as the moss garden with 120 varieties of moss. At the center is the Golden Pond, shaped like the Chinese character for "heart" or "mind".  A UNESCO World Heritage Site and "Historic Monument of Ancient Kyoto". Kyoto, Japan
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  • Watch Tower in Al-Diriyah also spelled Ad-Dariyah or Dir'aiyah. Town on the outskirts of Riyadh original home of the Saudi royal family.  It served as the first Saudi dynasty from 1744 to 1818.  the Turaif district in Diriyah was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010.  The city was founded in 1446-7 by Mani Al-Mraydi. Saudi Arabia
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  • Al-Diriyah  also spelled Ad-Dariyah or Dir'aiyah. Town on the outskirts of Riyadh original home of the Saudi royal family.  It Served as the home of the first Saudi dynasty from 1744 to 1818.  the Turaif district in Diriyah was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010.  City was founded in 1446-7 by Mani Al-Mraydi. Saudi Arabia
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  • Rip Mann, Woodcarver, Heritage Mountain Fair, Hiawassee, Georgia
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  • Spirit yurts, like this one at Koshkurt-Ata, take on a wide range of forms and incorporate poetry, sculpture and painting to illuminate the lives of those who have passed on.  These "cities of the ancestors" are in large measure the architectural heritage of the Kazakh nomads.  A story recorded by the historian Herodotus perhaps best illustrates their power and meaning to the Kazkahs, in 513 B.C., Darius I, king of Persia, attacked the Scythians in what is now Kazakhstan.  They continued to pull back, setting the Steppes afire as they went.  Frustrated, Darius sent a messengter to the Scythians to ask why they would not stand and fight.  Idanthyrsus, their ruler, responded with this threat: "I have never fled from a man in fear in days past or now...we have neither cities nor sown land for which we might fear...but if you needs must come to a fight with us quickly, there are our father's graves.  Find them and try to ruin them, and you will discover whether we will fight you or not."
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  • At Mada'in Saleh, wealthy Nabataens were buried in splendor in tomb carved in rock and long since robbed of valuables.               The archeological site of Al-Hijr (Madain Saleh) is the first UNESCO World Heritage Site in  Saudi Arabia.  It is a major center of the Nabataen civilization.  It is the largest Nabataen site south of Petra in Jordan.  It bears testimony to teh Nabataen civiliztkion between the 2nd and 3rd centuries BC and pre-Islamic period in the 1st century AD.
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  • Sunset behind a mature oak tree on the grounds of the Toji ?? temple, "East Temple. UNESCO world heritage site.  Toji is the one of the most important Shingon temples. Kyoto, Japan
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  • School children visiting the Ryoanji Zen Temple (The Temple of the Dragon at Peace). Belongs to the Myoshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism.  It is regarded as one of the finest examples of a kare-sansui, a Japanese rock garden, or zen garden.  The temple and garden are listed as Historic Monuments of ancient Kyoto, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Kyoto, Japan
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  • At Mada'in Saleh, wealthy Nabataens were buried in splendor in tomb carved in rock and long since robbed of valuables.               The archeological site of Al-Hijr (Madain Saleh) is the first UNESCO World Heritage Site in  Saudi Arabia.  It is a major center of the Nabataen civilization.  It is the largest Nabataen site south of Petra in Jordan.  It bears testimony to teh Nabataen civiliztkion between the 2nd and 3rd centuries BC and pre-Islamic period in the 1st century AD.
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  • The entrance to a sacred area within the complex at Al-Hijir.  The archeological site of Al-Hijr (Madain Saleh) is the first UNESCO World Heritage Site in  Saudi Arabia.  It is a major center of the Nabataen civilization.  It is the largest Nabataen site south of Petra in Jordan.  It bears testimony to teh Nabataen civiliztkion between the 2nd and 3rd centuries BC and pre-Islamic period in the 1st century AD.
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  • The entrance to a sacred area within the complex at Al-Hijr.  The archeological site of Al-Hijr (Madain Saleh) is the first UNESCO World Heritage Site in Saudi Arabia.  It was a major center of the Nabataen civilization.  It is the largest Nabataen site south of Petra in Jordan.  It bears testimony to the Nabataen civilization between the 2nd and 3rd centuries BC and pre-Islamic period in the 1st century AD.
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  • Isolated tomb at Mada'in Saleh, wealthy Nabataens were buried in splendor in tomb carved in rock and long since robbed of valuables.               The archeological site of Al-Hijr (Madain Saleh) is the first UNESCO World Heritage Site in  Saudi Arabia.  It is a major center of the Nabataen civilization.  It is the largest Nabataen site south of Petra in Jordan.  It bears testimony to teh Nabataen civiliztkion between the 2nd and 3rd centuries BC and pre-Islamic period in the 1st century AD.
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  • Wooden water spout, Ad-Diriyah, Saudi Arabia.  Photograph made 1982.
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  • Adobe Mosque in Ad-Diriyah, Saudi Arabia.  Photograph made 1982.
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  • Mud bricks to be used in restorations of the adobe buildings of Ad-Diriyah, Saudi Arabia.  Photograph made 1982.
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  • Pathway between the adobe buildings of Ad-Diriyah, Saudi Arabia.  Photograph made 1982.
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  • Light from oil rig flare backlights a Bedouin tent in southern Arabia.
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  • Ad-Diriyah, Saudi Arabia.  Photograph made 1982.
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  • View through the wooden door into a courtyard with drying mud bricks, Ad-Diriyah, Saudi Arabia.  Photograph made 1982.
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  • Najdi sheep forming a tight circle for protection during a sandstorm in the Dahana Sands, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
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  • Janadriyah, Riyadh, King Abdul-Aziz Camel Race.
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  • Al Amrah campsite in the Dahana Sands, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.
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  • Sheikh Jabber Al Amrah starting migration in Dahana Sands, Saudi Arabia
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  • Qasra el Bint, around 50 CE, Madain Saleh, Nabataean era, Saudi Arabia
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  • Janadriyah, Riyadh, Near King Abdul-Aziz Camel Race. Full moon over Bedouin enccamptment. Najid.
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  • Red Sand Dunes, near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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  • Saudi Arabian traditional coffee making tools: Al-Mahmas copper tool to mix and roast coffee beans, Al-Mabrad rectangular wooden container to cool coffee beans.  This coffee is being roasted by the Shammar in An Nafud, Saudi Arabia.
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  • Bedouin tent, Al Amrah campsite, Dahana Sands, Saudi Arabia
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  • Member of the Shammar tribe, Nefud desert, Saudi Arabia
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  • Sheikh Jabber Al Amrah, Dahana Sands, Saudi Arabia
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  • Petroglyph, human hand, near Hanakiyyah Saudi Arabia
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  • Stele with carving of a person in a ceremonial posture. Stele in the foreground.  Dated to around 3,000 B.C.E.  Al-Jawf, Saudi Arabia
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  • Stele with a carving of a person in a ceremonial posture.  Dated to approximately 3,000 B.C.E. <br />
Al-Jawf, Saudi Arabia
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  • Crescent Dune, Dahana Sands, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.
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  • Shammar sitting on crescent dune, An Nafud, Saudi Arabia
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  • Jockey at the King Abdul-Aziz Camel Race, Janadriyah, Riyadh, .
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  • Shammar observing oncoming sandstorm in An Nafud, Saudi Arabia
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  • Omar's Mosque Minaret, Marid Castle, First Centry AD, Dumat-Al Jandal, Saudi Arabia
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  • Light from oil rig flare backlights a Bedouin tent in southern Arabia.
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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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  • Florida Cancer Specialist & Research Institute, Cape Coral Cancer Center, Florida
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  • Florida Cancer Specialist & Research Institute, Cape Coral Cancer Center, Florida
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  • Florida Cancer Specialist & Research Institute, Cape Coral Cancer Center, Florida
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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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  • 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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  • "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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  • A young dancer takes a break at a traditional performance in Panfilov Park near downtown Almaty.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • "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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Nurzipha Zhangaziyeva weaves a modern-style carpet, based on ancient Kazakh petroglyphs, on a vertical loom at the Tamga carpet factory in Fabrichny in southeastern 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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  • A first-rate Aytis, a performance competition between singers/poets known as Aqins, contains the essence of theater-the element of agame, the circle of experience, knowledgeable spectators and the highest level of mastery by the performers.  The Aytis underway here is the annual competion in Almaty held at the Palace of the Republice
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  • At 6:00 a.m. in the village of Shieli, tea is prepared in Samavars whil round balls of leavened dough called Bauirsaqs are deep-fried a golden brown.
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  • Sand storm, Nefud desert, Saudi Arabia
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  • Sheikh Nasser bin Saleh Alerq of Al-Murrah tribe, Saudi Arabia
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  • A young couple in modern versions of traditional wedding attire prepare for their marriage ceremony.  A brides's dress is often considered the zenith of the dressmaker's art.  her headdress is called a Saukele, and its design and ornamentation are laden with many levels of meaning and symbolism.
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  • The ram's skull and horns at the Sultan Ake mosque signify a d desire for the deceased to be as close to the great spirit as the sheep and goats that climb hin in the mountains.
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  • Mountain sheep are revered because they can climb to heights where the air and water are pure and they are close to the great spirit.  Statues of they are used on tombs in "cities of ancestors" like this one in Koshkurt-Ata near Aktau as symbols of this relationship with god.
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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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  • Muslim women pray at the Auezov jubilee celebrations at Borli-Aul in eastern Kazakhstan.
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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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  • The Koulmanov brothers - Toursounjan, Machmoud and Aytbergen - are master metalsmiths and historians.  After meticulous research, they use original methods and materials to recreate period weapons, saddles and standards at their workshop in Almaty.  Their attention to detail extends to their forging the metal they use in their craft.
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  • The objects in this tableau in the almaty studio of artists Amangul Iknanova and Zhangir Umbetov are examples of traditional Kazakh life:  hanging on the wall are, from left, a tomtemic wolf hide: a leather Kese Kap, which is used to store cups and bowls and is tied to the saddle: a horse tail: a fox hide; a small, decorative felt storage bag, and two Dombiras, also called Dombras, the traditional musical insturment.  Standing on the table are, from left, three Torsiqs, which are flasks to hold Kumiss, the fermented mare's milk drink: a leather belt with siver and turquoise decoration: a brass mortar and pestle; a Kumiss cup, pitchers for oil: and imported Russian Samovar for tea.  A Tuskeez hangs on the wall
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  • This coral Tuskiiz was made by Mariya Ilakova in 1913.  Its intricate design includes velvet, silk, coral, turquoise, cornelian, agate and embroididery.  It includes pieces of wedding jewelry that were sown into the textile after the marriage ceremony.  A Tuskiiz was made by the bride before the wedding and hung in an honorary place so the groom's relatives could appaise her skill.  Tuskiiz are used as wall decorations and to cover stacked futons.  Kasteyev museum of fine arts, Almaty
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  • Dyed wool is wrapped around reeds, then stitched together to make Chi mats to adorn the exterior  walls of the Yurt. This one was created by Zakiya Akai-Kyzy.
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  • Master felt-makers Zeken Zarykpai-Kyzy Sygayeva and Kaineke Zarykpai-Kyzy Kanapyanova, Abai village, Kazakhstan
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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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  • Modern methods dominate agriculture, but beautiful rural scenes like this family gathering hay near Petropavl can still be seen.
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  • Al Amrah, Dahana Sands, Saudi Arabia
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  • Layla Eastep visitng Sheikh Jaber Alamrah at his camp in Hafar Al-Batin, Saudi Arabia
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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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  • Florida Cancer Specialist & Research Institute, Cape Coral Cancer Center, Florida
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